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  • Make a stylish preloader with SVG

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    Make a stylish preloader with SVG

    Ian Culshaw on how to use SVG library Raphaël to create a preloader

    16 May 2012

    Many sites neglect users with slow connections. Ian Culshaw explains how to use SVG library Raphaël to create a preloader that’ll hold the users' attention while pages load
  • Building a modern grid system

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    Building a modern grid system

    What it takes to create a grid system that will help us build faster

    15 May 2012

    ZURB's Jonathan Smiley looks at what it takes to create a grid system that will help us build faster, better and with an eye to the future
  • Getting started with NFC on Android

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    Getting started with NFC on Android

    We write a demo that both reads and writes custom data to an NFC tag

    11 May 2012

    By Richard Leggett on | 1 comment
    Near Field Communication (NFC) enables wireless communication between things like phones, stickers and cards. In this tutorial Richard Leggett shows us how to write a game demo that both reads and writes custom data to an NFC tag
  • Getting started with RESS

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    Getting started with RESS

    This tutorial will teach you the basics of RESS

    9 May 2012

    By Anders M Andersen on | 5 comments
    This tutorial will teach you the basics of RESS (Responsive Design + Server Side Components) and how you can build a responsive page that works well on small screens with the help of server side technologies
  • Texturise web type with CSS

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    Texturise web type with CSS

    Trent Walton goes a step further by texturising web type

    2 May 2012

    As newer CSS properties, such as text-shadow, gain traction, there’s no limit to what can be done with web type. Trent Walton from Paravel goes a step further by texturising it
  • Build a responsive site in a week:  going further (part 5)

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    Build a responsive site in a week: going further (part 5)

    There is more to a responsive design than flexible layouts and images

    27 Apr 2012

    By Paul Robert Lloyd on
    In the final part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft’s Paul Robert Lloyd explains how there is more to a responsive design than just flexible layouts, images and media queries
  • Build a responsive site in a week: media queries (part 4)

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    Build a responsive site in a week: media queries (part 4)

    Clearleft's Paul Robert Lloyd explains how media queries work

    26 Apr 2012

    By Paul Robert Lloyd on
    In the penultimate part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft's Paul Robert Lloyd explains how media queries work, and describes a device-agnostic approach to breakpoints.
  • Build a responsive website in a week: responsive images and video (part 3)

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    Build a responsive site in a week: images and video (part 3)

    Paul Lloyd on incorporating images and videos into responive layouts

    25 Apr 2012

    By Paul Robert Lloyd on | 5 comments
    In the third part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft’s Paul Robert Lloyd looks at incorporating images and video into responsive layouts, and describes some of the problems in this area that still need solving.
  • Handling typography for responsive design

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    Handling typography for responsive design

    Your layout is scaling, but you need to have your type following along

    24 Apr 2012

    By Val Head on
    You've got your layout and images scaling, but you need to have your type following along as well. One size of type does not fit all line lengths or screen widths!
  • Build a responsive site in a week: typography and grids (part 2)

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    Build a responsive site in a week: typography and grids (part 2)

    How to translate static page designs into adaptable, fluid websites

    24 Apr 2012

    By Paul Robert Lloyd on | 1 comment
    In the second part of our responsive web design tutorial, Clearleft’s Paul Robert Lloyd will tell us how to translate static page designs into adaptable, fluid websites. So let go of those pixels and learn to love proportions!
  • Create a responsive Drupal theme

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    Create a responsive Drupal theme

    Tim Millwood explains how to use media queries in Drupal

    23 Apr 2012

    Drupal themes enable you to change the look and feel of your site. Tim Millwood explains how to create a theme that makes it appear differently on different screen sizes
  • Build a responsive website in a week: designing responsively (part 1)

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    Build a responsive site in a week: designing responsively (part 1)

    Paul Robert Lloyd talks us through the responsive design process

    23 Apr 2012

    By Paul Robert Lloyd on | 1 comment
    Interested in responsive web design but not sure how to get started? Don't fret, help is at hand! As part of Responsive Week, we've asked Clearleft's Paul Robert Lloyd to talk us through the responsive design process, soup to nuts
  • Kinetic typography techniques with After Effects

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    Kinetic typography techniques with After Effects

    The art of animating text to voice and music with Photoshop and AE

    19 Apr 2012

    By Angie Taylor on
    Creative director and motion graphic artist Angie Taylor (@theangietaylor) shows how to use Photoshop and Adobe After Effects for kinetic typography - combining text and motion to express ideas in the form of animation
  • Building fast and responsive websites

    Tutorial

    Building fast and responsive websites

    An exlusive excerpt of Shi Chuan's HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook

    17 Apr 2012

    In this exclusive excerpt from his HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook web developer Shi Chuan, co-creator of the HTML5 Boilerplate, explains how to build pages with semantic markup, use dynamic loading, make buttons with instant response and more
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