I work on a lot of front-end development projects at Blueprint. They range from making WordPress themes to converting a website to WordPress to writing code for mobile design. When working on some of these projects, I find myself needing placeholder images. For example, I could be working on a jQuery slideshow, and I would […]

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A WordPress plugin is a program or set of functions, written in PHP, that adds specific features or services to a WordPress website, which can be integrated into the site with methods provided by the WordPress API. A plugin can add additional functionality, or modify existing WordPress features. Setting Up A WordPress Plugin The first […]

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As a front-end developer, I personally love working with CSS. I have been working a lot with responsive design lately, and as I pointed out in an earlier post on designing for mobile devices, one of the things to keep in mind was phone number formats. Another thing to keep in mind when developing for […]

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What is Skeuomorphism? Skeuomorphism (the tendency to deliberately make something new look like something old and familiar) is a polarizing design language people either love or hate. Maybe one of the biggest and most familiar supporter of skeuomorphic design is Apple. Like most design languages there are positives and negatives to using it. The Pros […]

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I cannot stress enough how important it is to have a mobile compatible version of a website. I wrote several times before on responsive design, sharing some tips and tricks. Here at Blueprint, I do a lot of responsive web development. While I work on a project, I find myself needing to test my work. […]

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