CategoryTechniques

June 27, 2013 — Placing a Twitter feed on one’s website has almost become compulsory. Embedding a feed isn’t all that difficult if you are comfortable with Twitter’s default widget, but making your own will enable you to blend it into your website seamlessly. Once you grasp the basic idea behind how this widget is created, you can add many of your own and customize them to your (or your client’s) delight. Read more…

June 21, 2013 — The WordPress functions.php theme file provides an efficient way of modifying WordPress on a theme by theme basis. This file contains mostly theme related functions but it can also be used to enhance or modify default WordPress behavior. This file is saved inside the themes’ folder and a limitless amount of modifications can be added. Read more…

June 18, 2013 — In this article, Matt Gibson will explain, from his own experience of refreshing his agency website, why he and his team abandoned a separate mobile website and will review their process of creating a new responsive design. A responsive website means better content parity for users and a single website to maintain! Read more…

June 12, 2013 — In this article, Lars Kappert will explore ideas and solutions to build a RWA. Declarative composition for responsive applications is quite powerful and could serve as a solid starting point. He will set up some important concepts and you will build on these to actually develop a RWA, and then explore how scalable and portable this approach is. Read more…

May 29, 2013 — In this article, Daniel Pataki will share some of the tricks he uses personally during and after development to achieve a bug-free product. This should give you a good overview of what you can do over the course of the development cycle. Read more…

May 29, 2013 — Responsive Web design has been around for some years now, but there’s still a whole lot to do. In this article, Stéphanie Walter will look at what is currently possible, what will be possible in the future using what are not yet standardized properties, and what still needs to be improved. This article is not exhaustive, and we won’t go deep into each technique, but you’ll have enough links and knowledge to explore further by yourself. Read more…

May 23, 2013 — When the mockups for the new Financial Times application hit FT Labs desk, Wilson Page knew he and his team had a real challenge on their hands. They were tasked with implementing a far more challenging product, without compromising the performant experience that made the first app so successful. In this article, Wilson Page will discuss some of the changes he made in the latest release and the decision-making behind them. Read more…

May 10, 2013 —

The  element supports a number of different types of fallback content, but the current implementation of these fallbacks is problematic. In this article Dave Newton will explore how the fallbacks work, how they fail and what can be done about it. 

May 8, 2013 — Popular apps that become available on Android experience huge growth. Every three weeks, the number of people who activate new Android devices is equal to the entire population of Australia. Instagram grew by 10 million users with the launch of its Android app. Despite this unprecedented expansion of the platform, the majority of Android apps are not great. The reason for this is that Android has been going through puberty in the past few years. It was disorganized and many designers avoided it and naturally gravitated towards iOS. Read more…

April 26, 2013 — This article is packed with a number of quirks and issues you should be aware of when working with CSS3 transitions. Please note that I’m not showing any workarounds or giving advice on how to circumvent the issues discussed. Read more…