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How to take screens shots on Macs, Windows, iPhones and Androids
In this tutorials I’ll show you the basics of taking screenshots on a range of devices including computers and tablets/smartphones. I’ll also show you some extra little tricks for taking a screenshot of only the content you want captured. Tutorial covers Windows, Mac, iOS and Androids. Continue
CSS tips and tricks for styling forms
Some simple CSS tips and tricks for styling your forms. The tutorial includes rounded corner fields, styling based on input field types, applying on focus styles and using images as submit buttons. Continue
Specifying keyboard type for web forms on mobile devices
Who gets annoyed when they have to switch their mobile keyboard over to the number pad each time they have to enter a phone number in a web form? With some very simple HTML5 code I am going to show you have you can enhance someones user experience with your web forms so the right keyboard for the job shows up automatically. Continue
Drupal vs WordPress Terminology Guide
Chances are if you have been using WordPress or Drupal for a while you have become familiar with the terminology and when to use what where. However if you have to switch from one to the other it can become somewhat confusing. You can still achieve generally the same outcomes but all the terminology has changed. Also a handy beginners guide to terminology and features. Continue
Poll: Do people still print web pages?
I was reading a great tutorial last week about a variety of techniques that you can use for styling your website when printed. One of the best features was getting it to display the full URL next to any link within the page. However, this tutorial got me thinking… does anyone still print out a web page? Lets take a poll to find out what our readers do. Continue
Art Set App Review
Art Set is a fantastic app for iPad which caters for the needs avid artists. It takes it’s art seriously and doesn’t dumb it down for kids which is very refreshing. I particularly like the user of realistic items for selecting tools and colours. Continue
Mobile Friendly Contact Details
Have you ever visited a website on your phone and tried to call a phone number, but because of the formatting it doesn’t work? In this tutorial I will show you how to make your contact details mobile phone friendly including the address, phone number and email. Continue
Web Design Trend: Sticky Navs
A web design trend that I have started noticing more frequently are ‘sticky menus’ where the navigation sticks to part of the page will the content scrolls. This great feature for websites with lots of scrolling… Continue
Cartoon about Browser Standards
In this week’s blog posts we have all focused how web standards effect our jobs. With all the new HTML5 & CSS3 features available now, browser standards have lead to increasing frustrations in implementing these new features. Not only do all browsers do things differently but we are still dealing with users on old versions of browsers which don’t event render these new features. So, here is my cartoon about this issue…
Using CSS3 Special Effects for Menus
CSS3 comes with a range of transition, transformation and animation properties that you can use to enhance your website and introduce animation without using Flash or JavaScript. There are also some nice design enhancements like text-shadows and border-radius. In this tutorial I’ll demonstrate how to use these techniques to enhance a menu. Continue