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# Web design
Posts in the web design category touch upon aspects of website creation, styling, theming, publishing, and more. For example, WordPress or Jekyll themes or other code might fall into this category.The following content is in the **web-design** category:

#### [From DITA to docs-as-code and Docusaurus: Q&A with Mike Howes](/blog/docusaurus-questions-and-answers-howes) | May 16, 2023

#### [Newsletter: AI doc alerts, state of tools, saying easy or just, automated writing teams](/blog/ai-alerts-tools-easy-automated-teams) | May 2, 2023

#### [Pages at a glance -- the importance of the first two sentences of any topic](/2018/09/15/pages-at-a-glance-feature/) | Sep 15, 2018

#### [Version 3.0 of my Documentation theme for Jekyll released](/2015/08/13/version-3-jekyll-documentation-theme-released/) | Aug 13, 2015

#### [Recording of Innovation in Technical Communication keynote at tcworld India 2015](/2015/03/18/recording-of-innovation-in-technical-communication-keynote-at-tcworld-india-2015/) | Mar 18, 2015

#### [DocOps: Interview with Jim Turcotte](/2014/10/21/docops-interview-with-jim-turcotte/) | Oct 21, 2014

#### [Diverging Directions for Tech Comm: Social Media or Structured Authoring](/2011/06/09/diverging-directions-for-tech-comm-social-media-or-structured-authoring/) | Jun 9, 2011

#### [Arguments for and Against Tripane Help](/2011/03/17/evaluating-tripane-help/) | Mar 17, 2011

#### [The Real Source of Findability](/2011/03/10/the-real-source-of-findability/) | Mar 10, 2011

#### [Trends in Search Engine Optimization -- Shifting from Search to Social?](/2011/02/28/trends-in-search-engine-optimization-shifting-from-search-to-social/) | Feb 28, 2011

#### [I am perhaps finishing my basement, someday](/2011/02/23/i-am-perhaps-finishing-my-basement-someday/) | Feb 23, 2011

#### [The Problem of Free and the Long Tail of Content Production](/2011/02/07/the-problem-of-free/) | Feb 7, 2011

#### [WordPress Tip: Integrating a WordPress Blog into your Website](/2010/12/09/integrating-a-wordpress-blog-into-your-website-screencast/) | Dec 9, 2010

#### [Paper.li as an Alternative to Google Reader [Screencast]](/2010/10/08/paper-li-as-an-alternative-to-google-reader-screencast/) | Oct 8, 2010

#### [Emergence [Organizing Content #19]](/2010/07/20/emergence-organizing-content-19/) | Jul 20, 2010

#### [Does a Technical Writer Need to Understand Web Design?](/2010/07/06/does-a-technical-writer-need-to-understand-web-design/) | Jul 6, 2010

#### [Designing from the Content/Story Out](/2010/06/28/designing-from-the-contentstory-out/) | Jun 28, 2010

#### [Embedded Links and Online Reading Accessibility: Whitney Quesenbery and Caroline Jarrett, #stc10](/2010/05/07/embedded-links-and-online-reading-accessibility-whitney-quesenbery-and-caroline-jarrett/) | May 7, 2010

#### [What Would a WordPress Template for Chapter Sites Look Like?](/2010/02/02/what-would-a-wordpress-template-for-chapter-sites-look-like/) | Feb 2, 2010

#### [Fragmented Communities and the Chapter/SIG Web Site Problem](/2010/02/01/fragmented-communities-and-the-chaptersig-web-site-problem/) | Feb 1, 2010

#### [Web Site Critique and WordPress Q&A Webinar This Thursday](/2010/01/26/web-site-critique-and-wordpress-qa-webinar-this-thursday/) | Jan 26, 2010

#### [Implementing Google Custom Search on WordPress](/2010/01/08/implementing-google-custom-search-on-wordpress/) | Jan 8, 2010

#### [Site Critiques and WordPress Q&A -- Community Leaders Webinar Jan 28](/2009/12/05/site-critiques-and-wordpress-qa-community-leaders-webinar-jan-21/) | Dec 5, 2009

#### [Why Help Authoring Tools Will Fade](/2009/11/25/why-help-authoring-tools-will-fade/) | Nov 25, 2009

#### [How to Incorporate Twitter into Your Presentation](/2009/11/15/using-twitter-in-your-presentation/) | Nov 15, 2009

#### [A Few Surprises in Using a Wiki for Documentation](/2009/10/29/a-few-surprises-in-using-a-wiki-for-documentation/) | Oct 29, 2009

#### [Being unreadable (Sins of blogging)](/2009/10/17/seven-deadly-sins-of-blogging-sin-4-being-unreadable/) | Oct 17, 2009

#### [Google Releases Sidewiki and Adds to the Growing Trend of Conversation](/2009/09/29/google-releases-sidewiki-and-adds-to-the-growing-trend-of-conversation/) | Sep 29, 2009

#### [Smashing Magazine Lists 10 Web Usability Guidelines](/2009/09/27/smashing-magazine-lists-10-web-usability-guidelines/) | Sep 27, 2009

#### [New Content Strategy SIG](/2009/09/27/new-content-strategy-sig/) | Sep 27, 2009

#### [Podcast with Anne Gentle about her Conversation and Community book](/2009/08/26/podcast-about-conversation-and-community/) | Aug 26, 2009

#### [Review of Conversation and Community: The Social Web for Documentation](/2009/08/24/review-of-conversation-and-community-the-social-web-for-documentation-by-anne-gentle/) | Aug 24, 2009

#### [Converting Lurkers into Contributors in Online Communities -- Nielsen's 90-9-1 Rule](/2009/08/20/converting-lurkers-into-contributors-in-online-communities-nielsens-90-9-1-rule/) | Aug 20, 2009

#### [New York Times Starts a “What We're Reading” Section](/2009/07/17/new-york-times-starts-a-what-were-reading-section-look-familiar/) | Jul 17, 2009

#### [Interactive Google Map of Where I Work](/2009/07/05/interactive-google-map-of-where-i-work/) | Jul 5, 2009

#### [I Need Your Human Aggregated Content](/2009/06/29/i-need-your-human-aggregated-content/) | Jun 29, 2009

#### [Real Projects for Entry-Level Writers Trying to Build Their Portfolios](/2009/06/26/real-projects-for-entry-level-writers-trying-to-buildtheir-portfolios/) | Jun 26, 2009

#### ["What I'm Reading": A New Feature on My Site and a Tweak of Writer River](/2009/06/24/what-im-reading-a-new-feature-on-my-site-and-tweak-of-writer-river/) | Jun 24, 2009

#### [Blogging, Podcasting, and Screencasting: Eight Characteristics to Attract Devoted Followers [Part I]](/2009/06/14/blogging-podcasting-and-screencasting-eight-characteristics-to-find-devoted-followers-part-i/) | Jun 14, 2009

#### [WordPress Tip: “Crunching” and “Burning”](/2009/06/06/crunching-and-burning/) | Jun 6, 2009

#### [GUI Magnets -- Prototyping User Interfaces with Simple Magnets](/2009/05/13/gui-magnets-prototyping-user-interfaces-with-simple-magnets/) | May 13, 2009

#### [Quick Reference Guides Right Where You Need Them](/2009/04/09/quick-reference-guides-right-where-you-need-them/) | Apr 9, 2009

#### [AP Article Leads to "Helping Husbands and Fathers" Photo Project](/2009/04/01/ap-article-leads-to-helping-husbands-and-fathers-photo-project/) | Apr 1, 2009

#### [CSS-Tricks #1: Converting a Photoshop Mockup (part 1 of 3)](/2009/02/23/css-tricks-1-converting-a-photoshop-mockup-part-1-of-3/) | Feb 23, 2009

#### [Trends in Web Design Involving WordPress](/2009/02/20/trends-in-web-design-involving-wordpress/) | Feb 20, 2009

#### [WordPress Tip: Merging Worlds: DITA and WordPress](/2009/02/08/merging-worlds-dita-and-wordpress/) | Feb 8, 2009

#### [My STC Intercom Article about Writer River and Community-Driven Websites](/2009/01/10/my-stc-intercom-article-about-writer-river-and-community-driven-websites/) | Jan 10, 2009

#### [Good Designs Have Strong Contrast](/2009/01/03/contrast-is-prominent-in-good-design/) | Jan 3, 2009

#### [Twitter Part II –- One Step Deeper](/2008/12/05/twitter-part-ii-going-deeper/) | Dec 5, 2008

#### [Guy Kawasaki's Alltop Site Now Includes Technical Writing](/2008/11/29/guy-kawasakis-alltop-site-now-includes-technical-writing/) | Nov 29, 2008

#### [Seamlessly Integrating a Blog into Your Non-Blog Website](/2008/10/23/seamlessly-integrating-a-blog-into-your-non-blog-website/) | Oct 23, 2008

#### [Another Collaborative Site: Read Scriptures Together](/2008/08/27/another-collaborative-site-read-scriptures-together/) | Aug 27, 2008

#### [Too Connected – Utopias and Dystopias of Communication](/2008/08/18/too-connected-utopias-and-dystopias/) | Aug 18, 2008

#### [Thank You Silahsiz Kuvvetler for Showing Me the Light](/2008/08/03/thank-you-silahsiz-kuvvetler-for-showing-me-the-light/) | Aug 3, 2008

#### [WordPress Tip: Woopra — Enough Live Site Stats to Write a Dissertation](/2008/07/08/woopra-enough-live-site-stats-to-write-a-dissertation/) | Jul 8, 2008

#### [My Compromise with SharePoint -- What Works and What Doesn't](/2008/06/23/my-compromise-with-sharepoint-what-works-and-doesnt/) | Jun 23, 2008

#### [Customizing Your SharePoint Site? Read These 10 Concepts/Gotchas First](/2008/06/21/customizing-your-sharepoint-site-read-these-10-conceptsgotchas-first/) | Jun 21, 2008

#### [Systems that Get Better the More People Use Them](/2008/06/12/systems-that-get-better-the-more-people-use-them/) | Jun 12, 2008

#### [Announcing WriterRiver.com, a Digg-like Social News Site for Technical Communicators](/2008/06/10/announcing-writerrivercom-a-digg-like-social-news-site-for-technical-communicators/) | Jun 10, 2008

#### [My First Guest Post -- And Best Writing Tip](/2008/06/05/my-own-first-guest-post-and-best-writing-tip-ever/) | Jun 5, 2008

#### [Podcast: Analyzing Your Users and Needs Before Creating the Help Deliverables; Interview with Nicky Bleiel](/2008/05/31/podcast-analyzing-your-users-and-needs-before-creating-the-help-deliverables-interview-with-nicky-bleiel/) | May 31, 2008

#### [Podcast: Document Engineering, Interview with Robert Glushko](/2008/05/17/podcast-document-engineering-interview-with-robert-glushko/) | May 17, 2008

#### [WordPress Tip: Using WordPress to Build Websites Instead of Blogs](/2008/05/05/using-wordpress-to-build-websites-instead-of-blogs/) | May 5, 2008

#### [Seven Reasons Why I'm Twittering -- Especially During Conference Time](/2008/03/17/seven-reasons-why-im-twittering-especially-during-conference-time/) | Mar 17, 2008

#### [How My BlackBerry May Benefit You](/2008/02/27/how-my-blackberry-may-benefit-you/) | Feb 27, 2008

#### [Why You Should Send Me (and Other Bloggers) Your Products for Free](/2008/02/20/why-you-should-send-me-your-products-for-free/) | Feb 20, 2008

#### [Technical Writing Careers -- Answering 13 Questions about Technical Writing Jobs](/2008/02/16/technical-writing-careers-answering-13-questions-about-technical-writing-jobs/) | Feb 16, 2008

#### [A Web 2.0 Documentation Idea Gone Wrong](/2008/02/06/a-web-20-documentation-idea-gone-wrong/) | Feb 6, 2008

#### [Clearplay: An Ingenious DVD Player That Filters Movies Without Altering Them](/2008/01/28/clearplay-an-ingenious-dvd-player-that-filters-movies-without-altering-them/) | Jan 28, 2008

#### [How to Share Everything with Everyone (well, a few things anyway)](/2008/01/18/how-to-share-everything-with-everyone-well-a-few-things-anyway/) | Jan 18, 2008

#### [How to Get Out of a Slump, and Handle Pressure Situations Calmly](/2008/01/15/how-to-get-out-of-a-slump-and-handle-pressure-situations-calmly/) | Jan 15, 2008

#### [Online Anonymous Rating Sites: Empowering Individual Voices](/2007/11/07/online-anonymous-rating-sites-empowering-individual-voices/) | Nov 7, 2007

#### [Cool Example of AJAX in a Blog -- Increases Usability](/2007/09/15/cool-example-of-ajax-in-a-blog-increases-usability/) | Sep 15, 2007

#### [Thoughts on the Accumulation of Stuff [Junk]](/2007/08/20/thoughts-on-the-accumulation-of-stuff-junk/) | Aug 20, 2007

#### [Rethinking the Importance of Screenshots, Diagrams, and Other Visuals](/2007/08/10/rethinking-the-importance-of-screenshots/) | Aug 10, 2007

#### [Resolving Browser Display Discrepancies Between IE and Firefox](/2007/07/17/matching-browser-display-between-ie-and-firefox/) | Jul 17, 2007

#### [The Paradox of White Space: Some Research and Examples of White Space in Web Design](/2007/07/09/white-space-in-web-design/) | Jul 9, 2007

#### [Switching from Desktop to Online Tools](/2007/07/03/motiviations-for-switching-from-desktop-to-online-tools/) | Jul 3, 2007

#### [Converting Your WordPress Blog into a CMS (Content Management System)](/2007/07/01/converting-your-wordpress-blog-into-a-cms-content-management-system/) | Jul 1, 2007

#### [Economic Prosperity Tied to Openness and Tolerance, says Richard Florida; Also, Thoughts on Inclusive, Distributed Leadership](/2007/06/27/economic-prosperity-tied-to-openness-and-tolerance-says-richard-florida-also-thoughts-on-inclusive-distributed-leadership/) | Jun 27, 2007

#### [Search Engine Optimization for Your Blog: Three Easy Techniques, and also Drawbacks to SEO](/2007/06/26/search-engine-optimization-for-your-blog-three-easy-techniques-and-also-drawbacks-to-seo/) | Jun 26, 2007

#### [POPURLS -- Consolidated News Aggregation From Digg, Del.icio.us, Reddit, Tailrank, Newsvine, and 20 Other Sites](/2007/06/20/popurls-consolidated-news-aggregation-from-digg-delicious-reddit-tailrank-newsvine-and-20-other-sites/) | Jun 20, 2007

#### [PostSecret -- a Postcard Confession Site, Fathers Theme](/2007/06/17/postsecret-a-postcard-confession-site-fathers-edition/) | Jun 17, 2007

#### [Intro to Information Architecture -- Reflections on the Different Roles We Can Play](/2007/06/16/intro-to-information-architecture-reflections-on-the-different-roles-we-can-play/) | Jun 16, 2007

#### [Google Master Plan Video -- Speculations on the Hidden Purposes Behind Google's Information Collection](/2007/06/13/googles-master-plan-video/) | Jun 13, 2007

#### [Making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- Recommended Podcast](/2007/06/06/making-of-the-oxford-english-dictionary/) | Jun 6, 2007

#### [Lip Dub Video Clip Captures Essence of the Web -- Spontaneity, Authenticity, Participation, Fun](/2007/06/05/lip-dub-video-analysis/) | Jun 5, 2007

#### [Vista Help Emphasizes Concepts in Effort to Create Power Users](/2007/06/04/vista-help-emphasizes-concepts-in-hopes-of-creating-power-users/) | Jun 4, 2007

#### [Google 411 -- Free Information Listings via Phone](/2007/05/02/google-411-free-information-listings-via-phone/) | May 2, 2007

#### [Perfect Explanation of RSS -- Engaging Video Tutorial](/2007/05/02/rssvideotutorial/) | May 2, 2007

#### [Free Conference Call Recording/Podcasting Service at FreeConferencing.LiveOffice.com](/2007/04/29/free-conference-call-recordingpodcasting-service-at-freeconferencingliveofficecom/) | Apr 29, 2007

#### [Jott—a Free Voicemail to Transcribed Text Memo Service](/2007/04/28/jott-a-voicemail-to-text-memo-service/) | Apr 28, 2007

#### [Where I'm Going, My Aspirations -- Everything Seems to Align with Web 2.0](/2007/04/20/where-im-going-my-aspirations-everything-seems-to-align-with-web-20/) | Apr 20, 2007

#### [How to Subscribe to RSS Feeds with Internet Explorer 7](/2007/03/30/how-to-subscribe-to-rss-feeds-in-internet-explorer-7/) | Mar 30, 2007

#### [MySQL CEO Says, "It is dangerous to hire someobody who has too much experience."](/2007/03/28/mysql-ceo-says-it-is-dangerous-to-hire-someobody-who-has-too-much-experience/) | Mar 28, 2007

#### [WordPress vs. Movable Type: The Advantages of Open Source and What It Means for Technical Writers](/2007/03/27/wordpress-vs-movable-type-the-advantages-of-open-source-and-what-it-means-for-technical-writers/) | Mar 27, 2007

#### [Yahoo Pipes and the Mashed Up World of Aggregated, Filtered, Blended Information](/2007/03/24/yahoo-pipes-and-the-mashed-up-world-of-aggregated-filtered-blended-information/) | Mar 24, 2007

#### [The Evolutionary Strategy of Web 2.0 — It's Like Having 100 Personal Researchers Working For You](/2007/03/13/the-evolutionary-strategy-of-web-20-its-like-having-100-personal-researchers-working-for-you/) | Mar 13, 2007

#### [Microformats and the Semantic Web](/2007/03/11/microformats-and-the-semantic-web/) | Mar 11, 2007

#### [37 Signals, To Do Lists — Printable To Do Lists To Get Organized](/2007/02/27/37-signals-to-do-lists-printable-to-do-list-to-get-organized/) | Feb 27, 2007

#### [My First Virtual Administrative Meeting](/2007/02/27/my-first-virtual-administrative-meeting/) | Feb 27, 2007

#### [Spinvox: The Next Killer App. for Cell Phones](/2007/02/24/spinvox-the-next-killer-app/) | Feb 24, 2007

#### [Never Listen to Voicemail via Cell Phone Again — Callwave.com & Spinvox Deliver Voicemail to Email for Free](/2007/02/22/never-listen-to-voicemail-again-callwavecom-spinvox-deliver-voicemail-to-email-for-free/) | Feb 22, 2007

#### [Suncoast Member Map Finished](/2007/02/22/suncoast-member-map-finished/) | Feb 22, 2007

#### [Making a Chapter Member Map Mashup with Google Maps](/2007/02/08/making-a-chapter-member-map-mashup-with-google-maps/) | Feb 8, 2007

#### [Survey Gizmo: The best tool/thing I have used/done](/2007/01/31/survey-gizmo-the-best-toolthing-i-have-useddone/) | Jan 31, 2007

#### [Web Developer Firefox Extension Makes CSS Editing Easy](/2007/01/13/web-developer-firefox-extensions-makes-css-editing-easy/) | Jan 13, 2007

#### [Read a Book by E-mail, a Little Each Day with Daily Lit](/2007/01/11/read-a-book-by-e-mail-a-little-each-day-with-daily-lit/) | Jan 11, 2007

#### [Make your computer run faster by disabling all the auto-startup programs](/2006/12/27/make-your-computer-run-faster-by-disabling-all-the-auto-startup-programs/) | Dec 27, 2006

#### [Web 2.0 dieting and nutrition site: Sparkpeople.com](/2006/12/27/web-20-dieting-and-nutrition-site-sparkpeoplecom/) | Dec 27, 2006

#### [WordPress as Budgeting Software: Mo.neytrack.in](/2006/12/26/wordpress-as-budgeting-software-moneytrackin/) | Dec 26, 2006

#### [Why Blogger is more popular than WordPress: Ease of Use](/2006/12/25/why-blogger-is-more-popular-than-wordpress-image-publishing/) | Dec 25, 2006

#### [Using Gmail to read Threaded Conversations from Listservs](/2006/12/21/gmail-tips/) | Dec 21, 2006

#### [Skype Firefox Exention Changes Phone Numbers into Buttons](/2006/12/15/skype-firefox-exention-changes-phone-numbers-on-websites-into-skype-enabled-buttons/) | Dec 15, 2006

#### [Open Source Folder Compression Utility -- 7 Zip](/2006/12/11/open-source-folder-compression-utility-7-zip/) | Dec 11, 2006

#### [Posting Youtube Videos — A Required Tone for Internet Audiences?](/2006/12/07/instructions-on-posting-youtube-videos-instructions-for-internet-audiences/) | Dec 7, 2006

#### [Creating your own RSS Feed](/2006/12/05/creating-your-own-rss-feed/) | Dec 5, 2006

#### [Looking up IP addresses](/2006/11/30/looking-up-ip-addresses/) | Nov 30, 2006

#### [Wordpress to offer Enterprise Edition](/2006/11/21/wordpress-to-offer-enterprise-edition/) | Nov 21, 2006

#### [Open Source Software and Wikis](/2006/11/09/open-source-software-and-wikis/) | Nov 9, 2006

#### [Checking out Youtube: A Few Fun Videos to Watch](/2006/11/08/checking-out-youtube/) | Nov 8, 2006

#### [Top 100 blogs and top 100 podcasts](/2006/11/06/top-100-blogs-and-top-100-podcasts/) | Nov 6, 2006

#### [Two useful tools for surveys and webinars](/2006/11/06/two-useful-tools-for-surveys-and-webinars/) | Nov 6, 2006

#### [Combining Podcasting with Technical Writing](/2006/09/21/combining-podcasting-with-technical-writing/) | Sep 21, 2006

#### [DITA Structured Blogging and Online Help](/2006/09/14/dita-structured-blogging-and-online-help/) | Sep 14, 2006

#### [Websort -- Testing out the Logical Taxonomy of your Site](/2006/09/11/websort-test-out-the-logical-taxonomy-of-your-site/) | Sep 11, 2006