Archive for the “Web Design & Development” Category

While working on the new fancy shmancy designFox.co layout (I know, I know, it’s been a work in progress for awhile. What can I say, I’m a bit of a perfectionist  >.>  <.< ) I decided to go back and review Browser Window Sizes and Screen Resolutions. If you’re sitting there thinking “Why the heck [...]

As you sit and read this you might be wondering, Why would I want to do this? What is this for? Have you ever tried to upload a file directly from your site but couldn’t because the file was to large?  Does it leaves you grumbling and shaking your fists.  Don’t worry, you’re not alone. [...]

In this article we will be using PHP and reCAPTCHA to add a validation box to your forms. To download the full example *As a quick note this article is separated into 3 pages, to get the full extent of the article be sure to read through them all following the page links at the [...]

I was working on a project that required different, dynamic (widgetized) sidebars for different pages. After a few hours of research, loads of articles, and a few failed attempts later I finally succeeded. I thought I would share this so that it saves anyone else wanting to do the same thing the time of digging [...]

[important]*This article is posted in conjunction with “Browsers: HTML5… “OMG YOU CAN’T USE THAT!” …Why yes sir, I really CAN!”.  They were split into two to make for easier reading.[/important] Did you know that Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera all are able to use HTML5? And yes I mean today! Studies have shown that users [...]

[important]*For the sake of this article, I’m going to assume that you have a basic understanding of HTML and CSS.[/important] “What… HTML5 now… No, No, No, you must be wrong! You’re absolutely WRONG! You can’t use it now, it’s a draft, and it won’t be ready until 2022! REDO ALL YOUR SITES YOU HAVE USED [...]

Often times I come across lovely websites that still use Dreamweaver’s built in behaviors to create a JavaScript styled navigation. You may have heard them called disjointed rollovers. You can recognize this if you view a websites source code where you will see blocks of JavaScript and coding elements such as onmouseover, onmouseout, onclick and [...]

Based on the 960 Grid System.  Included are 3 Photoshop Templates relating to 12, 16 & 24 columns. An excellent practice to get into when creating designs in Photoshop is to try to follow the 960 grid system.  What is the 960 grid system you ask?  The full system can be found here: http://960.gs/ and [...]