Posts by Bryan Hoffman
Designing for Mobile First
I’ve recently been involved in a project with a company who had interest in my work with mobile design with media queries. Before I began we talked what tools we wanted to use to create clean, lean code that worked across as many devices as possible. I of course suggested using HTML5 Boilerplate as they…
Read MoreGo Mobile with Responsive Design
Designing for the web has always been like catching a greased chameleon – as soon as you get a good grip everything changes and you’re looking for the elusive lizard on some new technological rock. Varying screen resolutions, user preferences, and browser inconsistencies are just a few of the variables that have made designing for…
Read MoreSpigot featured on Mediaqueri.es
Media Queries has kindly featured spigotdesign.com in their gallery of sites that use media queries for responsive web design. It’s a great place to go for inspiring designs that use @media in their development. I’ll be writing more about what that means in the near future. Take a look at the latest, or spigot’s feature…
Read MoreUse Social Media the Smart Way
Blog First Social Media websites play an important part in marketing your business – there’s no denying the power they have in getting the word out on your brand. But how much time and effort (and capital) should you spend on them? And which ones should you be focusing on? Focus on Numero Uno For…
Read MoreThe Admin Bar and Absolute Positioning
The latest release of WordPress (3.1) comes with a new ‘Admin Bar’ – a small area at the top of your site that displays (for logged in users) quick links and easy access to some of the most used portions of WordPress. If you happen to have absolutely positioned elements that take their position off…
Read MoreNibbler: Awesome Website Testing
There’s a lot of ways to test and benchmark your website, but few are as fun as Nibbler. And it’s free! What does Nibbler do? Nibbler will go through 5 pages of which ever site you specify and test them on a range of relevant criteria. Once it’s finished you’ll get a nice, visual report…
Read MoreHow to get Google to Like You
So you want Google to like you, eh? You want to be at the top? Well good, because the top is a great place to be. It’s not easy to get there, though – so you’ve got to be prepared. It’s not rocket science either, thankfully, and it doesn’t take an army or a boatload…
Read MoreWordPress Users: Install Jetpack
Since it first came out I’ve been installing the WordPress.com Stats plugin on nearly every site I build. It’s a very popular plugin because it provides a quick overview of site traffic and related information – all from the WordPress Dashboard. A few months back I’d heard rumors that Automattic was working on a replacement…
Read MoreMicrosoft: Stop Using IE6
Designers and developers have been saying it for years, and now even Microsoft are throwing their own stones: We recommend that Internet Explorer 6 users upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer for a safer browsing experience.Microsoft Of course they’re recommending that the upgrade be to Internet Explorer 9 – but there other options…
Read MoreNow with HTML5
It wasn’t that long ago since our last major site rebuild, and yet here we are at it again. This time it’s both a redesign and an overhaul of the underlying structure. Now with HTML5 While I’m no fan of Flash, the intent behind rebuilding the site using HTML5 isn’t meant to stand in opposition.…
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