Viewing Archive for: October 2008
Why I Converted to Adobe Bridge
October 31, 2008 by Carma Leichty · 1 Comment
Once upon a time I was a skeptic of Adobe Bridge. It took too long to open. It didn’t seem to necessarily enhance my workflow, so I just kind of ignored it. But, that has changed! Adobe Bridge has become an invaluable tool within my work environment. Read More →
The Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox
October 29, 2008 by Carma Leichty · 7 Comments
The Web Developer Toolbar for Firefox is often listed as one of the must-have tools for web developers. Having used the toolbar within my design environment, I whole-heartedly agree. It cuts back development time by hours. It makes what can be tedious tasks, almost fun. It lets me quickly glance at a website in a different size window. It helps me debug and validate JavaScript and CSS code. Read More →
Using the Blending Sliders in Photoshop
October 29, 2008 by Carma Leichty · 2 Comments
One of my favorite techniques for removing (i.e. make transparent) dark or light areas of an image is to use the blending sliders available inside the Layer Style dialog box within Photoshop. These blending sliders are easily overlooked in pursuit of the more commonly-used Layer Styles available in this dialog box. Read More →
How To Create Your Own Ajax Contact Form
October 27, 2008 by Philip Beel · 6 Comments
Ajax (Asynchronous Javascript and Xml) has become a very popular tool in web design. This tutorial will teach you how to make an ajax contact form using PHP and Jquery. See the code in action here. Read More →
Going from tables to . (part 1 - Creating your layout)
October 24, 2008 by Brady Feiereisel · 3 Comments
OK, what we will be accomplishing here is taking your Photoshop layout and mapping it out with CSS - div’s, instead of Photoshop’s default HTML - tables. In order to be successful in this tutorial you have to already know html coding, and some CSS experience is helpful as well.
Lets start off with the basics. Instead of using html and using table cells to hold our background images to form the layout, we will be using <div>’s which can act the same way but are much easier...
October 24, 2008 by Brady Feiereisel · 3 Comments
OK, what we will be accomplishing here is taking your Photoshop layout and mapping it out with CSS - div’s, instead of Photoshop’s default HTML - tables. In order to be successful in this tutorial you have to already know html coding, and some CSS experience is helpful as well. Lets start off with the basics. Instead of using html and using table cells to hold our background images to form the layout, we will be using <div>’s which can act the same way but are much easier...
