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Join My Email Newsletter25+ Questions to Ask When Redesigning Your Business Website
Category: Common Questions
A website created by a page builder service like Godaddy, Wix, WordPress, or Squarespace are a dime a dozen. But a lead-generating website is a rare jewel. Strategically built websites help you generate new business and communicate your brand story. Below is a list of common questions to ask before redesigning your business website. List […]
How to Fire a jQuery Function When the Page is Loaded and Resized
Category: Code Snippets
When building responsive websites you often want to run a script when the page loads. But when you resize the window the layout breaks. You can use the on method to run your code if the page loads or has been resized. // run on page load and when the window is resized $(window).on(“load resize”,function(e){ […]
How to Visually See What Your jQuery Selection is Selecting
Category: Code Snippets / Tutorials
I was recently working on form validation and wanted to mark a.form-group as successful if it contained a particular icon inside the label. The icon was set using PHP depending if the data existed in the database. I was writing .prev() and .parent() to try and select the wrapping .form-group but it wasn’t working and […]
How to Create a List of Urls and Meta Titles from a Domain
Category: Tutorials
I was working on a site migration and I needed to create an excel spreadsheet of all of the urls, page titles, and meta description. This document would then be shared with the copywriters to work on editing the page copy. I found some nice online tools to make this process easy. Step 1: Generate […]
What are the Open Sans CSS Font Weights?
Category: Common Questions
I often want to use different font weights for Open Sans and so am adding them here for quick reference later. Open Sans light font-weight: 300; regular font-weight: 400; semi-bold font-weight: 600; bold font-weight: 700; extra-bold font-weight: 800;
How to Add a Featured Tag with Text Over an Image
Category: Tutorials
In this tutorial I will show you how to place a featured tag over an image using CSS3 ::before pseudo elements. A common use case for this is eCommerce where you might want to visually show a product is featured, on sale, or out of stock. Since your products are displayed dynamically using a database, […]
My 7 Tips for Learning the Artistic Side of Web Design
Category: Newsletter
This is a great question and something I have been thinking a lot about. Especially in how to teach this skill online vs a classroom setting. If I had to pick four important factors to becoming a good designer they would be. Pencil sketch before moving to the computer Sketch a lot of thumbnails with […]
HTML5 Responsive Autoplay Video Code Snippet
Category: Code Snippets
In order to make your HTML5 video responsive you will need to add the following CSS style properties: width: 100%, and max-height: 100%. Your browser does not support the video tag.
How do I design and build a industrial website?
Category: Common Questions
Building an industrial website is one of the greatest experiences. It is a convergence of creativity, technology, and service. So congratulations on embarking on the journey. Below is a very high level look at the 3 major steps. If you have questions, please let me know. Creativity Before you start building you need a plan […]
What Is the Best Way to Learn Web Development?
Category: Newsletter
Learning Web Development is Like Learning How to Paint Let’s say you wanted to become a painter. Where would you start? How would you feel if your first painting looked like the one below? I believe painting by numbers teaches the mechanics and joy of painting to beginners. It quickly builds confidence. You […]