Jan29
Filed under: Tutorials
In the old days if you wanted to have a non-standard font on your site that was viewable by your visitors, you would need to provide a download link so they could add the custom font onto their computer. This was a little clunky, but it allowed a better user experience and would help mesh your design together. One can only handle so much Verdana and Arial each day.
Fast-forward about 10 years. There have been great strides in font technology on the web.
Jan28
Filed under: Web Tech
SitePoint has released FireScope, a browser plugin for Firefox that puts an HTML and CSS reference only a click away.
After installation, just do the typical ‘inspect element’ action and you’ll see the new ‘Reference’ tab. Click the tab and you’ll see information about the element you chose plus any attributes that are defined for that element. You’ll see information about the element, what browsers support it, and a ‘more’ link to the reference section on SitePoint’s website.
I have always respected SitePoint for being a leader in almost everything related to web development. They have published books on a wide variety of internet technologies and continually push out new content. I’m sure this new plugin will help spread their knowledge to more web developers.
Jan22
Filed under: Web Tech
Kevin Sherman over at BubbleTweet has come up with an innovative way to add video to your own Twitter page. Enter a Twitter username on their home page and you get a prompt to add a video with your webcam. Notice I didn’t say ‘your’ username. Check out Housegirl’s page for an example of promoting someone else. Jer979 gives us an idea of what to expect if you follow him.
