Archive for July, 2011

Poll Results: Large file on major CDN or small file local

Poll Results: Large file on major CDN or small file local

I quite enjoyed this poll because the results were so neck and neck. It was only in the last week or so that a clear winner has emerged. Like all polls ever run in the history of this website,...

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Seriously, Just Make a JSFiddle

Seriously, Just Make a JSFiddle

Has anyone ever asked you for help troubleshooting some combination of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and they copy and paste the entirety of all the files into an email or forum post? It's super common, and so consider this...

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Chosen

Chosen

Super hot jQuery and Prototype plugin by the Harvest team that seriously improves the UI of <select> elements. Direct Link to Article — Permalink Advertise here with BSA Chosen is a post from CSS-Tricks ...

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CSSFrag

CSSFrag

Shaun Inman with a Safari extension (and Firefox port) that impliments the (not real) fragment identifiers proposal . Essentially: same-page document links that don't need the ID/hash-tag thing. Alternatively, you target with a CSS selector: http://example.com/lorem.html#css(.content:nth-child(2)) Direct Link to...

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Web IQ Quiz

Web IQ Quiz

Pretty fun, well designed, interesting quiz. You gotta cough up and email and stuff to play any of the quizzes beyond the first one so you might get some random Windows Phone emails or something, but hey it's fun....

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Classy Text Shadows

Classy Text Shadows

Tim Brown from Typekit shares some pretty classy CSS text shadows and drops some painter's terminology. The Typekit blog exemplifies an idea I've been telling any company I've been involved with for years and years. Publish lots of interesting...

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Everything About Radial Gradients

Everything About Radial Gradients

John Allsopp with a comprehensive article and updated tool for creating them. Funny how the vast majority of radial gradient examples are super in-your-face eye-seizure colors. I think it's because the "real world" uses for them are few...

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Good Blogging Etiquette for Guest Posting Hopefuls

Good Blogging Etiquette for Guest Posting Hopefuls

As bloggers, wanna-be writers and hopeful freelancers, we hear, probably on a daily basis, just how important guest blogging is. We know we should be guest blogging which means we know we should be actively seeking out new blogs...

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How Can a Marketer Take Advantage of Facebook’s New Send Dialog?

How Can a Marketer Take Advantage of Facebook’s New Send Dialog?

Back in April, Facebook rolled out the Send button, a function that provided a simple and direct way for users to privately share content through the platform. Though it has not garnered as much attention as the Like button,...

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Convert a Menu to a Dropdown for Small Screens

Convert a Menu to a Dropdown for Small Screens

The Five Simple Steps website has a responsive design with a neat feature. ...

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