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Explore and Master Chrome DevTools
Have a look at this course on Chrome dev tools from Code School ~ lots of useful tips and tricks to learn :)
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more jQuery drop-downs
Following on from yesterday – let’s setup an accordion menu :) download the source files and implement the design by looking at the webpage (without peeking at my CSS!). We will then setup up the...
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#MKGN number 4
Just came across this blog post from Mark Wilson about the 4th MK Geek Night – great notes from the evening, thanks for sharing, Mark :) There is a great checklist from Keir Whitaker with tips for...
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maban.co.uk
Though you will have seen Anna Debenham’s new website by now – I just wanted to share this and few more links – well worth a read :) Anna is one of the bright spirits on the web – clever, talented,...
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The Queen’s stylesheets
How many times do you correct your British spelling in your CSS? Too often ;-) Here’s a brilliant idea by Visual Idiot to solve this problem: spiffingCSS ~ this will make you laugh :) (warning: auto...
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Blink: a new rendering engine
Google announces the move of Chromium to a new rendering engine, Blink. A few articles and reactions: Blink: A rendering engine for the Chromium project (The Chromium Blog) further info on Blink (The...
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taking care of your favicons
found via this tweet, thanks @StuRobson :) iconifier.net < generates .ico and relevant iOS/Metro images — Stuart Robson (@StuRobson) April 5, 2013 A handy tool for creating your favicons :)...
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Keir Whitaker
photo via handheldconf We’ve already learnt a lot from Keir who gave us the brilliant checklist for improving our websites’ performance at the last #MKGeekNight. And now we will have the pleasure of...
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15 years of a better web
Mozilla exists to promote openness, innovation and opportunity on the Internet. We’ve been doing it for 15 years and the following 15 facts offer a look at who we are, including some of our biggest...
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vanilla web diet
An excellent reminder of good working practices: vanilla web diet – direct, to the point and ever so useful, thanks @codepo8 :) via: The Vanilla Web Diet by @codepo8: recommendations and examples:...
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your webdesigner’s portfolio
Hope you had a nice and productive break, curious to see the progress on your client sites ;) Now it's time for your own site, to get ready to promote yourself - your final project is now your very own...
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CSS-only RWD menu
Let’s have a look at this great tutorial from webdesigner wall ~ setting up a responsive menu with pure CSS. Hopefully this will save you a few headaches ~ and might help solve your problem, Mark :) →...
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playing with borders
A quick check on your CSS3 knowledge with a little quiz – and onto border images. Let’s take a look at new possibilities :) Though not quite there yet – support is growing and most of the modern...
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Firefox OS
After a brilliant talk from Chris Heilmann at #SOTB – I just had to share a few links :) Firefox OS Firefox OS Simulator, addon for Firefox Building Firefox OS @OpenWebDevice
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Back from a brilliant day at #SOTB3 – I just found this video (sorry, it’s flash) via Peter Wood: Seb was brilliant as ever, live coding and getting the browser evangelists to battle each other :)...
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the college test.
To test your growing skills – there is a college-wide task set to all students. Let’s take today to get this done and make the most of it ;) group shoot with Peter Gasston What a wonderful shot ~ shows...
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20 years of the open, free web
To celebrate the first 20 years of the open, fere internet – Cern are starting a new project – to restore the first web project, a few links you should check out :O) Twenty years of a free, open web,...
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This is now a more and more commonly used technique which has great advantages for easy use – the sticky menu. I put together a quick demo which changes the position of the menu once the page is...
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A very popular and useful method to enhance the image presentation on your site is to include captions. While some designs will work best with the caption visible by default – more minimal designs...
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Keir’s visit :)
photo via handheldconf Today’s the day :) Here are a few useful links relating to Keir’s session: mixture Sass. Sass. – references LESS compass codekit (mac only)
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