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In Web Design, by Buildinternet, July 20, 2010

A critical feature in web programming is the ability to seamlessly pass data from one page load to the next. It’s used most commonly when dealing with user logins, but also for passing error messages, shopping carts, etc. Storing data across pages using PHP is done with two variables in the global scope, called $_SESSION [...]Related posts:

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In Web Design, by Buildinternet, July 15, 2010

As a designer that at one time had the ambition to become an illustrator, you can imagine I miss the hands-on work quite a bit. I look for any opportunity I can get to incorporate drawing in design. It’s an easy thing to overlook given the modern day design styles, but it’s important to go [...]Related posts:

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In Web Design, by Buildinternet, June 28, 2010
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We’ve all had it happen before – you put a ton of work into a fantastic idea, proposal, and/or meeting with an awesome potential client and it goes swimmingly. You’re excited, they’re excited, you’re even more excited since they’re excited.  The endless cycle of excitement is the best right? When this situation has a fairytale [...]Related posts:

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In Web Design, by Buildinternet, June 22, 2010
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I was inspired by the vast number of Twitter birds out there and decided to provide my own entry the internet’s collection of our feathery friend. Everything is neatly packaged in transparent .png format, which means the bird will have no difficulty nesting in whatever site you place him in. Feel free to leave a [...]Related posts:

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In Web Design, by Buildinternet, June 18, 2010
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Even though CSS3 has brought a lot to the table in regards to drop shadow effects, there are still plenty of reasons to use image alternatives. The drop shadows generated by CSS3 are relatively uniform, and don’t deviate much past size and transparency. In some cases, you might want to give a page some extra [...]Related posts:

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In Tutorials, Web Design, by Buildinternet, May 29, 2010

Good software enables us to take a lot of niceties for granted. Intelligent interfaces handle all the simple tasks so that we don’t need to worry about them. For example, when I type “www.desktopped.com” into an email or an instant message, I expect that it will be clickable on the other end without having to [...]Related posts:

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In Web Design, by Buildinternet, May 1, 2010
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A recent round of client work at One Mighty Roar has got me thinking a lot more about successful interface design. Specifically, how can we build pages that send a clear message without losing aesthetic or professional edge? The question turns out not to be “How does it look?” but, “What is it saying?” Dazzling graphics [...]Related posts:

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In Web Design, by Buildinternet, April 26, 2010
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Tumblr has done a lot of growing over the past few years. Recently I’ve had to develop a few themes inside of Tumblr for part of a larger overall campaign. Coming from Wordpress, I appreciated the platform’s simplicity, but wasn’t sure about how customizable it would actually be. I was under the impression that custom [...]Related posts:

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