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Useful HTML-, CSS- and JavaScript Tools and Libraries – Smashing Magazine.
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Responsive Web Design vs. Mobile Site: Which is better, when?
Over the next few weeks we at A Little Code will be experimenting with best ways to optimize sites for multiple devices. Here are a few initial thoughts.
Hitting the Limits of Responsive Web Design
Initially, we’ve found that for a site with a number of interactive elements, such as drop-down navigation, slideshows, javascript overlays, etc., the approach to Responsive Web Design recommended by Ethan Marcotte — adding media queries for mobile devices at the end of things — isn’t up to the task.
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Add a Subtitle to WordPress Post and Page Titles
This nice article offers a couple of solutions for creating subtitles for your WordPress posts and pages: utilizing custom fields and modified template files, or a handy new plugin: Visual Subtitle.
Read the article at WPMU.org: How to Add a Subtitle to WordPress Post and Page Titles.
Book for Web Developers — Recommended by Nettuts+
Nettuts+ has just published a nice list of recommended books on these topics:
- PHP
- JavaScript
- jQuery
- HTML5
- CSS
- WordPress
- Git, etc.
More Meaningful Typography :: A List Apart
Designing with modular scales is one way to make more conscious, meaningful choices about measurement on the web. Modular scales work with—not against—responsive design and grids, provide a sensible alternative to basing our compositions on viewport limitations du jour, and help us achieve a visual harmony not found in compositions that use arbitrary, conventional, or easily divisible numbers. Tim Brown shows us how.
Two Cats In A Sack: Designer-Developer Discord — SmashingMagazine.com
From SmashingMagazine: “The differences between designers and developers often erupt in pointed jabs on the Web or at conferences. Jokes or not, the jabs create friction whose consequences are real. I am a designer, and by no elaborate means of job-title-rejigging do I consider myself a developer, but I see the cruelty of designer and developer egos going both ways.”
Getting Ahead Of The Curve: Branding On Mobile Devices And Desktop Browsers
How, and why, to add “app”-like icons to your sites for several mobile and desktop browser displays, to clearly and elegantly identify your site with an icon that stands out from the crowd …
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