May 2011

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This is the age of the story. From storyboarding to personal brands to About pages, the web -- and its creation -- is rife with stories. And we're daily being told to polish up a story of our own.... Read More
 
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Craig explains how to create blurred text effect with CSS3 and implements a smoothly-animated set of menu links. Browser support and workarounds are also discussed.Read More
 
Episode 114 of The SitePoint Podcast is now available! This week the panel is made up of Patrick O'Keefe (@ifroggy), Brad Williams (@williamsba), Stephan Segraves (@ssegraves). This is the first... Read More
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Craig explains a fundamental difference between native HTMLCollection objects and node collections returned by jQuery and other JavaScript libraries.Read More
 
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Common business wisdom say you can’t provide the best service and the highest quality at the lowest price. But suppose that there were a way you could—and that you could get business from both... Read More
 
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Mozilla has embarked on a rapid release development cycle and Firefox 5 is due on June 21. If you can't wait, Craig reveals where you can find the latest betas and innovations.Read More
 
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It’s been a month of inspired ideas and clever execution but the time has come to announce the official winner of Design Festival’s Cicada Project iPad 2 Give-away. We’ve almost hit fifty... Read More
 
 
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Craig discusses an accusation made by Bing's director that traditional search engines do not offer relevant results and measuring backlinks is not appropriate for the modern web.Read More
 
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In high school, the popular kids got invited to the best parties. If you thought those days were behind you, guess again. It seems that the less outgoing of us can also get passed up for the best... Read More
 
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Most web freelancers "commoditize" our creativity so we can reliably tap into it as required for each client, and each project. But, asks Georgina, what happens when some aspect of that creativity... Read More
 
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Louis lays the foundations for all the HTML5 goodness to come. This article is an excerpt from HTML5 & CSS3 for the Real World, by Alexis... Read More
 
I often get asked to comment on “why Windows Phone 7” and it’s taken me a long time to put together a response to this question that I’m happy with. If you look at the major smartphone... Read More
 
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Craig describes why CSS3 feature detection is required, how Modernizr can help, how it works, and how to roll your own property support code.Read More
 
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Mick Olinik looks at the factors to take into account when deciding how to deliver functionality to a WordPress site. Look for a plugin? Write one yourself? Hard code the theme? Display logic and... Read More