Does your website look good? Does it Matter?

I read a recent article asking if anyone really cares about the design of a website. The basic premise was that the design should not get in the way of the site. This is correct, but I'll take it a step further. Consider the last site that you found yourself amazed at how good it looked. Go ahead - think hard about the site...what you can't? No pretty sites coming to mind? Don't worry - you're perfectly normal. Designers, especially those fresh from college, will try to tell you how … [Read more...]

Validator – JavaScript Form Validator

OK so I said I would be releasing some of the tools I've developed over time to the general public. Well here is the first one: Validator. It is a JavaScript (not that you'll have to write hardly any of it) form validator. With just a one line of code to initialize it, and a couple of easy attributes to add to your form elements, you can have access to 23 (yes count them 23 - actually do count them I'm afraid of missing one or two) different types of validation for your form inputs. … [Read more...]