Written by Ethan Gardner Web Design
With many Americans looking for full-time work due to the state of the economy (myself included), frustration seems to be running high.
One of the important things to me has been taking the time to learn new skills and further develop the existing ones. No doubt, I will come out of this recession stronger as a professional with more to offer to a potential employer than ever.
Given that today is Mardi Gras, I have cooked up an absolutely ridiculous example while experimenting with Mootools’ Drag.Move class: A Mootools Voodoo Doll.
Written by Ethan Gardner Web Design
Web designers are starting to discover that 8-bit PNG files can be used to achieve semi-transparency (alpha transparency) that will gracefully degrade in IE6. Most of the posts around the web focus on using Adobe Fireworks to achieve semi-transparency, but what about the rest of us that don’t use Fireworks?
Today, I’ll demonstrate an alternative technique to show you how to achieve alpha transparency in PNG-8 images without having to shell out the cash for Adobe Fireworks.
Read more: Alpha Transparency in PNG-8 Images Without Using Fireworks
Written by Ethan Gardner Web Design
In 2008, the outdoor industry posted a growth of 18% in online sales. For businesses in the industry, it is more important than ever to provide target customers with a great website and capitalize on the favorable market conditions.
Though many smaller operations won’t have the budget of the industry’s big-guns, attaining a successful and attractive website is well within reach, even for independent retailers and outfitters. Here are some tips and shining examples of outdoor industry websites that will hopefully help industry professionals with their website in ‘09.
Read more: 25 Awesome Examples of Outdoor Industry Web Design
Written by Ethan Gardner Web Design
Front end development is a quickly growing field, especially among the forward-thinking companies poised to lead the industry into the future. In parts one and two of the website optimization series, we looked at front end and server side optimizations.
Today, we’ll dive a little more into the front end, look at some helpful tools to assist with website optimization, and wrap up the final article in the series with a complimentary check list to keep track of your own optimizations.
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