Articles by: chriscoyier
Photoshop a Simple Stack of Photos
September 15, 2008 by chriscoyier
Here we have a quick tutorial where we show you how to turn an image into a nice looking stack of pinned up photos. [Continue reading this tutorial] Read More →
Designing for the iPhone: Resources
September 8, 2008 by chriscoyier
37 Signals once said about designing for the iPhone: Designing for the iPhone is like a hybrid of print and web design. The web we all know is rife with uncertainty. We don’t know the viewer’s screen size or resolution, we don’t know the gamma of someone’s screen, we don’t know if they’ve got a certain typeface and/or exactly how that face renders on in their browser, we don’t know the browser they’re going to use, etc. But paper, on the other hand,... [Continue reading this tutorial]
So You Need A Photo Gallery Website?
September 2, 2008 by chriscoyier
Photo galleries are a incredibly popular feature to add to a website. Depending on the purpose at hand, an entire website can even become a photo gallery. There are more image gallery software options than you can shake a stick at so no matter what type of pics you want to display, chances are the coding has already been done. However, if you want to find the best photo gallery for your website, first you need to narrow down your choices. To do this, ask yourself a few questions. What is the purpose... [Continue reading this tutorial]
Resources for Creating, Testing, and Sending HTML Emails
August 14, 2008 by chriscoyier
Articles, Information, & Organizations SitePoint: How to Code HTML Emails SitePoint: The Principles of Beautiful HTML Email [Continue reading this tutorial] Read More →
Resources for Styling Blockquotes
August 5, 2008 by chriscoyier
Most websites, especially if they are blogs, will come across the need for a block quote at one time or another. That’s just the inter-linking good spirit of the web! Block quotes are a way to include text on a page that is directly taken from another website (or other source). HTML provides us with the perfect element for such a task, the <blockquote> Without any CSS applied to a page at all, most browsers have default styling applied to this element, to help set it apart from other... [Continue reading this tutorial]
Resources for Creating Polls
July 30, 2008 by chriscoyier
Polls can be a great thing for any number of different websites. They get visitors engaged quickly and so long as they are quick, they are usually pretty fun to participate in. Especially if you can see the results right away. The more you get your audience thinking about and interacting with your site, the more memorable it will be for them. Design and Code Your Own Poll Below are a few links to tutorials which will help you create a poll on your site from scratch, no help from outside services... [Continue reading this tutorial]









