When creating a website, remember that color has a vast influence on the perception of the subject matter. Choose your colors carefully.
oDesk is a cool looking freelance staffing service that automates billing, payment, and tracks time: http://goo.gl/cYx4Q Check out the vid.
For the Morgantown design folks out there, the Senior Graphic Design presentations are tonight at 6pm in the CAC: http://goo.gl/xznGE
@stevenspriggs @Adam_Glenn @b_nelsen @hellotab Hahaha, we’ll all be there. CS is attending as well.
Sweet tips from @paul_irish about how to include IE Conditional’s in your code whilst keeping a low impact on page load: http://goo.gl/7OdBr
A nice post with several E-commerce CMS solutions, both paid and open source: http://bsa.ly/a0u via @BuySellAds
#CSS Usage is a Firebug/Firefox add on that tells you which styles go unused in your stylesheet: http://bit.ly/i7PkFC
Laker Compendium is another HTML/CSS framework for digital publications / magazine style layouts: http://goo.gl/S2wn9
#WVU Graphic Design senior presentations this Friday 4/29, in Bloch Hall of the Creative Arts Center: http://goo.gl/xznGE
320 And Up is a HTML/CSS framework that says, “Start at 320px and work up”: http://goo.gl/DBEjt Download less assets at mobile resolutions.
Ever wanted to do an online magazine style layout & not use flash? Check out http://treesaverjs.com/
Did you know that oftentimes companies who build social networking sites pre-populate them w/ content? It’s so they don’t seem dead @ launch
Whoah. Google Analytics gets a redesign. Seems nicer & faster for multiple website profiles. Read the official article: http://goo.gl/kHIBs
http://panabee.com/ helps you brainstorm for available domain names.
GoDaddy offering 1 year domain registration again for $1.18: http://goo.gl/pWkkw (new domains only)
This is a pretty neat site: http://coexhibitions.com Lot’s of duotone-esque imagery presented in strips. Nice type too. #inspiration
If U are doing something w/ an <a> tag that doesn’t point to a URL, be sure to still include href=”#” for accessibility: http://goo.gl/TEgXN
If you get some “Strict Standards” PHP errors when installing #Concrete5 locally with XAMPP, check out this quick fix: http://goo.gl/oiRZH
Ever needed a “loading” image (read: animated gif)? Check out this service that generates one for you: http://ajaxload.info/
Got cross browser form styling issues? Check out Formalize—a library that makes all your forms look the same: http://formalize.me/
I suppose Adapt.js could also be used in place of media queries when using the 960 Grid System (both are made by the same person) #960gs
Adapt.js: Similar to media queries except that it determines which stylesheet to load before the browser renders a page: http://adapt.960.gs
Just updated my #Concrete5 @html5reset theme to include the super-sweet version 2 updates: http://goo.gl/Yej2D Try it for your next project
The Chronicle says stories that talked about a villian/hero/drama return 4-5 times the attention versus self promotion: http://goo.gl/S0DAU
Key selling points of Google Apps vs Microsoft Office 365: http://is.gd/EpeezX on @Quora
After trying Divvy for a few days, I am quite impressed. It’s a great window management app for OSX—& it’s only $5: http://mizage.com/divvy
Ever wondered how to create a safer public wi-fi hotspot? @lifehacker shows us how: lifehacker.com//5791208/ #useful
How to make clear tape in Photoshop: http://is.gd/rB7F9O
The amazing @nettuts gives us a complete walkthrough of the HTML5 Boilerplate Build Script: http://goo.gl/PzaHj (optimize your load time)
Ever wanted to manage your windows with hotkeys in OSX? Divvy works darn well: http://mizage.com/divvy/
Amazon.com makes $29,000 per minute. In 2007, they were down for two hours and it cost them $3.48 million dollars. #downtimesucks
Ally bank to roll out electronic check deposits over the coming months. Not only do you get no ATM fees, high APY’s, but eDeposits too #word
If you are using Firefox 4’s spaces and mistakenly close the window you can go to Firefox > History > Restore Prev. Session to retrieve tabs
@html5reset The latest version looks awesome! Really stoked to use it and include it in my Concrete5 HTML5 Reset theme: http://goo.gl/ouT4
Interesting article about why CSS3 Media Queries are not a silver bullet & FAQ’s about what is & isn’t loaded in mobile: http://goo.gl/MqjeM
Popular software and technology blog, DownloadSquad, getting shut down after merger: http://bit.ly/fTxKA4 #baddecisionaol
For those using the CSS content property to add quotation marks, beware that on some browsers & OS’s you’ll see dumb quotes vs smart quotes.
In 2011, “backend” should be considered a dirty word.
Wordpress 3.1.1 has been released; fixes over 30 bugs & security vulnerabilities. http://wordpress.org
@timhetrick By the way, you or any other devs you know looking for a J-O-B? My office is hiring a jQuery/Rails guru: http://is.gd/csB4DJ
@timhetrick I know right? I discovered a few new ones as well. Like DotCMS. Dot really targets the higher ed market. A cool study for sure.
Ever wondered what the most popular/least popular CMS’s are across #highered? This case study lays it out: http://goo.gl/eiRRE #useful
Ever wondered how Pixar goes from initial concept to polished movie? Here’s how they do it: http://www.pixar.com/how…
Disallow Google from indexing #Concrete5 directories it shouldn’t (& make your site more secure in the process): http://goo.gl/wbCDK
Each add on you install in Firefox adds roughly 10% to the overall startup time. Here are some of the slowest culprits: http://goo.gl/bBmJb
Whew. 4 sites moved this weekend.#Protip: If the site you are moving is on a subdomain, don’t forget to add the root domain & the subdomain.
RT @smashingmag Roots: a starting WordPress theme, based on HTML5 Boilerplate, Blueprint CSS and Starkers - http://bit.ly/gNqguZ
20 helpful TextMate shortcuts: http://goo.gl/mr3mC
Finished a horrendous move of a #Wordpress site. Seemed much more difficult than it should’ve been. This article helped: http://goo.gl/ckUax
Great resource: A gallery of responsive Web designs. http://bit.ly/eFTAqv from @khoi
Talk about your Higher Ed / Multisite plans a bit. ( @concrete5 live at http://ustre.am/uS2B)
@concrete5 But will you all make something to address what Phallanx is addressing? ( @concrete5 live at http://ustre.am/uS2B)
What are you all’s plans for continuing with the Miser (C5 asset optimization) ideology? ( @concrete5 live at http://ustre.am/uS2B)
#Concrete5 is now on GitHub: https://github.com/concr… Nice.
How to upgrade a #Concrete5 site: http://goo.gl/yzfXR (surprisingly hard to find via Google)
A brief description about how IndianaU uses #Concrete5 to manage 80+ subsites, 6,000 pages, and more than 10,000 files: http://goo.gl/UHI1Z
Arizona State University on Web Accessibility: http://drupal.asu.edu/wi… (they use Drupal as their CMS btw).