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jQuery: The Basics
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably been exposed to jQuery. If you've been on Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter you've seen it. Those cool popup windows, boxes that fade out, and other effects can be created using this powerful technology. jQuery is a JavaScript library that allows for easy interaction with the various HTML elements on the page. According to BuiltWith, over 25% of the most visited websites use jQuery in some form or fashion. I personally use it on just about every site I create for easy AJAX postings and UI changes. Getting Started: jQuery lives at jquery.com. Their site has in-depth information...
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Color Trends Lead the Way to a Better Outlook
Why is it that, in those last dreary days of winter, people are almost choking with the longing for spring? Sure sunshine and warmth play a part, and the desire to shed all those cumbersome layers of clothing that seemed so cozy last September, but I think a huge part of this ache is the fundamental longing for color. The clouds and the chill clear away, and suddenly we see everything in a new light. Everything is brighter, more vibrant. The grass gets green again—how could we have forgotten the glory of freshly-growing grass sparkling after a good downpour?—and the early bulbs come up in the most vivid yellows and violets. It's...
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Commercial or Couture: The Essential Design Paradox on Project Runway
It's Season 7 of Project Runway and Tim Gunn's hands are warmly clasped in anticipation as he looks with a paternal eye on the hopeful designers gathered on the rooftop of The Atlas. The show is back at home in the beloved Big Apple. Clearly anticipating good things, Tim praises this new group for possessing a spirit of innovation and for diverse perspectives. The pregnant Heidi Klum is sipping apple cider and all seems right with the world. But we've been wounded before—thrown off balance. Last season, the show was whisked away to L.A. It was moved to the Lifetime network after a lot of confusion. Now, still with Lifetime but back...
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Typography: The Clothes Your Brand Wears to Work
If you had to wear only one set of clothing to work everyday for the rest of your life, how much time would you spend considering what you are going to wear? You might take some time to ask a few questions. Is this suit still going to hold up for another 20 years? Are these heels still going to be cute and comfortable in 2019? The typeface you choose to express your content might best be thought of as the clothes your company's message wears to work. And in the advertising world this means never changing your clothes. Or taking them off. Ever. Think of today's most successful advertising campaigns like 'Got Milk' and 'Hi, I'm a...
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WordPress: Tips, Hacks and Extras
WordPress gives us so many options that it truly is amazing they have yet to declare themselves a content management system. Sometimes, though, we have to give the program a little nudge to squeeze out every last drop of goodness and make it do what we need. The list of short tips, hacks and extras below has been compiled over the course of several months, with no specific intent to be released in this manner, though it seemed appropriate. These "mini-tutorials" are much too short to be converted into articles but at the same time deserved to be released, at least, in a compilation. Using Multiple single.php Templates Objective:...
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