It's always great to look around at the work of fellow web designers and web developers. It is even more fun to discover the other side of them as well.

Dave Berzack is a web designer/developer in the Atlanta, GA area. In exchange for the professionally produced video, Dave designed and built the website for a photographer named Scott McKibben. You can view the site he built here : Scott McKibben Website.

Now, take a look at the video by Dave Berzack. Not only does it look like it was a… read more

There are many days when coding can take a tole on you. Then there are those days when a co-worker turns 35 and a man in a gorilla suit shows up and starts singing and dancing around.

This article will not make much sense to anyone unless they are Aptana users. If you are ... read on.

Aptana is fairly new to me as a web development tool (I've quite used to Dreamweaver - which is both a good and a bad thing). Aside from Aptana being a free and open source web development tool, it has a vast number of development plugins and a fairly easy to use interface. There are some things about it I like (such as it's excellent code coloring techniques and PHP development support - PHP is a newer language… read more

All that can be said about this quick Adobe CS5 Production Premium video is "really cool!". For those of us who will dive into CS5 in the near future, I think we're all going to be pleased. Lot's of new stuff to learn!

This video tutorial is all about learning how to install XAMPP (web development server) and Expression Engine 1.6.8 on your computer in order to help save time during the development of your websites.

Some key points to note are :

• Download XAMPP for free here : http://www.apachefriends.org


• Download Expression Engine 1.6.8 for free here : http://www.expressionengine.com/

If you all have any questions, don't hesitate to leave a comment or contact me. Feedback is… read more

How do the most successful websites on the internet get such great domain names? Is it all by accident? Did the name come before the business, or vice verse? Did they just get lucky? What makes the domain name so successful?

The answer to all of the above questions is "yes" .. and "no" ... and "maybe". Much of the success of choosing a domain name depends on the content available on the site. Without a superb search function, Google would not be where it is today.… read more

There are many things that come with working on a project independently, whether you're a freelancer or just helping out a friend with some work. Costs like printing supplies, phone bills, and time spent on filing all factor in to each and every project you do. It's a pain, but its necessary. Clients tend to not realize that freelancers typically spend about 60% of an entire project actually working on a project! All the little stuff adds up.

It's important to, first of all, explain to the client everything you are going to… read more