Sep
12
2009
Win a Copy of the Web Designer’s Idea Book
I have decided to start rewarding people who support bavotasan.com, and what better way than by giving away a copy of Patrick McNeil’s WEB DESIGNER’S IDEA BOOK? It contains...
Sep
11
2009
Simple Rounded Corners with a CSS Sprite
Optimizing a site for speed is one of the most important aspects of web development and CSS sprites are a great way to do just that. Check out Google...
Sep
08
2009
8 Free Colorful Background Textures for Designers
Background textures are great when it comes to designing for the web. They can be used for site backgrounds, as overlays for images or whatever else your heart may...
Sep
08
2009
Keep Your WordPress Install Up To Date
Over the past couple of weeks I have been helping people out who have had their WordPress sites hacked into. Having your site hacked is the same as having...
Sep
04
2009
10 Great jQuery Plugins for Web Developers
I started working with Javascript quite a few years ago and have always had a love/hate relationship with it. Sure, you can do a lot of cool things with...
Sep
03
2009
Turn Plain Text URLs into Active Links using PHP
I was putting together a bit of code to pull in a Twitter feed, similar to what you see in the footer of bavotasan.com. I got everything working properly...
Sep
01
2009
Clearing the <hr /> Tag with CSS That Works in IE
There is nothing more annoying than Internet Explorer. Every time you build a site you usually need to add a few CSS hacks just to make sure it works...
Aug
27
2009
Stationery Premium WordPress Theme
Stationery is another premium theme created by myself and Juan Gordillo. It has a straightforward layout with strong design elements and tons of cool features. As I create more...
Aug
27
2009
Get Familiar with HTML 5
If you work on the web you have probably heard about HTML 5. It is the next evolutionary step in web programming and the sooner you familiarize yourself with...
Aug
27
2009
Creating an Internet Explorer Testing Environment on a Mac
I have been a Mac man for a long time. I know some people hate ‘em for whatever reason, but I have always found them to be great machines...