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As a Sr. Web Programmer here at Noam Design, I always look for ways to optimize the code I develop for efficiency. I primarily do back-end programming with PHP and MySQL. Today I am going to share with you some tips that I have personally encountered while programming with PHP. I hope these 15 tips will help you optimize your PHP code and get you into the habit of looking for alternative ways or patterns of writing robust code. Also don’t forget to document your code properly! Enjoy! More »

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SEO is a topic that is often difficult and potentially costly to apply if you are unfamiliar with the processes and methods. SEO is a combination of techniques to improve the volume and quality of traffic to your web site from major search engines such as Google or Yahoo. In this article, I will list some quick and easy techniques that can help you accomplish higher page rankings and increase traffic to your web site. More »

Here, at Noam Design, we are constantly contributing to the web design world community and we’ve often pioneered new practices and innovative concepts within the industry. What we call ‘Load Sequencing’ and ‘Content Flushing’ are two ways to tremendously enhance the user experience for websites and web applications that are rich in design and/or features. These concepts allow for the almost instantaneous fetching of web content to the user, while other elements of the website or web application are seamlessly loading.

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In today’s internet browsing experience, there is nothing more frustrating and outdated than waiting for a web page to load.  We believe that when you go to a website, you shouldn’t have to wait for the site’s content to load, but rather you should be able to view relevant content right away – or at least be entertained while the main content of the page is loading. In other words, some web content should be fetched to the user immediately. For simple, light weight websites, the question may not be as critical. But for websites and web applications that are rich in features and/or design, it’s of the utmost importance. Especially given that more than 80% of all internet use is spent on rich web applications! Web based emailing and chatting, social networking, and video browsing, etc are just a few examples. More »

Web Statistics are very important for businesses, website owners, and web design companies. Which Web Browser is the most used? Internet Explorer? Firefox? Which are the most common browsers? The latest known browser statistics are shown below (USA & Canada): More »

JavaScript Statistics are of the utmost importance for rich websites and web applications. As of today, statistics show that more than 98% of users have JavaScript. The remaining 2% represent users who turn the scripting off or use a browser that doesn’t support JavaScript (some mobile phones).

Flash Statistics are very surprising! They show that more than 80% of the users update their flash player within 6 months of the release. These statistics are the official Adobe Flash Statistics for the US and Canada:
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Operating System Statistics are very important for Software developers, including Web developers. The statistics below show that Windows XP is the most popular operating system. In total, the windows family counts for over 90% of all operating systems! The next competitor is the Mac operating system with a little more than 5%.

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Screen resolution statistics are very important. When designing a website, it is a good idea for a web designer to make the design fit within a 1024px screen width (so about 1000px for the actual site design). Below are the latest known screen resolution statistics (US & Canada). What you can read from the web statistics below is that the big majority of users are using a display with 1024 pixels or more.

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I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend. I just wanted to point out a very useful tool for Flash web designers and developers. It’s called SWFAddress and it is an effective tool in providing support for deep linking your Flash websites and applications.

What SWFAddress does is it lets you create unique virtual URLs for all the different sections of your Flash website. This helps with general usability, as it makes the forward and back buttons on your browser functionable as well as makes your flash websites more search-engine friendly. You can download and read about it here.

In short, SWFAddress is a small, but powerful library that provides deep linking for Flash and Ajax. It’s a developer tool, allowing creation of unique virtual URLs that can point to a website section or an application state. More »

As 2008 is coming to an end, we are looking back at the past year with great pride and satisfaction. New York Web Design Company Noam Design is a winner of more than 20 awards for its web design and web development work. For the past year, Noam Design Web Design Company has been pioneering the web with unique websites and web applications, innovative concepts, cutting edge technologies, and state of the art designs.

Noam Design web design work has been featured in countless websites and web galleries. And just to start the holiday season on the right track, Noam Design has recently received the Web Design Association Web Award “Standard of Excellence”.

Most of our web projects are given awards – from W3 Awards, to Web Marketing Association’s Web Awards, to Interactive Media Awards, and much more! Browse through our Award Winning Projects – your company could be next on the list!

Here at Noam Design our flash developers typically use Actionscript animation over timeline tweens. The advantage to that is significantly smaller file sizes and smoother, more stable movements. For most developers, it is much easier to deal with your motion in terms of time rather than in frame. Also, when a client requests a change, editing a small snippet of code is far quicker than attempting to adjust the objects on your timeline (especially when you’re dealing with many objects on the stage). More »