Blueprint always stays on the ever-changing cutting edge of web development, such as responsive design and mobile website development. HTML5 is becoming more and more popular these days, especially as more HTML5 best practices and standards are forming. Today, I will explore some of the new features of HTML5. Advantage vs. Disadvantage The main advantage of HTML5 is that the...
Weight Loss Alpharetta is a website that Blueprint worked on for a chiropractor client. Blueprint worked on the initial design and development. However, as the content grew and various people worked on this website, some parts of the website became bloated, making the website load extremely slowly. Having a short loading time is important for a few reasons, but the...
jQuery is a JavaScript library that is widely used in front end development today. jQuery is popular because it works with all major browsers and simplifies client-side scripting. jQuery also works in smartphones and tablets as opposed to Flash, which isn’t supported. jQuery enables some cool features such as slideshows and carousels, which are commonly found on the home page...
Nothing ruins a beautiful website design like an interminable loading time. If the site takes too long to load, users might decide against visiting the site and never even see your final design. Following these tips will decrease loading time. Optimizing Images Always save images as web-optimized images in Photoshop. Whenever possible, save them as PNG-8 format unless this significantly...
WordPress is a powerful CMS, and it happens to be my personal choice as a web developer. At Blueprint, I have a chance to do custom WordPress theme development for clients. Some custom themes are simpler than others, and that depends on the each clients’ needs. Sometimes, when I am working on a custom WordPress theme, I find myself needing...
I love CSS, as you can tell from my blog posts on it such as font sizes in CSS and CSS box models. As a web developer focusing on front-end development at Blueprint, CSS, along with making custom WordPress themes, is my favorite part of development. Some CSS properties are used more often than others. Today, I will be writing...
Languages can be spoken. Languages can be signed. Languages can be written. There are romance languages, and there are Germanic languages. We use language to compose stories and shape fantastical worlds that never existed. We use other sorts of languages to create video games and build virtual worlds. You might stumble upon these virtual worlds each time you use a...
The Font Debate As the age old font debate- Serif vs. Sans Serif- rages on, new factions begin to grow from within each camp. On the Serif side the debate has become Times New Roman vs. Georgia. On the Sans Serif side designers argue over Arial and Helvetica. With so many differing opinions out there, how do I know who...
Social media is everywhere and always changing. It is important to utilize social media in every way you can. One way is to boost your branding by having branded social media pages. Another is to use social sharing buttons. Recently, I worked on adding social sharing buttons on the Blueprint blog as a part of my front end development tasks....
I work on a lot of front end development projects here at Blueprint. Usually when I am working on a project I need to create pages, but I don’t want to create blank pages with no content. The solution is to use lorem ipsum. What is lorem ipsum? Lorem ipsum is a placeholder text. It is also called filler text...
