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10 Harsh Truths About Corporate Websites
The legendary Paul Boag gives us a reality check. While it’s hard to believe, I think I agree with all of them.
42 Web Design Companies: Designs That Move Me
There are so many web design companies that have amazing websites. I felt inspired after looking through these. Now it’s just a matter of execution…
Setting Body Ids in Expression Engine
Expression Engine has become a popular choice to power many sites. I have just begun experimenting with it, and I have been very impressed. One thing that I have been interested in determining was to figure out if I could set an id on the body like I do when building other sites. I have already written one article showing how to do this in PHP and WordPress, but this will show how to do it dynamic…
I’m a Weekly NETTUTS Writer
As I noted in my last post, I submitted a tutorial to NETTUTS to be considered as a weekly writer. I am very happy to announce that they chose me!
In my second article, Creating a “Filterable” Portfolio with jQuery, I take a look at creating a portfolio that can be filtered by category.
This tutorial was kind of inspired by the effect that I created on my company’s portfolio.
How will this effec…
Twitter Chatter During the Super Bowl
The New York Times created an interactive information graph of tweets during the super bowl. I love how at halftime, there was an explosion of Springsteen tweets.
Creating a “Filterable” Portfolio with jQuery
If you have worked in your field for a while, there is a pretty good chance that you have a rather extensive portfolio. To make it a little easier to navigate, you will probably be tempted to break them into different categories. In this tutorial, I will show you how to make "filtering by category" a little more interesting with just a little bit of jQuery.
WebAIM screenreader survey…the results are in
The WebAIM screenreader survey results are in. Not surprisingly: 76% of users always or often navigating by headings; 72% of screen reader users reported that Flash is very or somewhat difficult.
How we reduced chargebacks by 30%
Jason Fried discusses how they reduced chargebacks by 30%. My favorite part of this is how 37Signals determines the problem and quickly finds the simple solution to it.
Sprite Optimization
Dave Shea is starting to notice the use of huge CSS Sprites. I think I am in his state of mind: optimize when possible, but I’m not too interested in making one of those huge sprites.
My First WordPress Plugin
In a recent project at work, I had to integrate WordPress and bbPress. It proved to be a little more difficult than I anticipated, and I had to write my first WordPress plugin: Add bbPress Default Role.