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31 Microlog entries tagged with ‘webdesign’
Bootstrap Generator
For getting started with Twitter’s Bootstrap web/app design framework. Technobabble ·
Foundation
A boilerplate framework for web projects. They could do with a better description, as who the hell knows what ‘production code’ is supposed to mean? Is ‘web’ a dirty word now? Technobabble ·
.net’s top 25 books for web designers and developers
I like the broad selection; it’s not all hardcore technical nonsense. Technobabble ·
CSS Font Stack
If it’s not obvious what this is from first glance, it would take too long to explain it to you. Technobabble ·
Incredibly Useful CSS Snippets
Boilerplate code to cut some headaches out of the web design process. Technobabble ·
Sass: Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets
“Sass is a meta-language on top of CSS that’s used to describe the style of a document cleanly and structurally, with more power than flat CSS allows.” Technobabble ·
15 CSS Tricks That Must be Learned
Great tips here. Terrible writing, though. Technobabble ·
An HTML5 boilerplate addon for CSS browser nitpicks
A handy method for browser-targeted CSS switching. I thought the days of CSS hacks were gone, but… Technobabble ·
Bootstrap, from Twitter
“Bootstrap is a toolkit from Twitter designed to kickstart development of webapps and sites.” This looks great; thanks, Twitter. Technobabble ·
The Shapes of CSS
I get out of practice for five years and now CSS can do all this? Technobabble ·
Responsive Design Testing
View how your site appears across various mobile and desktop browser widths (see also: 1140 CSS Grid). I’m gonna have to redesign now, aren’t I? Hmm. If only there was some way I could re-order the content… Technobabble ·
CSS For Running Text Between Columns
It’s proprietary for the moment, with separate declarations for Mozilla and Webkit-based browsers. But it works! Technobabble ·
A new micro clearfix hack
Filing this for future reference. Technobabble ·
Don’t Fear the Internet
Basic HTML and CSS for non-web designers. Good for a brush-up if you’re as rusty as I am. Technobabble ·
Rethinking CSS Grids
More on CSS grids, filed for future reference. Technobabble ·
Making select boxes better
Chosen is a JavaScript plugin that turns drop-down lists into much neater text-completion boxes. Nice. Technobabble ·
A List Apart: Fluid Images
This is such a simple remedy, I should have done it ages ago! Technobabble ·
Isotope
A jQuery library for interactive layouts. Saving this for future reference. Interesting ·
‘What’s the font?’ Chrome extension
For finding out the name of a font simply by selecting the text. Will come in handy as more and more sites use prettier web fonts. Interesting ·
List of Crayola crayon colours on Wikipedia
With hex codes! I heart this [c/o Kottke]. Interesting ·
Pictaculous
Upload and image and get an appropriate colour palette. Neat. Interesting ·
HTML5 Boilerplate
The easy way to upgrade to the latest standard. Although it’s not really a standard yet, since it’s not fully supported by today’s browsers. It’s like 10 years ago all over again. See also: 28 HTML5 Features, Tips, and Techniques you Must Know. Interesting ·
Mini Pixel Icons
A great collection of minuature infographics for websites. I may be using a few of them here in the near future. Arts & Culture ·
intensify.org
Yet another arresting design, but by someone who seems to have a redesign compulsion so it might not be around for long. Which would be a shame. Arts & Culture ·
Wilson Miner / Live
Another beautiful design. I love the solidness of the lines and boxes and blocks of colour. Arts & Culture ·
I Am Alert (but not alarmed)
Absolutely gorgeous site design. Arts & Culture ·
Thinking Outside the Grid
Designers are really starting to do some cool things with CSS. Never mind what this guy says. Arts & Culture ·
Web Browser CSS Support
Very handy to know [c/o Stylegala]. Interesting ·
Gradient Image Maker
Because I’m too lazy to learn how to do this in Photoshop Elements [c/o del.icio.us/jack]. Arts & Culture ·
Color Scheme Tool
For when I get tired of all the grey around here [c/o del.icio.us/jack]. Arts & Culture ·
Guide to Modular CSS
I had a set-up somewhat like this for the last design, and I’m trying something new for this one too. Keeping a separate file for colors will make swapping any changes much easier. Interesting ·
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