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Archive for September, 2009

CSS3 Techniques You Should Use Today

Following the principles of progressive enhancement I am going to show you some CSS3 techniques which I have been using in my sites recently and which I would encourage you to start using as well.

“But not all browsers support CSS3 techniques yet!” I hear you say. Yes this is true. However, these are techniques which you should use only to enhance the experience for a user. They should not be fundamental for your web site/app to function. After all if we designers and developers don’t start to use them how will they ever get adopted in the mainstream.

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Use more than one H1 tag per Page?

Here is a quick question for you. There seems to be some concern with my latest ThemeForest theme regarding the fact that the post heading tags are <H1>.

So the question is: Does having more than one <H1> tag per page on your site affect your page rank/SEO score?

Top Web Apps To Help You Track Your Time

stopwatch

If your a freelancer you know how important it can be to track your time. Let’s face it, keeping track of your time properly decides how much you get paid. So with this in mind lets look at some web apps that have been designed to help you take control of this important issue.

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My New About Page

For a while now I have been wanting to do my own version of Tim Van Damme’s personal information site. From the moment I saw it I thought it was very cool and there have been some great revisions from other designers (as well as some bad ones). So this was my attempt at a new about page.

About Gilbert Pellegrom

There is quite a mix of cool jQuery and quirky CSS techniques used in there. One of the things I’m most impressed with is that the site works in every browser (yes even including IE6) and even the fading animations work. So head on over and check it out and let me know what you think.

Simple MetaLab Style Buttons in Photoshop

Simple MetaLab style buttons in Photoshop

Recently I have been drawing a lot of inspiration from the guys over at MetaLab. They have a great, strong and unique style that runs throughout their work and I really love everything they do. So in this post I will show you how to create a simple MetaLab style buttons in Photoshop that are easy to customize.

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