Quick Tip: Using the HTML5 “download” Attribute
Creating a download link in HTML is straightforward; add an anchor tag and point to the file within the href attribute. Some file types, however, (such as images, .pdf, .txt, and .doc for example)...
View Article“It’s Alive!”: Apps That Feed Back Accessibly
It’s one thing to create a web application and quite another to create an accessible web application. That’s why Heydon Pickering 1 , both author and editor at Smashing Magazine, wrote an eBook Apps...
View ArticleForm Inputs: The Browser Support Issue You Didn’t Know You Had
The lowly form input. It’s been a part of HTML for as long as HTML has had a formal specification 1 ; but before HTML5, developers were hamstrung by its limited types and attributes. As the use of...
View ArticleNotes On Client-Rendered Accessibility
As creators of the web, we bring innovative, well-designed interfaces to life. We find satisfaction in improving our craft with each design or line of code. But this push to elevate our skills can be...
View ArticleIntroducing ScrollMagic 2.0
If you’re desperate to generate beautiful scroll animations in your next project, then look no further. ScrollMagic is a JavaScript library to help you create “magical” scroll interactions which...
View ArticleEasy to Use Dialog System for Modern Web Apps
BasicModal is a dialog-system for modern web-apps. It includes everything you need to display information, ask questions or request input from the user. Modals can be chained, so you can easily build...
View ArticleThe Art Of The SVG Filter And Why It Is Awesome
After almost 20 years of evolution, today’s web typography, with its high-density displays and support for OpenType features, is just a step away from the typographic quality of the offline world. But...
View ArticleWeb Design for Kids: Getting Ready to Build a Website
Welcome to the second lesson in our Web Design for Kids series! In this lesson we will learn all about some things we need to do and the tools we need before we start writing the code for our Tuts+...
View ArticleResponsive Typography With Sass Maps
Managing consistent, typographic rhythm isn’t easy, but when the type is responsive, things get even more difficult. Fortunately, Sass maps make responsive typography much more manageable. Writing the...
View ArticleA Detailed Guide To WordPress Custom Page Templates
I like to think of WordPress as the gateway drug of web development. Many people who get started using the platform are initially merely looking for a comfortable (and free) way to create a simple...
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