How JavaScript & HTML5 Are Remaking the Web

The Future Web Series is supported by Elsevier's SciVerse Application Marketplace and Developer Network. The SciVerse applications platform enables developers to build apps based on trusted scientific content. Learn more. HTML5 is no longer just a buzz word. It — along with JavaScript and CSS3 — is quickly helping reshape perceptions of what a web browser and web standards can achieve. With browsers implementing more HTML5 features across platforms and devices, developers are starting to integrate many of the new features and frameworks into their web apps, websites and web designs. Although HTML5 is its own standard, the power of HTML5 is really only best realized with the use of CSS 3 and JavaScript. Graphics libraries like WebGL can extend JavaScript, allowing for the creation of interactive 3D graphics within the browser all while utilizing the plugin-free nature of the HTML canvas element. WebGL Brain Surface and Tractography Viewer Google Body Browser MathBoard Lost World's Fairs

How WordPress Themes Actually Work [INFOGRAPHIC] WordPress developer and all-around web geek Joost de Valk has just graced the Internet with a highly useful infographic. For a medium that leans toward the amusing, infographics can occasionally be enlightening or even helpful for later reference. This one serves as a sort of "cheat sheet for how your blog works" and takes the reader through the basics of a normal WordPress theme. It's a posts-to-plugins look at the anatomy of a typical WordPress theme. Click to see original. HOW TO: Design & Program a Facebook Landing Page for Your Business Jonathan Goldford is a partner at Wired Impact, a web design company that builds websites for nonprofits. You can connect with Jonathan on Twitter and on the Wired Impact Facebook page. Right now Facebook Pages and custom landing pages are bigger than bottled water was on December 31, 1999. Michael Jackson, Lady Gaga, Starbucks, and the TV show House each have more than fifteen million "Likes" and are growing rapidly. While there are an enormous number of articles that talk vaguely about how to create a custom landing page, very few discuss the nuances of actually designing and programming one. Here we will discuss the subtleties of designing a Facebook landing page and FBML programming. Designing Your Company’s Facebook Page Actually designing a Facebook Page is very similar to designing any website, except for a few considerations: Design for a 520px Width — Facebook Pages must fit within a width of 520px. Programming Your Company’s Facebook Page Begin Programming Outside of Facebook