Tableless CSS

One of the newer emerging web technologies is the use of CSS to separate design from content on websites so in the spirit of adopting newer technologies, I converted a webpage to tableless. It was a long arduous process that involved manual coding with notepad, no Frontpage or Dreamweaver to help out. But thanks to sites such as A List Apart, I was able to simply edit existing templates. So check out my tableless webpage at Reading Suggestions.

Drowning in a sea of Web 2.0 sites

The number of Web 2.0 websites seems endless. After just signing up on Facebook, I learn about 3 more new social websites: Hulu, StumbleUpon, Pandora, and get reminded of a few that I forgot all about Digg and Lastfm. Many of these sites I have set up accounts and forgot all about them. Some like Picasa and Delicious I find quite useful for building better websites. In particular, Picasa has a handy slideshow feature for integrating cool slideshows in your website without having to learn any complicated code. Facebook is useful that it imports many of my Web 2.0 accounts into one place, the downside is that users have to sign up for a Facebook account to view my imported Web 2.0 profile.

More about Web 2.0

Besides the social interactivity of Web 2.0 websites, it is also a web graphic design revolution. In the mid to early 2000s the hottest websites had a lot of flash animation and super small tiny text. The emphasis was on graphics rather than content. It resulted in hard to read and hard to navigate sites. Usability was sacrificed for cool looking design. Web 2.0 design is a return to larger text and more obvious navigation, along with a lot of shiny, bold, and colorful graphics.

Check out Web Design from Scratch for an explanation of Web 2.0 design and Web 2.0 Generators for easy graphics for non-Photoshop experts.