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October 8, 2011
by James Brocklehurst
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Embedding YouTube Within iPhone Apps

Here is a method I recently devised for getting YouTube videos to work in a useable and clean way within iPhone Apps. It assumes a basic familiarity with Xcode 4 and Objective-C.

May 18, 2011
by James Brocklehurst
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WordPress 3.1 to a Client Friendly CMS in 7 Easy Steps

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 … Continue reading →

March 8, 2011
by James Brocklehurst
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CSS3 Animated Vignette Buttons

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.

January 6, 2011
by James Brocklehurst
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Test Your Website Across iOS Devices Using The iPhone Simulator

As the mobile device market expands and looks set to increase exponentially in 2011, it is no longer an option for web developers to test just for the desktop. Testing for Apple’s iOS devices is probably a good start, but … Continue reading →

December 4, 2010
by James Brocklehurst
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Educating Clients – Websites Are Like Buildings

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?

October 9, 2010
by James Brocklehurst
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A Brief Comparison of Titanium and PhoneGap for Cross Platform Mobile Development

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 … Continue reading →

October 3, 2010
by James Brocklehurst
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CSS3 Now – Properties That Won’t Break Your Site in Older Browsers

Whilst researching the subject, I have found myself putting together an overview of all the CSS3 properties that are safe to use today. By ‘safe’ I mean properties that can be used for progressive enhancement that fallback without difficulty for … Continue reading →

September 13, 2010
by James Brocklehurst
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Progressive Decoration with CSS3 Multiple Backgrounds

Of all the new web technologies being espoused, CSS3 appears the most implementable, since it allows us to drop in new decorative properties without messing up things for older browsers.

August 5, 2010
by James Brocklehurst
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Fading Button Background Images With CSS3 Transitions

When Firefox 4 is released this October, February? browsers that support the CSS3 transition property will make up approximately 30% of the market (providing current Firefox users upgrade). With this in mind, it now becomes viable to consider CSS as … Continue reading →

July 26, 2010
by James Brocklehurst
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Comparing Print Friendly with the Hartija Framework

Visitors to a site will at some point want to print out the information they see on screen. By using print-specific CSS, content can be reformatted for print in a form that is readable on paper and doesn’t contain items … Continue reading →