Category Archives: Web Tech

DesignFestival: Celebrating The Cicada Principle

Posted on July 1, 2011 by admin

You may have noticed the updated background on DesignFestival, currently, it is Blind Date Prep by Alan Dowling . Over the next number of weeks we’ll be rotating the background through the most popular entries to further show off the hard work people applied in this contest. Didn’t catch the contest? The Cicada Principle Explained Gallery of Entries Contribute to the Gallery Thanks again to all of the entrants for their great work, and we look forward to seeing more entries into the Gallery. Continue reading →

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CSS3 Border-Image

Posted on June 30, 2011 by admin

css-border-imageEstelle Weyl, one of the authors of HTML5 & CSS3 for the Real World, gets up close and personal with border-image properties. Continue reading →

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The Mobile Web: Discover the Possibilities

Posted on June 29, 2011 by admin

3d-edgeOur new title “Build Mobile Websites and Apps for Smart Devices” gives you the skills to adapt your sites and create apps for mobile devices, opening the door to some pretty cool opportunities. Continue reading →

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What’s New in Opera 11.50

Posted on June 28, 2011 by admin

363-opera-106Craig takes you on an exclusive tour of the new features in Opera 11.5 – the latest version of the browser is launched today. Continue reading →

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BuildMobile: Windows Phone 7 Navigation

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

Thumbnail What’s interesting about the development platform for Windows Phone is that it is based on Silverlight, which, as most of us are aware, was first and foremost a web technology. As such Silverlight supports a navigation model that maps well to the way browsers work with the ability to navigate forward to new pages and back to previous pages. In this post you’ll learn how to carry out navigation tasks within your Windows Phone application. When you create a new application in Visual Studio or Expression Blend your project will contain a number of files which define a basic Windows Phone application, see Figure 1 Continue reading →

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How to Make WordPress Easier for Clients By Removing Unnecessary Menu Options

Posted on June 27, 2011 by admin

In Craig’s latest WordPress tutorial he explains how to write a custom plugin which removes items from the main administration menu. Continue reading →

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BuildMobile: An Interactive Orny

Posted on June 23, 2011 by admin

This is part three of an ongoing series. You may wish to read or review the previous sections on iOS Development Basics and iOS Apps with Tasty UI . As the series goes on, we’re going to develop an application called “Orny”. Continue reading →

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DesignFestival: Grid Theory

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

Thumbnail When most people think about grids, they think about engineering and architecture. However, the grid is an essential tool for graphic design as well, and the use of grids in website design have exploded in popularity in the last few years. Using a grid is more than just about making elements on the page be square and line up: it’s about proportion as well. That’s where the theory comes into grid theory Continue reading →

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DesignFestival: Creating Meaningful Site Search by Challenging Assumptions

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

Thumbnail The role of search in your site can be a hot topic. Sometimes there is pressure to make it a giant bandage to cover poor navigational structure, and other times it’s included just because “every site needs search.” Let’s look at three pervasive myths about search and two questions that will help us create a strategy unique to every site. Misconceptions About Search Myth #1: Site Visitors Prefer to Find Information With Search Researchers have worked to combat this myth and have found that site visitors’ behavior does not naturally trend toward search first, even when searchers know exactly what they’re looking for. Continue reading →

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BuildMobile: Mobile Web Apps: Setting Up Shop

Posted on June 22, 2011 by admin

Thumbnail This is an excerpt from the upcoming book “Build Mobile Websites and Apps for Smart Devices” by Earle Castledine , Myles Eftos and Max Wheeler . Over the coming weeks BuildMobile will exclusively publish a complete chapter from the book, the chapter on Mobile Web Apps. Enjoy. Continue reading →

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