June 7, 2011
by James Brocklehurst
5 Comments
Both Fireworks and Illustrator have a superior feature set but I find myself using Photoshop’s vector tools for almost all interface design tasks. The main reason for this is personal familiarity (I’ve been using PS since version 2.5), but I also find there are workflow benefits from having less applications running at once.
May 18, 2011
by James Brocklehurst
26 Comments
In July of 2010 I looked at a quick way to turn a vanilla install of WordPress 3.0 into a easy to use CMS. This post revisits that original article and updates it to make it compatible with changes included in the 3.1+ releases.
March 8, 2011
by James Brocklehurst
3 Comments
Here I have another go at tinkering around with background images that fade on hover. This time I’ve used a patterned background and placed vignette-style .pngs over the top which are animated using transition.
February 3, 2011
by James Brocklehurst
15 Comments
In my fantasy CSS3 world, a background-opacity property would exist, and this is why I think it would be a good thing to have.
January 6, 2011
by James Brocklehurst
16 Comments
As the mobile device market expands and looks set to increase exponentially, and with the current enthusiasm around responsive design, it is no longer an option for web developers to test just for the desktop. Using Apple’s iOS devices is probably a good start, but obtaining an army of iPhones and iPads of differing specifications just for this purpose is not practical for everyone.
December 12, 2010
by James Brocklehurst
2 Comments
This is the third major overhaul of the Web Safe Fonts Cheat Sheet, which now includes examples of fonts suitable for the CSS @font-face property, along with revised CSS font stacks, font installation breakdowns by operating system, and some of the new Google Font API fonts.
December 4, 2010
by James Brocklehurst
0 comments
Clients will often lack an understanding of the processes and sheer amount of work that is required to create a website. This is perfectly understandable, since they are not experts in web design/development. That’s why they hired you, right?
November 6, 2010
by James Brocklehurst
3 Comments
Photoshop has grown from a photo scanning and correction application into a versatile program capable of working with digital imagery in almost any context. It can now import and manipulate video, 3D models, and perform scientific measurements and analyses of image data.
October 25, 2010
by James Brocklehurst
10 Comments
Whilst creating a child theme based on the default WordPress 3 Twenty Ten theme, I found it useful to create a Photoshop version of the themes’ layout as a starting point. You can download it for your own use here.
October 9, 2010
by James Brocklehurst
6 Comments
Appcelerator Titanium and Nitobi PhoneGap are open source frameworks that allow web developers to use their existing skills to create applications for mobile devices. They work in different ways and so I was interested in investigating whether one had significant benefits over the other.
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