Monthly Archives: November 2011

Web Design

How to Design a Website 2

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How to Design a WebsiteIn a previous tutorial, How to Design a Website, I showed you the steps I follow to create a web design as quick as possible.

Because of numerous requests, I’ll show you how to add my cross browser Featured Content and JQuery Slider components to that original design.

This tutorial will continue to take you to the next level in web design. Good developers know the languages. Great designers can build websites that work consistently on every browser. I teach you more about cross browser development now.

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Web Design

Edit the Coda Slider

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Edit Coda SliderA couple of tutorials ago I showed you how to Make a Featured Content Slider using the Coda Slider. It is cross browser and very easy to edit.

Since then I’ve received many emails asking me how to edit it. So, in this video I’ll show you how to edit the Coda slider.

I also show you how to check if your website will look nice in other browsers. The tool I use is the Adobe Browser Lab. It’s free!

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Awesome Holiday Sides

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Awesome Holiday SidesI thought I’d have some fun and show you how I make Cranberry Sauce and Sweet Potato Casserole.

The first recipe for cranberry sauce is decades old. It is very tangy and an amazing flavor enhancer. It really opens up the taste buds and makes everything else taste amazing!

The sweet potato casserole is a combo of numerous recipes. It tastes like sweet potato pie

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Web Design

Cross Browser Horizontal Menu

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Cross Browser Horizontal MenuIn this article I’m going to kill a bunch of birds with a small pile of code.

Not only is this a cross browser horizontal menu that works on browsers all the way back to Internet Explorer 5.5. This menu works without JavaScript on all browsers except for IE 6 & 7.

On top of that the menu works with WordPress themes. In fact list used below is the automatically generated by WordPress.

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Web Design

How to Design a Website

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How to Design a WebsiteIn this video tutorial, I’ll show you how to design a website quickly.

I start out with a basic sketch that took me 10 minutes to draw. I explain what I’m thinking about as I create that sketch.

I then show you how to quickly draw everything using the free version of Artisteer. After everything looks nice I throw it into Adobe Illustrator for additional editing.

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Awesome Web Designs

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As I look for interesting websites, I normally am not impressed. I’m actually amazed that most every corporate website is either boring, or poorly laid out.

So, I gathered some of my favorite designs here. I tried to focus on sites that had both a great layout as well as typography.

I tried to avoid picking sites that had brilliant photos, or illustrations. I did this so I could focus on great layouts above all else.

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Web Design

Make a JQuery Slider

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Make a JQuery SliderIn this video tutorial I show you how to make a JQuery Slider similar to the ones Apple uses. This is the final component of my upcoming WordPress shopping cart theme.

I use the JQuery UI slider as a base and then make it into a more useable tool for your websites.

My custom JQuery slider code follows the video. The theme used is available here JQuery Theme Roller.

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Make a WordPress Vertical Menu

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Make WordPress Vertical MenuIn this tutorial I’ll not only show you how to make a WordPress Vertical Menu, but also how to do so on any website. It is cross browser as well.

I also show you how to do all kinds of neat things with JQuery! All of the following functions are covered : has(), mouseover(), mouseout(), offset(), closest(), attr(), find(), and much more.

I hope you like it and of course all of the code follows the video.

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Farfalle with Artichokes & Alfredo

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Farfalle Artichoke AlfredoOne of my favorite meals can be prepared in no more than 15 minutes. And, if you want to fool people into thinking you are a great cook, this recipe is for you!

The mixture of artichokes, mint, and lemon make for an incredibly fresh taste. Then I add the parmesan and heavy cream for richness.

This truly is an amazing dish and who can beat making such a delicious meal for 6 in less than 15 minutes?

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