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Expression Web 3—Your New PHP Tool Kit
by Raena Jackson Armitage

Raena Jackson Armitage

Microsoft Expression Web 3 has some unique features that make it invaluable to web developers. In this article, Raena puts the web development tool through its paces and cranks out a simple PHP page. After reading the article, you can test out your knowledge with the Expression Web Quiz.

 

The Foolproof Form Design Formula
by Jina Bolton

Jina Bolton

The first step to creating a top-notch form is to plan ahead: conduct research, look for inspiration, and draft wireframes. In this excerpt from our brand new release, Fancy Form Design, Jina Bolton shares her tips for building a solid foundation for elegant and functional forms.

 

Coming Clean on Comic Sans: An Interview with Mark Boulton
by Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain

Designer, speaker, and author, Mark Boulton spoke to SitePoint recently while in Sydney for Web Directions South. In this interview, Mark speaks on matters typographical, and clarifies that rumor about Comic Sans.

 

Type Talk with Simon Pascal Klein
by Raena Jackson Armitage

Raena Jackson Armitage

Raena caught up with Simon Pascal Klein—designer, speaker and self-confessed rampant typophile—to talk about his upcoming appearance at Edge of the Web 2009.

 

Pushing Pixels on a Shoestring: Bring out the GIMP
by Tim Ruffles

Tim Ruffles

There’s a lot of great desktop software available in the open-source world. In this article, Tim shows us a few cool tricks using GIMP, a free and open-source image editor.

 

Luke Stevens on Data Driven Design
by Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain

Luke Stevens is a web designer who believes firmly that testing is the future of web design. Matt quizzed him on data driven design, A/B testing, and Google Web Optimizer.

 

Introducing the SitePoint Personas
by Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain

We recently decided to develop some personas to represent the core readership of sitepoint.com, and this is what we came up with. How well do you think we've captured the SitePoint readership?

 

Build Your Own Data-backed Personas
by Matthew Magain

Matthew Magain

When Matt created the SitePoint Personas, he combined two different methodologies, and it worked surprisingly well. Here, he describes the process he followed, and explains how you might do the same when designing your own web sites.

 

Share Media on Twitter Using Flex, Part I: The Basics
by Andrew Muller

Andrew Muller

In this first part of a three-part series, Andrew shows us how we can write a Twitter app in Flex and PHP.

 

Flash Catalyst: Mockup to Masterpiece, Part II
by Andrew Muller

Andrew Muller

In the first part of this series, Andrew showed us how easy it is to mock up an application interface in Adobe Illustrator and Flash Catalyst. In part II, we'll add the rest of the code.

 

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