Posted by fred on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
We haven’t posted much this year due to other projects and priorities but we’re going to be expanding, which means we need your help! We’re looking for professionals in the web design and development field to become writers for the Front End Post. Details after the jump.
Posted by fred on Saturday, January 21st, 2012
While working on fairly heavy eCommerce project, I came across the need to ensure responsiveness for the main navigation menu I settled on. Here’s a quick tutorial using that learning to show how easy it is. with just a dabble of media queries.
Posted by fred on Saturday, January 7th, 2012
While playing around with CSS3 transitions I thought I’d whip up an example of how to use them to reveal and hide content without using JavaScript. Pretty much. If you’re an Arrested Development fan then there are a couple of little extras for you as well.
Posted by fred on Monday, December 19th, 2011
It’s that time of year where everyone gets at least a tad nostalgic, taking stock of the events that shaped the last twelve months while gazing into the year to come. I usually find this kind of reflection a bit silly because we should always be in a state of reflection and review but in the spirit of playing along I thought I’d list my wins as a web developer for 2011.
Posted by fred on Sunday, December 18th, 2011
There are a lot of cool third-party plugins, scripts and hacks out there for embedding video on a responsive web site but I’m going to show you what I think is the simplest way to do it and without using any extra HTML markup or JavaScript. You can do it with just CSS3 media queries.
Posted by fred on Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
This is part three in a three-part series on the basics of executing a web content strategy. In this installment, we’ll be looking at the web design and development process and what you need to do as you transition into launch.
Posted by fred on Monday, December 12th, 2011
This is part two in a three-part series on the basics of executing a web content strategy. In this installment, we’ll be looking at the personnel part of the equation and what’s required from both leadership and the team as a whole.
Posted by fred on Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Today at work I was fiddling with a signup page for an upcoming service launch and, like many other online offerings, we decided to generate some initial buzz and start building the email database as we prep for the coming launch. It’s a standard tactic. The challenge here was to ensure that the signup page was able to accommodate users on a variety of devices. Of course, this was a perfect opportunity to go with a responsive design. Following that task, I used that learning to whip up a quick template that you can use for your own signup page.