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Every week we get together as a team and share articles we’ve been reading for our own enrichment. Topics include challenges our clients are facing, new industry developments, awesome work by others, or just pieces too funny NOT to share.
Below you’ll find those articles, plus a few of our own, that we’ve put together based on insights we’ve gained throughout our time in the industry.
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It can be easy to forget some simple steps when working on a large website redesign. Checklist Design is here to help, offering simple checklists of things to remember when creating common site design elements. Get the checklists (with helpful tips), as well as some inspiration, examples, and articles.
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It’s safe to say the internet is here to stay thanks to GitHub. Earlier in 2020, 21 terabytes of GitHub open source repository data was transferred to 186 reels of digital photosensitive archival film, now preserved alongside other valuables in Arctic vaults in case of a doomsday situation.
Competitors’ websites are often the first place you turn when starting design for a new client. But, is that really the best place to start? Yes – to a point. Read more about some of the reasons why we look at competitors and some of the things to keep in mind when doing so.
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When they say “complete guide”, they mean it. From defining media types to discussing upcoming media queries, this article lays out the what, why, and how of various query options. It walks through implementation, ways to upgrade existing materials, and so much more.
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Many web developers are currently wondering what that means for them. This article dives into the stats of the various versions, makes predictions about what the future will look like, and even provides a workaround solution to make Bootstrap work on IE 11.
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Every client we have is different, and this article is directly relevant to the handful of folks we work with who use third-party cookies. We speculate this means Google is developing a new way to track users – but we guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
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This one truly lives up to its name. Compiled by a frontend developer, this series of posts examines modern CSS solutions to age-old problems. Get the author’s personal insights, professional opinions, and see what she’s talking about in action by running Code Pen to try out new skills as you read.
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This is so much more than just a beautiful image. Its all hand-coded HTML & CSS – meaning everything you see is made up of styled chunks of code. We highly recommend inspecting the page and then deleting elements to your heart’s content (we know we did). Talk about skills. We’re in awe.
This article highlights some of the development tools we use regularly here at a(m) and why. In this installment, we discuss three of the fundamental ones we utilize at the onset of a development project.
There’s a lot of speculation about what online payment provider is best. So we did some investigating. Check out our evaluations of Authorize.Net, Stripe, PayPal and PayPal Pro based on customization, security, cost, customer service, and user interface.
One of the first items of feedback on website design we often receive is, “Can you make my logo bigger?” We can almost guarantee you’ve heard that one before, too. Learn how we deal with this subjective request in an objective way.
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We cannot tell you anything that hasn’t already been said by the name of the site itself. These are hilarious. Check them out for a laugh.