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    How to Create An Adaptable View On Your Blog?

    August 9, 2011
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    Basically, adaptable view is an user interface pattern that lets the user decide the visual appearance of your blog. In other words, users can dynamically change the layout of your theme. Interesting… Isn’t it? Well, there could be  no better example than delicious bookmarks to explain what I mean. So, for those who actually wonder what I’m blabbering, take a look at the following link – Recent Bookmarks. Now, look for the display options that ...

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    Solutions to Make Your Fonts/Layouts Browser Compatible

    August 5, 2011
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    It is quite obvious that webmasters & web designers often use CSS to style their fonts – be it the post titles or the ones on the header. As far as I know, majority of the browsers including IE support CSS3 @font-face but, what happens if some unknown browser does not do the same???  Simple! You’ll end up in a complete mess of your layout. So, in this article, I’ll explain about the common issues ...

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    Simple Accordion Effect Using Jquery: How to

    August 4, 2011
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    There are quite a lot of tutorials on the web about the accordion effect. But, none appears to be clear. Being a webmaster & web designer myself, I find it difficult to understand the tutorials out there. So, I thought I should explain this stuff in the most simplest way possible and that’s what we have got in this article too. To those who do not know what an accordion effect  is, just take a ...

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    How To Make Entire Block Clickable Using jQuery?

    August 3, 2011
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    I’m sure many web masters out there link various websites on their blog. Some tweak the links with a background color while few keep it simple! What if we make an entire block click-able rather than just the anchor tag present in the block. To better understand about the same, take a look at the “Random Posts” section on the footer of SML. You’ll notice that only the links are click-able but not the entire ...

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    Most Commonly Used Custom & Web Safe Fonts By Web Designers

    August 3, 2011
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    When it comes to designing a template, the first and foremost thing one should consider shall be the font that he/she is going to use on his/her blog. Well, there are hundreds and thousands of custom fonts available out there  on the web. I’ve just hand picked few of them that are most commonly used by web designers. To play safe, I’ve also enlisted the top 8 web safe fonts whose importance shall be highlighted ...

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    How to Design Attractive Subscription Box With Hover Effects Using CSS Sprites

    July 26, 2011
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    Subscription box is a must have for any blog or website to let readers connect with you on various social networking site. Though to make most out of it, it’s important to have an attractive subscription box on your sidebar or at any prominent space around your blog post. In this article, I’ll illustrate the same effect but with a more practical example. I’ll be using the same technique to create an attractive subscription box with ...

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    How to Stay Productive as a Web Designer when your not hired?

    July 25, 2011
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    Being a freelance web designer and hired does not mean that, your always equipped with work. At some point of time, I’m sure you’ll be out of work. May be you just completed a project and you have some spare time before you start with the next one. At worst cases, you don’t have another one. What do you do, during this period? Well, in this article, I’ll discuss few ways in which you can ...

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    How to Be A Better Designer

    July 22, 2011
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    It isn’t a strange fact that many webmasters turn into web designers these days because it is quite obvious that a webmaster tries to tweak some design stuff, more often than not, to improve the appearance of his blog. Gradually, he tends to learn web design and seeks a path into the world of web design. Only a handful of people reach great heights choosing web design as their career while many do not. So, ...

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