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Dustin Schwerman's Articles in Web Design & Development

  • Designing For Expandability
    Rare is the website that can be designed with no mind paid to expandability.
  • Building for Expandability
    Rare is the website that can be designed with no mind paid to expandability.
  • Image Fades III
    When you want to be able to display a large number of images in a small amount of space, one of your best tactics is some Javascript code that lets you keep some of the images off-screen, and cycle through them.
  • Image Fades II
    When you want to be able to display a large number of images in a small amount of space, one of your best tactics is some Javascript code that lets you keep some of the images off-screen, and cycle through them.
  • Image Fades I
    When you want to be able to display a large number of images in a small amount of space, one of your best tactics is some Javascript code that lets you keep some of the images off-screen, and cycle through them.
  • Website Design Options - Automatic Image Resizing
    If you're selling products on the web, you need to incorporate pictures. Whether you're selling something as artistic as handmade religious jewelry or something as technical as phone headsets, a bunch of details about the product and a price are not going to catch a visitor's interest.
  • Custom Web Design and the Admin System
    Regardless of whether it's phone headsets, high-end computer systems, or children's toys, the best way to maintain an e-commerce site is through a database-driven admin system. By custom-building the system with your client's business in mind, you maximize your ability to integrate and control how the products work within your code, while still giving your client the freedom to update and maintain its own website.
  • The Details of Image Crawls 3
    This series of articles discusses a basic coding function - the image crawl - with a focus on the usage and avoiding some of the common first-time problems rather than creating the code itself.
  • The Details of Image Crawls 2
    This series of articles discusses a basic coding function - the image crawl - with a focus on the usage and avoiding some of the common first-time problems rather than creating the code itself.
  • The Details of Image Crawls 1
    This series of articles discusses a basic coding function - the image crawl - with a focus on the usage and avoiding some of the common first-time problems rather than creating the code itself.
  • The Illusion of Website Design II
    A multi-part article exploring how website designers use their complex code to create a variety of effects, often using similar coding processes for much different results.
  • The Illusion of Website Design I
    A multi-part article exploring how website designers use their complex code to create a variety of effects, often using similar coding processes for much different results.
  • Unique Custom Website Design
    Isn't a unique website design automatically a custom website design, and vice-versa? It seems obvious that they would be, but in my experience, just because a website is custom-built doesn't mean it is unique, and the reverse rule also applies.
  • Beautiful Website Design 1 - What You Need
    In this series of articles I explore a variety of points to focus on when creating websites: appearance, functionality, customization, and so on. In each area, I provide tips and advice on the sorts of things you will want to provide your web designer, the things you should expect from it, what goals a website so focused will best achieve, and how you can get the best price for your site.
  • Affordable Website Design 4 - The Right Price
    In this series of articles I explore a variety of points to focus on when creating websites: appearance, functionality, customization, and so on. In each area, I provide tips and advice on the sorts of things you will want to provide your web designer, the things you should expect from it, what goals a website so focused will best achieve, and how you can get the best price for your site.
  • Affordable Website Design 1 - What You Need
    In this series of articles I explore a variety of points to focus on when creating websites: appearance, functionality, customization, and so on. In each area, I provide tips and advice on the sorts of things you will want to provide your web designer, the things you should expect from it, what goals a website so focused will best achieve, and how you can get the best price for your site.
  • Getting Your Photographs Online
    Getting your photographs online is not always a simple process of making an upload and jotting down a bit of code. Although the html for putting an image onto a website is simple, making your picture appear on the web is the easiest part. Making it appear good on the web is another matter entirely.
  • Affordable Website Design - Package Deal or Value Meal
    Maybe what most people call a package deal I would call a value meal; the same selection of items at a higher price, with certain side benefits increased in quantity while the main part of the deal remains much the same.
  • Custom Website Design - A Theory
    Optimizing for yourself is the key to creating a truly custom website. Just because you aren?t using a template does not mean you are unique.

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