Gaya Design

jQuery plugin: Fullscreen Background

Gaya — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:21:55 +0000

If you're a webdeveloper or designer I am pretty sure you've run into the problem of people wanting to have "fullscreen content" or just background images that will stretch in the most optimal way to the users screen. Lately I found that a lot of people are asking for fullscreen backgrounds, videos and other types on stuff. So to prevent myself from reinventing the wheel over and over again I made a small jQuery plugin, and thought you guys might like it too. So here it is: Fullscreen Background for jQuery.

Your Blog Got Hacked, So Now What? A Comprehensive Guide

Gaya — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:09:14 +0000

Today I am sharing a guest article by Michael Evans on what to do when your blog gets "hacked". Good read if you're having troubles. The world is not perfect, not yet at least. So, that means, your blog is still very much vulnerable to malicious attacks and to be really honest, this is quite common in blogosphere. Just take a look around in Malware section of Google Webmaster help Forum or any other forums and you will see the agony and pains of webmasters who are finding it really hard to get to the bottom of things. However, removing malware from your website does not need to be that much difficult, resources are available, in fact, our beloved Google has some great tools to offer, all you need to do is to find a way to use them to your advantages. To make your task easier, here we are going to share some tips that you may or not find awesome (not bragging though)

Kickstart app development for Spotify

Gaya — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 19:12:17 +0000

So you've decided to go ahead and develop an app for Spotify. Great! Starting off might be a pain though if you're not well informed. In this article I'll give you a boost in developing for Spotify and warn you for common mistakes I've made. App development for Spotify is not hard! It's mainly HTML, CSS and Javascript, which you are probably already familiar with.

How designs meet the needs of a frontend developer so the user experience gets a little boost

Gaya — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:13:54 +0000

Today I bring you a guest article written by Roxanne Peterson from WizKraft Media. She will discuss the topic of the point where design and frontend development meet. We all know frontend development and design are two different things, but their paths meet way too often to be ignored. Roxanne will talk about how the design can be adapted for frontend development and tries to give to a better perspective on frontend meets design in general.

WordPress Plugin: Complete Language Switcher

Gaya — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:03:08 +0000

A while ago I uploaded a new plugin to the Wordpress plugin directory called Complete Language Switcher. Using this plugin enables you to easily make a multilingual blog with Wordpress to give the user the best experience in a language you provide.

Why SASS and Compass should be in your workflow

Gaya — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:46:49 +0000

Admit it: CSS is awesome, but it's default syntax is insanely stupid. Are you tired of the way CSS is written and proves to be quite useless and cluttered once the project grows and gets more styling? It just takes up way too much of our time to organize and it's plain stupid if we stick with this kind of workflow. That's when CSS compilers came around, and it will change your life. This post will describe the benefits of CSS compiling and in which possible ways you can use it.

Contest – Win Christmas cards from Moo.com

Gaya — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:23:37 +0000

This week I am holding the first giveaway on Gaya Design ever; a giveaway sponsored by MOO who have provided me with a total of 100 Christmas Cards to giveaway. Christmas already? Yes! Oh, and the cards are all customizable to your likings. Neat! Read the post for instructions and how to win free Christmas cards!

QueryLoader2 – Preload your images with ease

Gaya — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:10:38 +0000

Gaya Design is back in business and hitting hard with a redo of the 2009 script QueryLoader. I kept getting e-mails and comments about it and thought I had left it just hanging there for way too long. It had become very outdated. So here it is: version 2 of QueryLoader!

Working on Siebstudio

Gaya — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:32:46 +0000

Last week a friend of mine, Sieb, launched his new website for his design company called Siebstudio. The website got mentioned on creattica and got some nice exposure through it. This article will explain my part in the development and what we did to create a site like this.

Presenting: Arcade Superstar and other GD stuff

Gaya — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 16:09:05 +0000

As you might have noticed I kind of put my blog on a low. This is simply because I didn't have the time to create new posts and give answers to all the questions that I got over the time when I ran the blog. Don't get me wrong! I really love how you people like my scripts and are expending this blog every day! You, the readers, are awesome for that. This doesn't mean I am done with Gaya Design though. I am planning on writing some stuff in the future, but for now I am very busy with commercial scripting and some other personal projects. One of these projects, and you might have already heard, is Arcade Superstar. A music project!