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Testing your responsive design
So you’re following the latest trends in #web development and have decided to develop your new site with a #responsive design. You quickly realize that’s kind of hard testing the site on multiple resolutions every time you make a change. +matt kersley has a nice solution: http://bit.ly/ycYno9 A simple setup with iframes will show the [Continue reading]
Mail your WordPress posts with Postie
#WordPress has a "post by e-mail" feature included, but it’s fairly basic: you only enter the access information of the e-mail address you are going to use and then pray it all works. #Postie http://bit.ly/yhJpi4 is the same feature on steroids. Here’s what more you can do it with it: – Test your configuration to [Continue reading]
Amazing Cisco
What kind of mind decides that a "contact support" form should have a 128-characters limit? That said, when there is an issue with an account and it gets disabled, what kind of mind decides "let’s not send an e-mail to the customer about it, he’ll figure it out next time he tries to use our [Continue reading]
JPEGmini: Less bytes, same quality on your photos
Here is a way for making your website faster: #JPEGmini http://bit.ly/zb7QdM is a new service that compresses a JPEG file without any change in the quality. I tried some random tests with pretty good results. a) Flower photo by +Thomas Hawk : 2048x2048px at 964KB turned to 721KB (1.3x compression)b) "Bird" photo by +Elena Kalis [Continue reading]
Location-enhanced photos in your WordPress
So you’re taking photos with your mobile and posting them in your #WordPress -powered #photoblog but you find that you’re missing something. While your phone has included location information in the photo, it is nowhere to be found on your site. A solution comes with the GeotagPhoto #plugin : it will identify attached images in [Continue reading]
Building a website in 2012?
If you are planning on developing a new website, here as some concepts (some old, some new) on how to go at it: – Think responsively – Even if you’re not implementing a full responsive design, simply thinking in responsive terms goes a long way to achieving usable universal design.– Think touch-first – A button [Continue reading]
The dangers of a pixel
Designing web sites for mobile devices may not be as straightforward as you think as it is, thanks to hardware manufacturers increasing pixel densities in modern phones and tables. See an example in the image below: a 16px font size is different on Galaxy Tab from a Kindle Fire. Luckily there is a solution although [Continue reading]
Easy Google Maps on your WordPress
My #WordPress #plugin discovery of the day: MapPress by Chris Richardson (find it on WordPress.org http://bit.ly/zgNHrR or the developer’s site http://bit.ly/zmMgHa)You can easily add maps on your posts and pages, full with multiple markers, html descriptions, directions, all the usual Google Maps control, etc. It’s free (which covers most uses) with an affordable pro version [Continue reading]
Advancing the HTML experience
www.mycookingdiary.com by +Mike Matas is great example of what you can do (and how to do it properly) with #HTML and #CSS today: – A continuous user experience using AJAX to keep the user engaged. However, each "slide" has it’s own URL. This means you can bookmark it, share it, etc.– Animation – but on [Continue reading]
Intro to Google Analytics
.Net magazine has a great article on how to use Google Analytics beyond simply checking your pageview and visitor numbers http://bit.ly/wY2ZxS Check it out! Given the opportunity, a warning on the new version of #GoogleAnalytics: not every feature of the old version has been transferred. For example the new version is no longer exporting PDF [Continue reading]
HTML5 Tags Cheat Sheet
A helpful cheat sheet of #HTML5 tags by www.inmotionhosting.com (via +Andrew Maxwell)Full resolution: https://markg.blog/2012/01/10/html5-tags-cheat-sheet/html5_cheat_sheet_tags/ Google+: Reshared 1 times
Add your author information in search results
#Google is quickly adding social elements in search, you might have seen that can see who shared a page directly on the #search results page. But you can now add your own author information (name and photo) when a page of yours shows up in search results. Here’s how to do it: 1. Link your [Continue reading]
The Periodic Table of SEO Ranking Factors
Here is a handy chart of factors to consider in your SEO (Search Engine Optimization) efforts by the good folks at Search Engine Land. Use it to 1) evaluate your current status: how are you fairing on each of them (from none at all to perfection – but also "doesn’t apply" might be a valid [Continue reading]
If Google bans Google
[Update]In an excellent move of fairness, the Google Chrome page no longer appears on the organic results for "browser". Here is a screenshot (G+ doesn’t allow me to add another photo on this post any more)https://markg.blog/2012/01/03/if-google-bans-google/google-chrome-demoted/Here is Matt Cutt’s post on the matterhttps://plus.google.com/109412257237874861202/posts/NAWunDzJSHCIt would be nice if they also stopped the paid ad for Google [Continue reading]
LEGO 404 page
Very nice #404 image by LEGO :)(via +Sebastian Schmidt) I think I’ll start a collection! What’s your favorite 404 page? Reshared post from +Daniel Waisberg Greatest 404 page I have ever seen! Had to be from LEGO…
Document Management for WordPress
WP Document Revisions is a document management and version control plugin for the popular content management system, WordPress. Built for time-sensitive and mission-critical projects, teams can collaboratively edit files of any format — text documents, spreadsheets, images, sheet music… anything — all the while, seamlessly tracking the document’s progress as it moves through your organization’s [Continue reading]
How to add Facebook / Twitter / etc authentication on WordPress
In the old days of the internet, it was quite accepted that on each site/forum/whatever you encountered and wanted to participate in a discussion, you had to make a new account. Nowdays, both due to privacy concerns as well as getting used to be automatically logged in, we have ended up seeing that many people [Continue reading]
Excellent #HTML5 work!
This really pushes the boundaries of what we consider can be done with HTML :) Reshared post from +Marcin Wichary We open sourced the code behind Stanisław Lem doodle and I wrote an article describing it. Hope you enjoy! http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/doodles/lem/http://code.google.com/p/stanislaw-lem-google-doodle/ Embedded Link HTML5 Rocks – Case Study: Building the Stanisław Lem Google doodle Google+: Reshared [Continue reading]
How to import your Google+ posts in WordPress
It’s not actually any kind of magic, thanks to Google+ API and developer +Daniel Treadwell we have the the Google+Blog WordPress Plugin which you can find here http://www.minimali.se/google+blog/ The plugin is free with a backlink which can be removed for a well-worth $10 (Hi Daniel, I’m currently waiting for my download link :)). Installation is [Continue reading]
Microsoft planning to remotely kill all IE6 installations :)
Microsoft planning to remotely kill all IE6 installations :) Embedded Link Technolog – IE 6 deep-sixed in Microsoft browser overhaul You may be waiting for the ball to drop for 2012, but Microsoft has another countdown underway that the company deems more urgent: Getting rid of Internet Explorer 6, a decade-old version of the Web [Continue reading]
CSS "Magic" :)
CSS "Magic" :) Embedded Link Experiments with background-clip: text Experiments with background-clip: text – Background Image for Text
Illustrations is a great way to make your site stand-out
(if the concept can match your site’s subject of course) Embedded Link 10 beautiful examples of illustration on the web | Feature | .net magazine As more and more graphic designers and illustrators gain web design skills, illustrations can increasingly be found on the web. UK designer Mike Kus showcases his 10 favourite examples of [Continue reading]
Some excellent concepts on designing a blog
Obviously many (like considering who your audience is, how your page will be used, paying attention to details, etc) also apply to designing any site. #blogging #design Embedded Link 7 Blog Design Tips from a Content Strategist When designing a weblog, it’s imperative to make sure the content is at the forefront. These sets of [Continue reading]
Another victory for #HTML5 and #CSS3
The next version of the Kindle books format will support HTML5 and CSS3, moving away from the Mobi format. Of course it continues to be a shame (and a non-starter for me) that Kindle doesn’t support #EPUB … Embedded Link Kindle Format 8 Overview Kindle Format 8 Overview Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post [Continue reading]
I don't do wireframes on paper but this looks like fun!
#web-design Embedded Link Website Stencil Kit — UI Stencils Quickly sketch out your website and mobile application ideas.
Good morning :)
Some very nice tips Embedded Link App design versus web design: what designers can teach each other | Webdesigner Depot We often look at application design and website design as two different, if related, fields. The lines blur a bit with web apps (which are technically both
#WordPress #security
#WordPress #security Embedded Link Thousands of WordPress sites commandeered by Black Hole Webmasters, update TimThumb now!Mass attacks that exploit a known vulnerability in the WordPress publishing platform have continued to bear fruit for hackers, with thousands of websites claimed in the past few weeks, a researcher said.…
#WordPress #typography #plugins
#goodmorning :) Embedded Link 10 WordPress plugins to enhance your blog’s typography Have you ever visited a blog and noticed immediately how the typography added sophistication and really made the content stand out? Perhaps it was an elegant typeface that fit the theme of the blog, or white space that was used proficiently throughout the [Continue reading]
Estimation on software projects can by tough
#Drupal experts Lulabot are sharing their thoughts and workflows (and even a budgeting spreadsheet!) Embedded Link The Art of Estimation | Lullabot Two Truths About Estimation. The first truth about large software projects is that it’s nearly impossible to provide an accurate estimate at the outset. A modern web site is a collection of small [Continue reading]
if you have fear of #Drupal here is a tutorial for beginners :)
if you have fear of #Drupal here is a tutorial for beginners :) Embedded Link Build a job listings website with Drupal | Tutorial | .net magazine Its learning curve is notorious but Tim Millwood argues that Drupal is not that fearsome, and demonstrates how you can use it to build a job board Google+: [Continue reading]