Drop shadows are a great way to add depth and perspective to your webpages, highlighting certain areas and diminishing the prominence of others. In this article, I’ll introduce you to the CSS3 box-shadow property. I’ve even included a visual tool to make it easy to learn and create code for your own sites.
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Saturday, July 7th, 2012What Would You Learn if You Could Read Your Clients’ Minds?
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012Most of us can’t read minds; we’re forced to rely on other skills to relate to our clients and deliver on our promises. In this article, Dana covers the six most important things that all of your clients are thinking.
Pomodoro Productivity: A Simple Time-Management Technique to Eliminate Procrastination
Saturday, June 16th, 2012Are you looking for a more relaxed, simplistic approach to time management? The Pomodoro technique may be just what you’re looking for, especially if you’re a creative type.
7 Keys to Turning Your Small Business’s Clients into Raving Fans
Saturday, June 9th, 2012OK, so that picture is completely over the top. But in all seriousness, if you run a small business, don’t you wish your clients loved you that much?
In this article, I’ll share seven keys from personal experience for providing your clients the absolute best service. If you do things right, you’ll have more than just happy customers – you’ll have raving fans who actively promote your business for you.
Creating a Floating Navigation Menu
Saturday, June 2nd, 2012You’ve likely seen it while browsing the Internet – a navigation menu that “sticks” to the top of your window as you scroll down a page. This popular effect ensures that you never have to scroll back to the top of a page to navigate; the menu is always floating there, waiting to be used.
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to create this effect.
Project Delivery – Chill Before Serving
Saturday, May 26th, 2012Right away is not always the right way. It’s not always easy to allow time for your project to chill… But if you care about the quality of work that you’re putting out, then it isn’t just recommended – it is a must.
Adding Lightbox Integration to EasyRotator
Saturday, May 19th, 2012Lightboxes are great for distraction-free viewing of photos. Today, we’re providing a plug-n-play script that makes it easy to add lightbox functionality to your existing EasyRotator sliders.
7 Free eBooks that Should Line Every Web Professional’s Digital Bookshelf
Saturday, May 12th, 2012Time management, freelancing, jQuery, UX and more. These seven must-read eBooks represent a lifetime’s worth of experience and knowledge that should be in every designer and developer’s digital library.
Why You Need a Local Testing Server (and How To Do It)
Friday, May 4th, 2012Please don’t tell me you’re testing your sites on the live server! That’s the slow way, and it can lead to embarrassments and security breaches. The solution is a local testing server. In this article, I’ll explain why you need one, and walk you through setting it up.
10 Steps to a Faster WordPress
Saturday, April 28th, 2012Traffic loss, reduced sales, and poor search engine performance – these are just some of the side-effects of a WordPress site that loads slowly. In this article, I’m going to go through ten important steps for making your WordPress site lightning fast.