No IE6, You Can’t Play!

   Posted: September 1st, 2010    By: Devin Walker   

More and more sites are blocking access from IE6 users, and I couldn’t back them anymore. Not only is IE6 a bad choice for security reasons, if you have done any web design work you also know what a pain it is to comply to. Simply state, it breaks our cool tools! Check out this hilarious poster by the guys over at robotjohnny.com for momentile.com.

IE6 can't play in the treehouse with all the other browsers
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Nothing happens when launching Dreamweaver CS5 on Mac

   Posted: June 3rd, 2010    By: Devin Walker   

So I recently started using a Mac at work and with the Adobe Creative Suite 5 just released I was pretty excited. The new additions to CS5 are great and I can see that working with WordPress will be a lot more streamlined. Anyways, I ran into a frustrating issue that a lot of other Mac/Dreamweaver CS5 users are encountering where launching the program results in a disabled dreamweaver.

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Forget about using @font-face thanks to Google

   Posted: May 21st, 2010    By: Devin Walker   

Web designers beware that if you’re eager to use @font-face in the near future you can forget it! With Google now entering the web-font market the guys over at font-face.com decided it was a lost cause to continue on their noble quest. Personally, I would be rather upset if I had invested 100s of hour of labor just to be overtaken by a giant. Hopefully Google will kick them over some pity capital.

Say Goodbye to font-face in web design
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jFlow Slider Auto Slider with Pause Functionality

   Posted: April 21st, 2010    By: Devin Walker   

Attention: jFlow Plus is Out

This article uses an outdated version of jFlow and, although it works just fine, lacks some enhancements. Please check out jFlow Plus on my other website WordImpressed.com! There you can read about jFlow Plus and view a cool demo.

jQuery sliders make a great website addition. Are you using the jQuery jFlow Slider Plug-in?  Awesome! Out of the box this slider is pretty good.  It’s easy to modify and light weight.  In this article I will show you how to add an auto slide functionality and pause functionality to the jFlow jQuery plug-in.

Why jFlow is a Good Slider

jFlow is a very light-weight slider. If you’ve been using sliders in your web design for some time perhaps you’ve had experiences with a few jQuery sliders that hasn’t been so good. jFlow out-of-the-box is good, but let’s make it great. One of the most requested features for this slider is to have the popular pause and autoslide functions.

jQuery and jFlow Auto Slide with Pause

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WordPress Lavalamp Navigation Tutorial

   Posted: March 10th, 2010    By: Devin Walker   

jQuery, Lavalamp, Easing and WordPressLavalamp is an awesome jQuery plug-in that makes really cool effects for WordPress-based menus and navigation links, and as a bonus it is very lightweight. It can be a bit tricky to implement in WordPress, but after you read this tutorial hopefully you’ll be implementing it with ease. Follow along and let’s get your site’s navigation using the jQuery lavalamp effect (super cool)!

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