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By Matthew Corner on September 2, 2010
I recently, as many web designers and developers will have, became aware of a fantastic resource put together by web developer, Paul Irish, and Divya Manian. Html5 Boilerplate, as they have named it, is a powerful starting off point for any website or web application. As Paul Irish describes it; “It’s essentially a good starting [...]
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By Daniels Mekšs on September 2, 2010
When building a website, there are so many things and aspects to keep in mind. It often happens that in that mess we forget about some basic things like favicon or maybe about dummy content removal from test site. It’s much easier to go trough all those things when you have all of them written down.
In this article you are [...]
Posted in Development | Tagged automate, checklists, Development, questionnaires, webdesign
By przemek on September 1, 2010
Javascript is now extremely important. Some sites use javascript for a tiny enchantments, many of today’s webapps are depending on it, some of them are even totally written in js. In this article I’ll point out some important rules, how to use your javascript, which tools to use and what benefits you’ll gain from it.
Posted in Development | Tagged cdn, javascript, jquery, labjs, optimization, packing, performance
By Matthew Corner on August 30, 2010
I recently read a forum thread about designers and developers, and the hourly rates they charge. One commenter made a great point, saying that you can start to charge more per hour, if you are more efficient, and faster at producing quality work, as long as quality is not compromised for speed. Apart from practice, how can [...]
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By Darren on August 26, 2010
You know how important getting new clients is for your business. Getting a constant new stream of clients is often the #1 challenge for most freelancers. Unfortunately, most of the advice provided online on this topic is often filled with ambiguity and doesn’t give you clear tips and instructions you can use to start getting [...]
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By Matthew Corner on August 20, 2010
All the hype recently has been about Html5, and the new elements it brings to the table for us to use. However, the way I see it, we currently don’t even utilise all that the current version of html has to offer. There are several really useful elements available to use, that make our code [...]
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By Matthew Corner on August 18, 2010
A user script is code written in a programming language that allows you to control a piece of software. Think for example, macro’s in Microsoft Office that help improve your work flow. Well did you know that you can do the exact same thing with your browsing experience, and the websites you view? Well you can, [...]
Posted in Development | Tagged Greasemonkey, guide, tips, tricks, user Scripts
By Peter Burgin on August 16, 2010
Coding is a logical process. You want the site or program to do a particular thing. You enter in the commands needed to achieve that end.
Learning to develop websites could be approached just as logically. Languages for the computer could be compared to math classes. You need to learn simple addition before you can even [...]
Posted in Development | Tagged coding, CSS, Development, html, javascript, jquery, php, tips
By Matthew Corner on August 6, 2010
CSS is no doubt up there with the most important web languages that we use. While html provides the structure it can be inconsistent and unpredictable across different new and old browsers. Css is where the html is styled though, and where we get creative as well as addressing those inconsistencies. Below is a fantastic list [...]
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