jQuery Mobile, an open-source multiplatform UI framework, was released to help designers and developers create mobile Web experiences that are easy to build, customizable and unobtrusive in code. While mobile browsers and platforms are creating new challenges for us, jQuery Mobile can help us succeed with our mobile apps.
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What happens if you have an existing site or app that was built for desktop without a responsive or mobile strategy in mind? What if you don’t have the resources, time, or budget to start over from scratch in the near term? Despite being a design shop, we at Fresh Tilled Soil found ourselves in this very position. This is how we addressed it.
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A persistent primary navigation bar shows top-level pages, allowing users to move between sections. However, there is one class of website for which this traditional form of navigation falls short. It is what Paul Boag refers to as a “mega-site”.
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Zen Coding is a revolutionary plugin that has helped many developers through the years and has now reached a new level: Emmet. The most productive and time-saving text-editor plugin you will ever see. By instantly expanding simple abbreviations into complex code snippets, Emmet can turn you into a more productive developer.
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In this article, Greg Nudelman provides a detailed walk-through of the design and code and provides a downloadable mini-app so that you can try out C-Swipe to see whether it’s right for your app. There are 3,997 different Android devices. Your navigation should work with all of them! C-Swipe can help.
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Today there’s no way to accurately design for the Web using physical units, nor will there be for a very long time. But there is a way to design while knowing the physical characteristics of the device. It’s called the “resolution media query”, and it’s been in the specification for media queries for some time. So, how will we use this nifty little feature, exactly? Here’s how.
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Recently Siobhan McKeown shared some advice from the WordPress community to beginners. But what if you’re already so immersed in the world of WordPress that you dream of the latest thing you’ve achieved with custom post types? Below are some tips from WordPress pros from across the community!
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Every app tells a story. Deciding on the story for your app requires careful thought and creativity. Most stories have a lesson, and indeed most apps do, too. For any app developer, conveying an app’s story at launch is critical. And just as important as promoting the story of your app is developing a story around the app that promotes the app’s story and that differentiates the app from its competitors. To that end, what follows is a story about storytelling for a storybook app!
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A common question on clients and developers minds is, “How can we provide a great Web experience to our users on mobile?” In this article, Matt Stow will try to answer this question. If you can’t convince your clients to start from scratch with a mobile-first philosophy, he hopes this gives you the knowledge, impetus and tools that you need to retrofit their websites!
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A record number of shoppers are turning to their smartphones to research potential purchases. Meanwhile, the bigger question — are those same users willing to complete the purchases on their mobile device? — is quickly being answered. The US, for example, saw an 81% spike in mobile e-commerce (m-commerce) sales in 2012, comprising a $25 billion market.
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