Category: Development Tips

Mobile Meetup: Responsive Web Design – A Technical Deep Dive

  In April of 2013, NUIT A&RT AMPS and Science in Society gave a collaborative presentation demoing the responsive components of the...
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WordPress QR Permalinks

I have just implemented a dynamic QR code generator using the Google Charts API.  Now each of our blog posts will...
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WPBook 2.1….Tricky Update

WordPress has been doing a wonderful job with its social media integration. There are many ways to get your WordPress Blog...
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Making Connections: Twitter, Facebook, Feedburner and WordPress

Twitter and Facebook have been around for quite some time now, but it seems like everyone has really embraced the culture...
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What’s coming w/HTML5

Late to the party with Google Gravity, I know … You can check it out for yourself, and a whole lot...
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Communicating on the Web: Applying Known Models to New Information

I’ve seen this before, but it just fully hit me today – WordPress.org uses an interesting method of communicating information on...
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404 Pages – Let the Computer Do the Talking

In design and web development circles, the 404 page is an often discussed topic. From a designer/user experience point of view,...
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Does an iPhone Always Have to Feel Like an iPhone?

While I appreciate iWebkit and the fact that web developers are leveraging the insanely great abilities of the mobile webkit browsers...
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Drupal: Context and why its better than just using blocks

One of the best things about Drupal is that there are many different ways to do the same thing, I would...
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Something I’d Like To See On: Amazon.com

I’d really like the ability to preface my Amazon.com wishlist with a little note to friends/family looking to get me a...
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Building a Website Should be Hard

Building a (good) website should be hard, because building a good website is hard. With all of the technology, user-friendly platforms,...
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Rethinking the Mobile Web

An interesting presentation from Stephanie Rieger and Bryan Rieger discussed on UX Magazine. The basic concept is that since there are...
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