Archive for October, 2010

Simple 3D Effect Wrap-Around Navigation Menu In Photoshop

Simple 3D Effect Wrap-Around Navigation Menu In Photoshop

In this tutorial we’ll take a look at how to create an easy 3D effect which can be used for a web navigation sidebar. 1. Create a new document in Photoshop 500 high x 300 wide pixels...

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Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript got invited to a halloween party. They decided they would all dress up as each other! HTML went as JavaScript: <div id="pumpkin" onclick="alert('Boo!');"></div> JavaScript went as CSS: var jackolantern = document.getElementById('pumpkin'); jackolantern.style.color = "orange"; jackolantern.style.backgroundColor...

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Rotating Molecules with 3D Transforms

Rotating Molecules with 3D Transforms

Click-and-drag to rotate these complex objects through a pseudo three dimensional space. It’s a familiar design pattern, but one that is particularly difficult to pull off...

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SitePoint Podcast #85: Back to the Future

SitePoint Podcast #85: Back to the Future

Episode 85 of The SitePoint Podcast is now available! This week your hosts are Patrick O’Keefe ( @iFroggy ), Stephan Segraves ( @ssegraves ), Brad Williams ( @williamsba ) and Kevin Yank ( @sentience ). They are joined by...

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Do You Adhere to Strict BBC-Style CSS Coding Standards?

Do You Adhere to Strict BBC-Style CSS Coding Standards?

The BBC website is one of the most popular destinations on the Web. ...

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So You Need To Fill a Dropdown Dynamically

So You Need To Fill a Dropdown Dynamically

You have one dropdown menu, and depending on the user’s choice in that one, a second dropdown gets filled with choices. ...

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The Problem with Patents … is Patently Obvious

The Problem with Patents … is Patently Obvious

“Patents: If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today’s ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today.” —Bill Gates, May 16th, 1991 in an internal...

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3 Lightweight Alternatives to phpMyAdmin

3 Lightweight Alternatives to phpMyAdmin

When faced with MySQL administration tasks, many developers rely on phpMyAdmin . As the name implies it’s written in PHP, so it can be installed on your web server and accessed from a browser...

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Throwing Better Errors Using Stack

Throwing Better Errors Using Stack

A while ago, I wrote about using the throw statement for debugging . Unfortunately, the title of that post confused the issue somewhat; it was never my intention to suggest that the throw statement should replace alert() for debugging...

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How to Add a Tweet Button Anywhere

How to Add a Tweet Button Anywhere

Social sharing is an excellent way to increase your web site traffic, find new subscribers and get the most out of your published content. Whether the sharing takes place via Twitter, Facebook or another method, the easier you make...

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