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30+ Tips, Tools and Resources for Taking the Pain out of Cross-Browser CSS
We’re all familiar with the often long, headache-inducing process of testing and correcting our code to get it working cross-browser. Wouldn’t it be nice if we didn’t have to go through so much pain to achieve a good-looking result?
Actually, you don’t! With the right knowledge, tools, and smarts, you can tackle a CSS design and get it working quickly and painlessly. With this in mind, we’re going to look at some of the excellent tools, articles and resources that will help you work smarter and cut the pain out of writing cross-browser CSS.
Open Thread: What Makes You a Good Designer?
Today I’d like to try something new and have a fun discussion on what makes someone a ‘good’ designer. What’s your opinion?
I think it will be exciting to talk and compare opinions on what it really is the makes you a good designer. Hopefully you can even come away with some new thoughts on how to be better!
Designer’s Week at Webitect
For our audience of designers, we’ve got some good news- this week will be Designer’s Week at Webitect!
And in case you wondered, yes, we had originally planned to focus on jQuery plugins. But since last week’s was a development topic, it seemed time for some awesome design content. This week is going to be about the stuff that makes a designer’s life better – tips, tools and amazing resources. Be sure to check back, or better yet subscribe to make sure you don’t miss anything!
Wordpress Plugin Bootcamp Part 3 – Write Post Hacks, Shortcodes and TinyMCE
In parts 1 and 2 we explored API hooks, custom admin pages, custom widgets, saving plugin options and more. Today, I’m going to show you how to get your hands dirty with Wordpress’s write post page, which is where a lot of plugins output their main functionality.
We’ll be exploring how to add custom panels, create shortcodes, and interact with TinyMCE to add buttons and insert data. It’s time to dig in!
Get Ready – 5 Action Packed Weeks Ahead For Webitect!
It’s time to kick off a new year for Webitect – and it’s going to be good. I’d like to welcome everyone back with a bunch of special features and lots of knock-your-socks off content. Over the course of the next five weeks, we’ll be running several focused series digging in deep and giving you focused, high-quality tutorials, articles, and resources.
Sounds like fun? Come see the full schedule!
The Ultimate Best of ‘09 Collection
We’v just passed that time of year where we see a lot of blogs take a look back at the archives and produce some wonderful ”Best of 2009″ posts. These present a terrific learning opportunitiy, and an easy way to find your way back to the ‘cream-of-the-crop’ posts of ‘09. I like to bookmark these types of post and refer back to them a lot.
Today, I’m sharing the complete collection of 2009 round-ups – a super round-up that represents the very best from the blogging community. Come check it out! read more
Webitect is Relaunched!
Nick Parsons here (I’ve been blogging for Webitect for a while, you may have seen my name before), and I have some good news – Webitect is relaunching!
Webitect’s presence has been pretty bumpy these past couple months. The entire site even went down completely in November, and like anyone would, you were probably thinking, “What the heck is going on?” Today, I’d like to both apologize for the long recess and give you the full story of what’s been going on. read more
Inside the Studio of Southern Media
Today we are going to take a look inside and behind the scenes of the web design company Southern Media. This Argentinian web design company is specialized in creating user interfaces and web designs with strong focus on usability and information architecture.
Here you will learn a bit about the history of their company, take a closer look at the great portfolio they have and get inside the studio to meet the workers and the workspace.
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