Newspaper - a free theme for BlogEngine.NET

03. July 2008 09:47 by Janko | Comments (7)
Newspaper is a free, lightweight, high-contrast, black&white theme for BlogEngine.NET. The name "Newspaper" comes from the fact that theme looks like real newspapers. You can see how does it looks like and download a free copy. [More]

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How to create web application user interface that looks like Outlook

19. June 2008 11:21 by Janko | Comments (20)
How many times have you heard form a client that they want "outlook-like" web user interface for their application? Me, probably a hundred of times. In this article I'll explain how to create a web application user interface that looks like Outlook. You can see the live demo and download source code with images. [More]

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Visualize your visitors using CrazyEgg

16. June 2008 16:19 by Janko | Comments (1)
CrazyEgg is a service that will help you visualize the usage of your website. How? Simple, by tracking visitor's activity on your pages. It shows you what's hot on your website, where users click and shows you very detailed information for each click by creating very detailed and graphically rich reports. What would be the benefit of using such a service? Instead of explaining, let's take a look at the sample tests I did. [More]

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Building a better web forms: Context highlighting using jQuery

09. June 2008 23:28 by Janko | Comments (28)
This article shows how to highlight a current context on a complex web forms using jQuery. You can see how to highlight current row or current group of rows, and how easily it could be done by uisng powerful jQuery selectors. [More]

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Building a better web forms: Labels in form layouts

06. June 2008 12:02 by Janko | Comments (11)
One of the requests that I often had is to refactor the presentation layer of web applications. One of the things that purports is a form layout refactoring. In this article I'll show you how I tried to improve common form layouts by using underlined labels. [More]

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Skin your laptop like I did mine!

03. June 2008 22:57 by janko | Comments (9)
Recently, my wife an I "skinned" our laptop. Or maybe I should say "dress it" :) Plain, silver surface was just too boring! See how it looks now and find an inspiration for your laptop. [More]

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Awesome web development and web design articles and sites in May 2008

30. May 2008 11:47 by Janko | Comments (6)
This article shows a reviews of 16 great articles and sites I found in May 2008. There are articles about web development with ASP.NET, Ajax and jQuery. There are also a great web design resources, tools, plugins, BlogEngine.NET extensions and one great usability article. [More]

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Create MessageBox user control using ASP.NET and CSS

28. May 2008 00:57 by janko | Comments (13)
This article shows how to create MessageBox user control using ASP.NET and CSS. It have the ability to render different message types. It also have a close button in order to enable users to hide the message after reading. The article will guide you through the basics of making a simple and functional user control. [More]

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CSS Message Boxes for different message types

22. May 2008 12:17 by Janko | Comments (81)
Can you believe this: Few days ago I went to my bank to check my credit score with the Credit Bureau. The bank official typed in my personal data and sent a request. Web application responded by displaying a yellow message box with an exclamation icon saying that data processing is still in progress... [More]

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Make fancy buttons using CSS sliding doors technique

30. April 2008 14:42 by Janko | Comments (61)
This article will show you how to create fancy buttons using CSS sliding doors technique. It is much better to use this technique than to use image buttons because you can apply the style to any link and at the same time you don't have to create an image for each button. I posted this one on Morning... [More]

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