Month: April 2012 Posts

Audio: 3 Tips for Getting Started

When it comes to incorporating multimedia into your website, most people start with reliable methods like video and slideshows, but adding audio clips and podcast series are other interactive ways to add extra value for your customers when appropriate. #1—Capturing Whether the job is cutting a tomato or checking your tire pressure, it’s always easier […]

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Web Development: Print Stylesheets & Why They’re Important

Not every website needs a print stylesheet, but it wouldn’t hurt to have one. What is a print stylesheet? This special stylesheet that specifies what to print from the website page. Setting up this stylesheet is easy. Make sure you link your html to the stylesheet: <link rel=”stylesheet” href=”print.css” type=”text/css” media=”print” />. The browser can’t […]

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Web Design: Interactivity with jQuery

As a followup to my last post about Flash and mobility issues, I thought it would be a good time to discuss (and show) exactly what jQuery can do for websites. If you are thinking about adding a little bit of interactivity and animation to your website and don’t want to use Flash–jQuery is the […]

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Flash: Website Mobility Issues

Apple’s mobile devices do not work well with Flash websites and applications. Apple and Flash do not get along. If your website is offered only in Flash, you will miss this large percent of mobile users. W3Schools has collected data on mobile device usage since January of 2011. As you can see, mobile device usage […]

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QR Codes: Fad or here to stay?

An example QR Code. What is a QR Code? QR Codes (Quick Response Codes) have been around since 1994, believe it or not. The Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave used QR Codes to track vehicles during the manufacturing process. During the past few years, they have become popular among advertisements and marketing campaigns. What do you […]

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