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Instant Twitter conversation on your site with Tweetboard
December 4th, 2009 - by Jeff Wagner
I found this great application a couple of weeks ago that brings your Twitter feed right into your site, the tool is called Tweetboard. Not only does Tweetboard bring your twitter posts to your site but they display it in a great looking slide-out menu.
I’ve recently added the app to my site, if you visit my home page you’ll notice the tab on the far left side labeled “Tweets.” Simply, click on the tab and the slide-out menu appears and lists all of your recent twitter posts.
Anyone can join in on your twitter conversations and leave comments right on your site. You can view recent posts or view all. The board comes with a variety of options and styling controls so that you can customize it to fit the look and feel of your website. It’s just another great social media tool that allows you to communicate more directly to your client base and at the same time gives them the ability to comment back.
You can get an invitation to use Tweetboard on your site by visiting their website at http://tweetboard.com. You will need a Twitter account for this application to work. If you’re not using Twitter yet you need to look into it and start using this amazing social media tool.
JW
Tags: Social Media, Tweetboard, Twitter, Web Development
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Typekit helps Web Designers use more fonts
November 10th, 2009 - by Jeff Wagner
Finally!!! Web designers can actually use their font libraries in their design work instead of the all so famous “web safe fonts” we’ve been using for years. Typekit has come out with an online tool that allows web designers and developers to link to a massive library of fonts within the CSS of the site.
Typekit offers different pricing tiers for their font services depending on how many websites you’re planning on using it for. The pricing is very reasonable for the freedom you’re receiving in your web designs. They do have a free tier for use on one website that allows you to try out two different fonts.
Typekit was developed by a small San Fran company called Small Batch Inc which consists of designers and developers who worked with and at Google. Click to learn more about the Small Batch Team.
You can also follow the Typekit team on Twitter at http://twitter.com/typekit
I can’t wait to start implementing this new service into my website designs, Typekit is really going to help bring web design to a new level.
Tags: CSS, Design, Fonts, Web Development
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CSS Stylesheet RESETS
November 2nd, 2009 - by Jeff Wagner
If you’re a web developer and you’re programming your sites with XHTML/CSS then I’m sure you’ve run into problems making your websites look the same across different browsers. Almost all browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera) have different default settings for margins, paddings and line-heights. So the question is… how do you save time from having to write multiple stylesheets to support different browsers and yet keep your web design the same?
I would suggest implementing RESET styles into your main stylesheet. This will make most browsers render your website the same.
Below is a great list of RESET styles from different sources, I’ve picked out the few that I think are the best:
These style resets should save you a lot of time from having to duplicate stylesheets, it make take some getting used to but in the long run your CSS programming productivity should increase dramatically.
Enjoy.
Tags: CSS, Stylesheets, Web Development
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