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Funeral Held for IE6 Thursday

Vernon — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:02:00 +0000

Finally, a funeral has happened for that wonderful browser we developers all love… IE6. Hosted by Aten Design Group, a design firm in Denver, the memorial service was supposed to have a coffin holding a “body” with an IE6 logo for a head. Great stuff! Now if we could just get the rest of the world to move on.

2010 Brings New Ideas and New Inspiration

Vernon — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:41:47 +0000

2010 Brings New Ideas and Inspiration

So what is it? Two-thousand-ten? Twenty-ten? Personally, I’m a Two-thousand-ten guy myself. Regardless, 2010 looks to bring about new ideas and new inspiration in the world of web design and development. We’ve slowly seen websites go from on the screen reading to interactive pieces of art. Yes, I’m one who thinks websites (some) can be considered art. Sorry we’ve missed you these past few weeks, but the holidays are a time for rest, recuperation and refocusing. Here’s to an amazing 2010!

Happy Thanksgiving

Vernon — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:13:18 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving

To those in the U.S.A. celebrating, Happy Thanksgiving! We’ll be taking the next couple days off around here to spend with family, eat, and watch some football. We’ll be back making the daily choices again next week. Until then, take a look at some of our past top choices and popular ones.

Four Key Components of a Great Web Design

Vernon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:17:24 +0000

4 Keys to Great Web Design

There’s a lot that goes into creating a web design, but I believe it can be broken down into four main components. All aspects of a great design must compliment each other while helping achieve the end goals of the website. In this article, I’ve broken down the four key components of a great web design with examples and resources.

Managing Assets with CodeIgniter

Vernon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:56:50 +0000

PHP code is far from the only content necessary for most web applications. Most frequently we need to include images, css files, flash files, and many other types of files. The CodeIgniter framework doesn’t contain a built-in methodology for asset management, leaving the developer to their own devices. This article discusses the reason behind the base_url() method and the creation of a helper file that will assist in managing images, css files, and more.

jQuery Horizontal Tabbed Slide Down Menu

Vernon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:55:23 +0000

Continuing the horizontal menu with a slide dropdown series, this one has a true slide down of the sub menu. Instead of having the sub menu scroll down as in the previous examples, this one actually slides down from the top level item. Tested in IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Opera, Safari (PC) and Google Chrome.

5 Fresh and Useful jQuery Plugins from November 2009

Vernon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:54:19 +0000

jQuery is great and the amount of free extensions is simply amazing! The number of jQuery plugins that were created monthly is very hard to count and to know; And It is not easy to know which one is the nice one. This choice showcases 5 jQuery plugins that were born in November 2009.

Building an Image Gallery with Progressive Enhancement

Vernon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:53:07 +0000

Who doesn’t love to completely trick out their website with neat features? But what happens when your viewers aren’t using the latest browser, or they have JavaScript turned off? In today’s tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a image gallery that will work in almost all environments, using progressive enhancement techniques.

7 Ways to Master the Art of Tableless Web Design

Vernon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:52:15 +0000

So you wanna master tableless web design, eh? The best way to move forward and nurture your skills is to set goals, preferably daily. If you practice patience and take consistent steps in the direction you want to go, you will get there. To help you along your path, here are seven simple ways to move in the direction of mastery in tableless web design.

60+ Stunning HDR Images

Vernon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:51:21 +0000

There are number of tutorials available online for HDR effects and countless stunning HDR Images for examples done by creative photographers. Today we are show casing 60+ sunning HDR Images which we hope you will find inspirational.