Simplified Source - A Web Development Blog by Code Clarity

XBMC 12.2 released

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:46:28 -0600

XBMC 12.2 has been released. The following changes were made between XBMC 12.1 and XBMC 12.2. XBMCbuntu should upgrade by using the “sudo apt-get update” command followed by “sudo apt-get upgrade”.

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Hot in web standards: March/April 2013

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:46:28 -0600

Lea Verou on the latest developments at the W3C, including plans to unify testing resources, native lazy loading discussions, CSS Overflow and a new Working Draft of SVG 2 Hi everyone, it’s time for your bimonthly dose of web standards developments! As summer hesitantly starts to approach in th

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Weekly Web & Mobile Creativity n.13

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:46:26 -0600

It is that time of the week again, a chance for you to sit back and enjoy some of our favorite web and mobile designs from this past week. And of course, don’t forget to click the ‘Change Viewport’ button to explore each site in detail.

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Fusion: Easy Addon Installation for XBMC

Thu, 16 May 2013 02:40:15 -0600

The process of installing addons to your XBMC setup is now easier than ever using Fusion, the Easy Addon Installer for XBMC. No longer will you need to download and upload addon files or anything else of the sort.

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The Two Flavors of a ‘One Web’ Approach: Responsive vs. Adaptive

Mon, 06 May 2013 13:17:54 -0600

You’ve probably heard people say we’re living in “post-PC world.” What does that mean for web developers? It means that 30% to 50% of your website’s traffic now comes from mobile devices. It means that soon, desktop and laptop users will be in a minority on the web.

Original Article can be found at: http://www.webmonkey.com/2013/05/the-two-flavors-of-a-one-web-approach-responsive-vs-adaptive/

Responsive Web Design is Not the Future

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:16:23 -0600

In 2000, The FWA (a popular website awards program) gave their prestigious Site of the Year award to Look and Feel New Media, shown below. Visit the site for some context of what I’ll be discussing, but turn down your speakers or headphones because it has background music.

Original Article can be found at: http://sixrevisions.com/mobile/responsive-web-design-not-the-future/

Grunt – JavaScript task runner

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:01:46 -0600

Grunt is a JavaScript task runner that automates repetitive tasks for you, meaning you have less manual work to deal with. Things like minification, compilation, unit testing, linting, and more can all be handled by Grunt.

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Docracy: The Free Legal Documents Repository

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 23:01:45 -0600

Hardly anything in today’s economy is cheap, especially not legal help. Contracts, business agreements and other standard legal documents are mandatory to close a business transaction, but getting them drawn up is often a costly proposition.

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Collective #55

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:46:44 -0600

Skybox has some smooth sliding transitions and interesting hover effects, combined with a unqiue layout and typography. Definitely our pick this week. Swipe.js is responsive image slider with touch support developed by Brad Birdsall.

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Studying User Experience Trends in Website Layouts

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:46:44 -0600

As a web designer you always want to stay on top of the latest ideologies. User experience design is the process of building around what the user needs to do. You have to consider specific reasons for why users are coming to your website in the first place.

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Collective #53

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:46:43 -0600

Ponto has a minimal and beautiful design with an interesting, random presentation of their projects on the landing page. A collection of super-cute CSS and HTML creatures with a tweet-to-generate option that will add your own creation. The site was developed by Bennett Feely.

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10 Properly Designed Promotional Campaigns on Facebook

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:46:42 -0600

The new Facebook page layout also known as Timeline provides us with tons of opportunities to promote and advertise any content or products via visual means. Many brands grasped this idea long go – the corporate Facebook pages design is the key to a brand’s popularity and fans close engagement.

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Gap-Free, Multi-Column Grid Layouts – Nested

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:46:42 -0600

Nested is a jQuery plugin for generating multi-column grid layouts with zero gaps. The plugin creates a matrix of all elements, builds a multi column grid and tries to fill any gaps by reordering the elements.

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CSS and Frameworks w/ guest Ryan Carson | Treehouse Show Ep 30

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:46:41 -0600

In this episode of The Treehouse Show, Nick Pettit (@nickrp) and Jason Seifer (@jseifer) talk about CSS and Frameworks w/ special guest Ryan Carson.

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Step-By-Step Landing Page Copywriting

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:46:41 -0600

Let me start by warning you: This is a long post. I want to take you through the process of writing and designing the ConvertKit sales page. As you’ll see, I had a huge amount of help from Amy Hoy. Throughout the process she gave great advice on copywriting that I’d like to share here.

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Interactive Guide to Blog Typography

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:46:40 -0600

The majority of websites are composed of a bright, usually white background and dark text. Then there’s the small minority of the web: dark websites, colorful websites. Why is the bright background used by the majority of websites?

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55+ Great and Useful Tools for Responsive Web Design

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:46:40 -0600

Responsive web design is becoming more popular day by day because users can browse such web designs from a variety of devices. For example, desktop, mobile phones, tablets, netbooks and so forth just to name a few.

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Responsive CSS Media Queries in Adaptations

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 22:46:37 -0600

PVII Adaptations produces responsive Web pages that automatically adjust to the size of the browser window or the type of device being used. It even adapts to the orientation—portrait or landscape—of your mobile device.

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Sublime Text 3 Beta 3019

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:01:38 -0600

Build 3019 is now available for registered users to download. Some of the highlights since the first Sublime Text 3 beta: Jump Back and Jump Forward – Jump Back allows you to go to previous editing positions.

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Tips And Tricks For Print Style Sheets

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 11:01:38 -0600

Print continues to be treated somewhat cursorily by most Web designers, who tend to be obsessed with pixels rather than printers.

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