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Tweets as Comments in EE

David Appleyard — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:00:21 +0000

Kenny Meyers on tweets as comments in ExpressionEngine, a process which turns out not to be too complicated.

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Walls Come Tumbling Down

David Appleyard — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:00:45 +0000

The presentation slides and transcript for Andy Clarke’s @media talk - really great content and ideas.

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html5doctor

David Appleyard — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:00:30 +0000

html5doctor is run by a bunch of volunteers that are passionate about making html5 happen here and now.

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A Real Web Design Curriculum

David Appleyard — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:00:37 +0000

WaSP Interact is a fantastic new community-driven open curriculum based upon web standards and best practices.

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74 Beautiful Single Page Designs

David Appleyard — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:00:29 +0000

In this presentation you’ll find a variety of highly-creative, beautiful and most notably single page designs.

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BlueTrip CSS Framework

David Appleyard — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:00:11 +0000

BlueTrip is a CSS framework that gives you a sensible set of styles and a common way to build a website.

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7 Essential CSS 3 Techniques Revealed

David Appleyard — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:00:51 +0000

A look at the 7 major CSS3 techniques, including text-shadow, box-sizing, opacity, multiple backgrounds, border-radius, and border-image.

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The 1Kb CSS Grid

David Appleyard — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:00:24 +0000

A versatile, compact CSS framework that supports nested rows, fluid or fixed layouts etc.

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A Slideshow with a Layered Frame

David Appleyard — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:43 +0000

Build a basic slideshow that has a layered frame using z-index and PNG transparency. A really subtle effect.

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An Artistic Homage to Michael Jackson

David Appleyard — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 08:00:09 +0000

A selection of some amazing artistic creations of Michael Jackson, created by artists around the world.

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jQuery Mega Menu

David Appleyard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:00:44 +0000

Mega Menus refer to drop down menus that contain multiple columns of links - it isn’t the most attractive design, but a good concept.

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Recreating the MobileMe Gallery

David Appleyard — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:00:05 +0000

Recreating the Web Gallery interface of MobileMe using only CSS and a small amount of jQuery.

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Easy Development With CodeIgniter

David Appleyard — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:00:25 +0000

A 30 minute screencast showing you how easy it is to work with the MVC pattern and CodeIgniter. Aimed at beginners who have no experience with a PHP framework.

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A Twitter App with Ruby on Rails

David Appleyard — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:00:18 +0000

In the first part of a series, we cover setting up a simple Twitter message model along with learning how to post a message asynchronously, using AJAX.

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Animate Image Filling Up

David Appleyard — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:00:52 +0000

Spruce up your website’s header by learning how to make an image appear to “fill up” with just a splash of jQuery and Photoshop.

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