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Font Smoothing in Webkit and Firefox
I don't pretend to be a typography or design expert -- I just know what looks good and what doesn't. A few years ago I saw a few CSS properties I didn't recognize and when I toggled them on and off, the text went from beautiful to...not...
10 Deals You Cannot Pass Up
Nobody can pass up a good deal, that is perhaps the most well known truth about all of us. Unfortunately, not all deals are as exciting, for example, I would love to get 50% discounts on WordPress themes from a daily deals website, but am less...
Clickjacking
JavaScript security is a big business and for all of the right reasons. JavaScript lets us do incredible things on the front end but some of those incredible things are for eval evil. Spyjax used to be one of those evil things but browsers seem to...
Choose the Right Tool or Platform for Your Next Web Design Project
It's a simple matter of looking through this year's top rated plugins and website building platforms. In this post, you have them right before your eyes. No need to go on a wild goose chase and waste hours of your precious time. Before we get started...
Scoping CSS Animations to Media Queries
When coding my blog's redesigns, I think and design the site in device width stages, and in the following order: Desktop: all general styles, none wrapped in a media query Tablet: media query, roughly popular tablet widths Phone: media query, any width below tablet width Print: media query, mostly a bunch
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I know too many developers who consider coding their only responsibility. Sure, it's the bulk of what we do and how we cut our teeth, but if you aren't aware of the business side of the industry, you're missing out on a lot of why's and...
Visual Regression Testing For Angular Applications
I recently planned a major CSS refactoring project to transition a large e-commerce site from an antiquated 1024px design to a more modern, responsive design. This situation is of course not unique. Responsive design has officially made it's way from UX blogs to the corner office -...
Do you Speak PHP? How About Tagalog? Divi Has The Answer
"Mikä on budjetti? is Finnish for "What's your budget?", and "umarkila sa akin" is Tagalog for "hire me". You probably speak these words all the time if you're a viking web designer from way up north (you're so cool), or if you create websites in the...
How to Use Images to Improve Conversion Rate
Are you searching far and wide for a way to improve your new e-Commerce website conversion rate? Are you willing to try anything and everything, as long as it generates positive results? While many people focus on the most obvious points, such as the layout...