If you're familiar with my Elements of Design showcase then you know that I am a firm believer in the saying "the devil's in the details." Seemingly small decision choices — from search boxes to heading typography — can make all the difference to your overall site design, the user experience, and, if you're an online retailer, your bottom line...

Because of the way they are misused all over the Web, categories have grown to become something that we regard in a purely user-centric light. We think of them as navigational tools and guides for users, but in reality, categories are a powerful tool that bloggers can use to exercise precise control over content in a dynamic environment.

The home page is some of the most valuable real estate on a web site. For many web sites it is still the primary point of entry for the majority of visitors. Consequently, web site owners want to cram as much enticing content on to the home page in order to attract visitors into the site. Because of this, the carousel has become a very popular way to showcase multiple pieces of featured content within a fixed promotional area...

Here's another quick tips for the 'Custom slug, custom page' plugin. Do you have any affiliate offers on your blog? Want a quick way to mask the ugly affiliate URLs?

Desktop Eutopia! I’ve been longing for pre-OSX and pre-Vista days, when customizing my desktop and UI (Mac or PC) was a pleasurable distraction that I devoted a certain amount of time to every day, like reading a good book on the train. Since modern (read: less open) operating systems like OS X Leopard and Windows Vista have been introduced, such a pursuit has become more complicated while sitting atop shifting technological sands...

In a report from the UK, where web accessibility is more widely practiced than in most other countries, 75% of Local web design companies ignore disabled people. Unfortunately, I'm sure that percentage is much higher here in the United States, where accessible web sites are still limited to not much more than some government and education sites.