August 2011
1 post
Detect mobile device / identify phone type with... →
This one actually works! The downloadable code displays a pop-up identifying what type of device you are using to view the page. You can replace that code with whatever you want. I used it to create conditional CSS styles to be applied to various devices. Works like a charm.
May 2011
1 post
Mp3 Player with XML Playlist - Nice Flash player... →
Combine with this technique for download protection:
MP3 Download Protection
January 2011
2 posts
Font comparer - See what embedded Google Fonts... →
Allows you to compare Google fonts online and on one screen
Icon Seeker, an icon search engine to help you... →
Icon files for web design
December 2010
2 posts
Interactive Website Tour with jQuery. →
Pretty cool jQuery script that allows you to guide your website visitor through your web pages.
Undocumented Google Search Operator - AROUND →
An undocumented Google Search operator which shows certain terms in proximity to each other. Can be useful for narrowing down searches, especially if many results are returned or many long documents are presented in your results.
November 2010
1 post
Preset, prefill or populate Form Fields using HTML... →
I have used this form pre-populating script with great success. It performs very well when you have the need to prefill form fields when using regular HTML pages.
October 2010
3 posts
Get Started Developing for Android with Eclipse -... →
A very good article / tutorial on how to get started programming for the Android market (using Eclipse)
New CSS Sticky Footer - 2010 - HTML for Bottom of... →
CSS for making sure footer area of your web page sticks to the bottom of the page.
“Dust-Me Selectors is a Firefox extension that identifies unused / orphaned CSS...”
– Locate unused (orphaned) CSS rules so you can remove them from your style sheets.
Dust-Me Selectors
September 2010
6 posts
11 Trends in Web #Logo Design: The Good, the Bad... →
This is a good study in current logo design trends in the web design world.
Obfuscate Mailto: Function in HTML using... →
Sometimes the client insists on having their email address on their website. When they do, it is best to obfuscate the mailto link. This page will create an encoded Javascript function that you can just plug into the HTML.
Greenshot - a free and open source screenshot tool... →
This is one of the most practical and useful screen shot utilities that I’ve found. It is very easy to use and has all the features that I need whenever I need to take a screen shot and annotate it.
How to Display a Flash Video From YouTube in a... →
This is one of the easiest modal window solutions for playing YouTube videos that I’ve tried.
5 Excellent Freeware Tools To Edit Your Videos The... →
Everyone knows that editing videos is a real pain! Perhaps some of these tools will be useful in reducing that pain.
Full Page Image Gallery with #jQuery →
This one is quite different than any of the other jQuery galleries / Slideshows I’ve seen. Interesting use of mouse-over image movement.
August 2010
4 posts
“jQuery Mobile: Touch-Optimized Web Framework for Smartphones & Tablets”
– jQuery Mobile - jQuery mobile framework takes the “write less, do more” mantra to the next level: Instead of writing unique apps for each mobile device or OS, the jQuery mobile framework will allow you to design a single highly branded and customized web application that will work on...
RT @earino: Don’t start a web app without http://html5boilerplate.com/
CrossSlide - jQuery plugin to create pan and... →
Check out all the sample animations HERE
Canimate Plugin - Create image animation without... →
Click HERE for demo
July 2010
7 posts
2 tags
PayPal Mini Cart (Javascript) - Easily insert... →
This PayPal mini cart works pretty well… Here is a website that uses it:
http://www.conneckapup.com
HOW TO: Optimize Your Mobile Site Across Multiple... →
App Inventor for #Android. In beta now, but... →
15 Best Free Open Source Ecommerce Software... →
Here are some others:
Open Source eCommerce
TomatoCart.com
Minimalistic Slideshow Photo Gallery with #jQuery →
Ad Hoc, Linear Chat Dialogue in Real time with... →
This is a pretty neat concept that may be useful when you need to chat with someone who may or may not be on your chat platform (Google talk, AIM, etc.) or if you want to chat with multiple people at once in the same conversation.
RT @bkmacdaddy: 40 JavaScript lightboxes photo galleries (jQuery and MooTools) http://bit.ly/bjw8TE
June 2010
5 posts
Galleriffic - A jQuery plugin for rendering... →
What is important in logo design?
What is important in logo design?
I’ve always erred on the side of simplicity. I agree with this approach:
An effective logo is simple, memorable, timeless, versatile and appropriate.
What better place to start than by looking at the logos of the Fortune 500 companies. These companies spend large sums of cash to polish their brand identities. The vast majority of their logos focus on...
RT @aerozeppelin72: A Roundup of 15 Mobile Web Design Tutorials - SloDive http://bit.ly/bsnemC
Post To #Tumblr from Tweetdeck - You can even update multiple Tumblr accounts at the same time! http://bit.ly/9lq6pX
Ajax Image Uploads with 100% Less Suck. →
May 2010
6 posts
#WordPress 3.0 Release Candidate (RC1) is here! →
Online #Font download repositories:
Here is a list of free fonts download repositories:
fontsquirrel.com
FontSpace.com
FontStock.net
SearchFreeFonts.com
The #Google #Font API helps you add web fonts to... →
Cross Browser #Font Embedding with the CSS3... →
Spicing Up Your #Tumblr Experience: Beautiful... →
jQuery & Flash Slideshow / Image Slider Scripts
Nivo Slider (jQuery)
Coin Slider (jQuery)
Simple Viewer (Flash)
April 2010
9 posts
gMap - Google Maps Plugin For #jQuery - Embed... →
Wireframe Resources for Web Developers
Wireframe Resources:
15 Best Wireframing Tools for Designers
4 tags
Online video converter - Convert most media and... →
SlickPlan - a free web-based sitemap & flowchart... →
gMap - Google Maps Plugin For #jQuery →
#JQuery Multi-part Form Wizard plugin with demo... →
10 Red Flags that Predict a Deadbeat Client...
Don’t sell yourself short! Your time and expertise are valuable. Therefore, you should ALWAYS charge an appropriate fee to ensure a reasonable profit margin. If you undercut yourself, you are undercutting us all. And, in the end… no one wins. If you can bring value to the table, charge appropriately. If you are a pretender, then these prospects are all yours: 1) Jr. Designer needed 2)...
How to Decide Which Jobs to Take and When to Say... →
A good article which helps to identify some of the warning signs that your next client may not be worth the trouble.
AJAX-ed Todo List With PHP, MySQL & #jQuery –... →
March 2010
8 posts
1 tag
Copying a software installation CD to a USB Flash...
I got my new netbook over the weekend and started installing some of my critical software to it. However, one of my favorite pieces of software was only available on CD and I don’t have a CD drive in my netbook. I didn’t want to run out and buy a USB CD driver either. Since I couldn’t install the software from an online source, I decided to copy the installation CD to a spare...
#Tumblr: An Introduction Guide For Microblogging →
Have you ever needed to shrink a large PDF?
If you’ve ever received a HUGE PDF file from a client (maybe a print proof) and needed a quick and easy way to make the file size smaller (without buying PhotoShop or Adobe Acrobat Professional), I’ve found a workable solution. I was looking for a way to “resample” or “downsample” the embedded images in the PDF so that the resulting filesize would be much...