A guide to using any font on the web
When the CSS2 specification was released way back in 1998 it attempted to improve font selection on the internet by adding font-matching, synthesis and downloading. Unfortunately due to the fact that...
View ArticleStyling pretty buttons with only CSS3
CSS3 is here and its nearly ready. Well to be honest, it is here. But unless you want to alienate all your visitors who arrive on the Internet Explorer boat, I can’t exactly recommend that its fully...
View ArticleOpen all external links in new window
This little bit of code, using JQuery, will parse every anchor (<a href="#"></a>) on your page, decide if it points to an external site. If it does, will instruct it to open in a new...
View ArticleUtilising CSS3 gradients
Unless you have been hiding under a rock lately, it would have been hard to miss the sudden boom in talk regarding HTML5 and CSS3. Most of that talk, however, is just talk, due mainly to the fact that...
View ArticleUseful code snippets for Mobile Web Development
This is just a quick list I have thrown together of the regular Mobile Website Devleopment code snippets that I use often when developing websites for platforms such as Mobile Safari. Some are related...
View ArticleShowcase Flickr photos on your site using PHPFlickr
I want to share a quick and very powerful technique I use when I want to get some Flickr Thumbnails pulled onto a page in PHP. This uses the Open source PHPFlickr API which you will need to download...
View ArticleQuick tips to progressively enhance your HTML forms
Here are some useful ways to quickly add progressive enhancements to your HTML forms that will make them just that bit better for the end user using new HTML5 techniques. Placeholder text The...
View ArticleExperimenting with WebGL + three.js
I have been experimenting lately with WebGL and the three.js library in order to get a better understanding of this new technology. So far it looks quite promising and exciting! (FYI: the logo is my...
View ArticleJetstar Route map
Development and UX consultation on the Jestar Route-map. This involved working with third-party Airline routing APIs to build the complicated web that is Jetstars route map. It was a challenging...
View ArticleRaising Designflavr from the dead
Back when I was studying at University (Wow, that was a long time ago now), I built one of my first websites. It was called Designflavr. It was an experiment of mine that helped me learn so much of...
View ArticleLaunch of iwantdis.com
I Want Dis is a community curated collection of the best products available on the internet. It is a small personal project of mine that I been working on late at night for the last few months. The...
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