Author Rachel Andrew

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Rachel Andrew is not only editor-in-chief of Smashing Magazine, but also a web developer, writer and speaker. She is the author of a number of books, including The New CSS Layout. She is one of the people behind the content management system, Perch, and writes about business and technology on her own site at rachelandrew.co.uk.

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Designing For Print With CSS

January 7, 2015 — If you mention printing with CSS to many people who work on the web, print style sheets are the use that comes to mind. We are all well used to creating a style sheet that is called upon when a web document is printed. These style sheets ensure that the print version is … Read More…

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Varnish – Speed Up Your Mobile Website

December 4, 2013 — Imagine that you have just written a post on your blog, tweeted about it and watched it get retweeted by some popular Twitter users, sending hundreds of people to your blog at once. Your excitement at seeing so many visitors talk about your post turns to dismay as they start … Read More…

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Building A Successful Product: Start Small And Listen

November 8, 2013 — In this article, Rachel explains how to start with a new product, develop and support it over time. Read More…

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A Guide To PHP Error Messages For Designers

November 30, 2011 — PHP is widely available with inexpensive hosting plans, which makes it a popular choice for developers who write software for the Web. From big platforms, such as WordPress, down to small scripts, such as ones to display image galleries or to send forms to email, thousands … Read More…

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Supporting Your Product: How To Provide Technical Support

October 10, 2011 — Users will always need support. You could have a bulletproof product and the most excellent tutorials and documentation, and someone will find a way to break it or just not read the information staring them in the face. Later in this article, I’ll explain some ways to … Read More…

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Designing For Content Management Systems

November 22, 2010 — Designing and indeed front-end development for a website that will have content edited by non-technical users poses some problems over and above those you will encounter when developing a site where you have full control over the output mark-up. However, most clients these … Read More…

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How To Use CSS3 Media Queries To Create a Mobile Version of Your Website

July 19, 2010 — This article will demonstrate a technique that uses part of CSS3 that is also unsupported by Internet Explorer 8. However, it doesn’t matter as one of the most useful places for this module is somewhere that does have a lot of support - small devices such as the … Read More…

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Getting Started With E-Commerce: Your Options When Selling Online

June 2, 2010 — The world of online sales, whether of products or services, can be daunting at first; the options seem confusing and the information conflicted. Yet as the designer or developer of an online store, you will need to guide your client through the maze of choices in order to … Read More…