/Culture/ Web design for mobile

The mobile web is evolving at breakneck pace. Antony Ribot, CEO and co-founder of mobile web agency ribot, explores the wealth of money-making opportunities it offers to designers and developers

The mobile landscape is a complex and sometimes confusing place to be. Here we’ll take a look at the most popular platforms, operating systems and app stores and offer some quick and easy tips to making the most out of the opportunities they offer.

The next web design revolution will be typographic. But as Craig Grannell discovers, all is not plain sailing as we transition to real fonts

The number of blogs increases daily, and web design currently favours type-led minimalism over elaborate Flash-based interfaces – outside of websites for videogames and movies, anyway. However, online typography remains a sore point with many designers, who are increasingly irked by restrictions. “We’ve been limited to choosing fonts users already have installed, or embedding custom type by using images, which isn’t practical,” complains Yahoo front-end engineer Jonathan Snook.

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/Culture/ Futureproof your website

How do you keep your website up to date and relevant, without having to constantly overhaul the design, content and code? Craig Grannell quizzes industry talent about the best ways to ensure your website doesn’t expire through neglect

When it comes to futureproofing your site, the obvious starting point is to write, clean, semantic, standards-compliant code. “Proper separation of content, presentation and interaction means your site’s content will always be available on new devices,” says Opera web evangelist Bruce Lawson. “And if you have to tweak things, such as adding media queries to support mobile devices, it’s easier to find the right place.” But while standards-compliant code may be a necessity, it’s not enough in itself to ensure your site is future proof.

/Big Question/ Face-off

There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding Facebook recently, but at what point would you decide to delete your account?

/Culture/ What’s the web doing to our ?

The web is a source of data and distraction – but what’s it doing to our minds? Gary Marshall asks whether browsing is bad for your brain

Since we came out of the caves, every new technology has been greeted with alarm and disdain. When we invented fire, people moaned that we’d forget the art of making salads. When we invented the wheel, people moaned that we’d forget how to walk. And when we invented the internet, people moaned that we’d forget how to think.

/Culture/ Create the perfect viral campaign

With the right idea and a little planning, you can own the web. Matt Smith of The Viral Factoryreveals all

Creating the perfect viral campaign is both much harder and much easier than it looks. Easier because all we’re really talking about is making something people like and want to share; harder because there are lots of things to mess up along the way.

/Culture/ Boost your SEO through social media

Adam Stafford, managing director at search agency Fresh Egg, reveals how they make the most of socially-powered SEO

Links are the lifeblood of the web. Seventy per cent of Google’s algorithm is link-based and the more on-topic your links are, the better. So you need a very targeted approach if you want to top the rankings – ignore the recent revolution in social media at your peril.

/Culture/ HTML5 today!

Remy Sharp talks about what’s coming with HTML5, what happened to XHTML2, how XHTML is not dead and why HTML5 is here today, and not 2022 (phew!)

Is XHTML dead? In July 2009, the XHTML2 working group announced it would be dropping the spec and closing the book on XHTML2. That’s XHTML with a 2. Not XHTML. XHTML is alive and well – it’s just not getting the overhaul that was intended with XHTML2.

/Culture/ The future of web apps

The next big apps will spring from small developers, not big brands, says Ryan Carson

It’s a very exciting time to be a web designer or developer. The reason is simple: with a small amount of money, a lot of heart and a great idea, you can take on the giants of the web. Here we’re going to look at some Davids who are taking on the Goliaths of the online world.