1. Consider resetting your stylesheet first to null values for everything, then re-declare all of your settings from scratch. You’d be surprised how often you’ll build something in Firefox as your test browser (simply because of the developer plugins available to you), only to find that when you test in Internet Explorer at the end it looks messed up. Padding and margins will be off, etc. Reset to 0px for everything then start from there to ensure a unified look in just about every case.

   Although I use a variation I have created myself, this is an excellent starting point:
   http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/reset/

2. When developing a website, we don’t always see the same thing in all browsers. Things may shift slightly in each browser and certain features may not work if an older browser doesn’t support the feature you’re trying to use (ie., transparent PNG support or certain positioning elements).
   
   Adobe BrowserLab gives you the ability to preview and test your websites in multiple browsers and operating systems. Since building a website to be cross-browser compatible is one of the more annoying aspects of web design, this should be a valuable web app to all of us.

   Adobe BrowserLab supports screenshots in most major/recent browser versions and is incredibly fast at generating the previews for you. At this time, the software only shows the single URL you type in, so if you need to test multiple pages on a website you will need to test each separate URL independently of each other.

   The service is 100% free and much quicker at generating the preview compared to other semi-free services such as BrowserShots.

There are many techniques we learn over the years through experience but these are a few of the really big hurdles you’ll encounter when developing websites. Good luck!

Anything we forgot to mention you’d like to add? Feel free to comment.

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Adobe BrowerLab gives you the ability to preview and test your websites in multiple browsers and operating systems. Since building a website to be cross-browser compatible is one of the more annoying aspects of web design, this should be a valuable web app to all of us.

Adobe BrowserLab supports screenshots in most major/recent browser versions and is incredibly fast at generating the previews for you. At this time, the software only shows the single URL you type in, so if you need to test multiple pages on a website you will need to test each separate URL independently of each other.

The service is 100% free and much quicker at generating the preview compared to other semi-free services such as BrowserShots.

https://browserlab.adobe.com/

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Kuler is a community driven web app that lets you browse color palettes created by others. You can also create your own by using the color wheel, harmony rules, and color sliders. Using a tool like this will help create that perfect blend of colors to use in an email newsletter, website design or other marketing piece you’re creating for your clients.

Give the tool a try. It doesn’t cost anything and is supported by the Adobe community of designers.

http://kuler.adobe.com/

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We ran across a tool called “Wix” recently that caught our attention. The tool promises a simplistic point-and-click interface for building a flash website in a snap. We gave it a try and they’re right!

Within minutes we were able to create an interactive flash website that didn’t suck. They had all the right tools and allowed me to choose from pre-built templates as a starting point or to start out from scratch. It supports media and any imagery you want to upload to the website.

Wix is offering a special holiday upgrade price from their free service if you want to host on your own domain name. Give it a try. It’s free to test it out and you don’t have to buy anything to create your website to perfection before considering hosting with them.

Get more from your Wix sites:

• Use your own domain
• Remove Wix ads
• Unlimited bandwidth
• Extra storage
• Google Analytics site stats
• Unlimited pages
• Professional hosting
• Premium support

http://www.wix.com/

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If you have a website that needs basic content management functions for text editing, file and image uploading of various parts of each page, this is simple enough to setup for a 10 page website in under an hour!

CushyCMS is a Content Management Systems (CMS) that is truly simple. It’s free for unlimited users, unlimited changes, unlimited pages and unlimited sites.

It’s built from the ground up with ease of use in mind – for both content editors and designers. It’s such a simple CMS that it takes less than 3 minutes for a web designer to implement. No PHP or ASP required for this CMS. If you can add CSS classes to HTML tags then you can implement CushyCMS. It’s also a hosted CMS, so no installation or maintenance is needed either.

Content editors will love managing their content with this system. No training required, it’s just that easy.

And it is, and always will be a free CMS. You can use it for professional use, you can even charge your clients to use it. The only catch is that if you make it your own CMS solution, with your own brand, then you’ll need to pay for the pro plan.

You’ve got nothing to lose and your clients will thank you! Sign up free today.

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