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Posted: November 29th, 2011, 9:30am MST
Title: HTML5 Guidelines for Web Developers Authors: Klaus Förster amp; Bernd Ã-ggl Publisher: Addison - Wesley ISBN: 978-0-321-77274-9 Considering the tumultuous hype that HTML5 has generated in the last few months, it's reasonable to think that many web developers out there will feel eager to migrate from the HTML4/XHTML tandem to the new standard, and start experiencing the many new features that it provides right out the box. Well, if you fall into this category, the book HTML5 Guidelines for Web Developers by Klaus Förster and Bernd Ã-ggl is definitely worth a look. In my personal opini...
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Posted: November 28th, 2011, 6:00am MST
Although the idea may sound intimidating, building a dynamic (and by dynamic I mean animated quot;) image gallery using a few CSS3 properties is much easier than you might think. Indeed, in the previous part of this series, I implemented a simple, yet extendable image gallery, which used the transition CSS3 property to dynamically hide and display a given image when users hovered their cursors on its associated thumbnail. Best of all, the entire animation process didn't require coding a single line of JavaScript. As with any other web-based user interface component, it's possible to easily...
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Posted: November 23rd, 2011, 10:00am MST
Since the beginning of the Internet, image galleries have been one of the most overused (and sometimes misused) user interface elements available. There's a good reason for this timeless popularity: supported by HTTP from its first incarnation, images were (and are) a powerful tool for delivering content to users in a refreshing and effective way, without condemning them to long lines of arid and dull text. As one might expect, image galleries have gone through a constant and healthy evolution process. This process ranged from primitive implementations that relied heavily on a bunch of lt;im...
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Posted: November 21st, 2011, 10:00pm MST
For that quot;More than meets the eye quot; look, it's going to be important that you have the right font. Now there are several fonts that duplicate that font, such as Transformers (natch) and SF Transbotics. Make sure that when you download the fonts that you install them before you start, and don't have any software that uses text open. Once you've installed the font and then open Photoshop, you should see the newly installed font appear on your font list. Step 1 Now you need to open a new blank document. Let's start with these specs: 540Ã 300 at 72ppi (pixels per inch). Press the D key to...