Category Archives: web development

Looking for a Responsive Content Dialog(ue)

One of the larger issues when trying to create a truly responsive site is the content. Or rather, “what to send to whom…” (I am not trying to coin the next Ajax, but I am lazy, so I’m going to refer … Continue reading

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Change the Tune: a great way to keep the office harmonious, let out a little pent-up frustration, and give everyone a little exercise! A really great, easy-to-follow tutorial on how to build a responsive design site, from the ground-up.  For … Continue reading

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As a (semi-)”reformed”-80s-metaller, I find the Metal Bands per 100,000 People infographic fascinating!  The obvious curiousity is why Scandanavia has so many bands per capita, but I’m also intrigued by the apparent plethora of bands in what appears to be … Continue reading

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Really beautiful cloud reproduction using CSS & JS.  I especially love that it can go full-screen, but I do wish I could “disconnect” my mouse movements from the cloud orientation.  Oh, and the Michael Bay Preset is a nice touch too… … Continue reading

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New Zealand 100% Pure offers some great interactive design (and the responsive design is pretty good, at least until you get down to the small-tablet-ish size). The opening page takes similar, previously-seen techniques to a new level, but I really … Continue reading

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Seems we have (at least) two new competing image replacement techniques: http://nicolasgallagher.com/another-css-image-replacement-technique/ http://www.zeldman.com/2012/03/01/replacing-the-9999px-hack-new-image-replacement/ Both are improvements over the old-standard text-indent: -9999px;, especially if you’re dealing with tablets, but does anyone have any other pros/cons on the two? And speaking of … Continue reading

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I’m not sure if I’d ever grab this to start a new site, but Pea.rs seems like a great playground for testing HTML and CSS, at the very least! What I dig most is that everything is responsive, all the … Continue reading

WordPress Plugin: Add URL Slugs to <body> Class

Funny, I had built this some time back for my own personal use, thought it could be useful to others, planned on pushing it to the WordPress Repository, then apparently never got around to it… Anyhow, another quick and simple … Continue reading

WordPress Plugin: Add Custom Post Type Slugs to Admin <body> Class

2015-03-14 UPDATE: Slight update, available in the WordPress repo and on GitHub, check the README.txt for details. 2013-03-18 UPDATE: Now available on GitHub: https://github.com/aarontgrogg/wp-plugin-add-custom-post-type-slugs-to-admin-body-class 2012-02-25 UPDATE: Now available via the WordPress Repository: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-custom-post-type-slugs-to-admin-body-class/ If you work with a lot of … Continue reading

Responsive Design: Progressive Enhancement, Part Deux!

Okay, I know the term du jour is Responsive Design, but just think of it as progressive enhancement. The term (and philosophy) progressive enhancement replaced graceful degradation back in 2003, but back then it was mostly pertaining to CSS and … Continue reading