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Great video created by London Web Standards over on Vimeo called "How We'll Layout Websites in 2016". It's only a 7 minute video that you can find over on Vimeo (link to video) . Basically, it talks about 3 upcoming methods for page layouts. How We'll Layout Websites in 2016 from London Web Standards on Vimeo .

Ever run into a situation where you need to encode a bunch of different videos to a bunch of different formats? I ran into just that situation recently when I was working on www.barrydonlevy.com .  I needed to have a variety of formats for an HTML5 video site with Flash video fall-back.  I tried encoding on my own computer using one the many free online applications you can download.  Unfortunately, I wasted a lot of time with my code because I didn't realize that my encodings were not working properly with certain browsers.  Looking into the issue more, I realized it wasn't an issue with my coding, but an issue with the actually encoding program I was using and I was pointed towards Zencoder . Zencoder is an online encoding service that lets you upload your videos for encoding.  You have a slew of options to choose from and a variety of outputs to choose from.  Options range from file size and resolution to upscaling options and compression levels. ...

Thanks to the crafty work of Jacob Bijani over at www.border-radius.com , a lot of us web developers can breathe a sigh of relief when it comes to sorting out css curved borders across all supported browsers.  Let's face it, anything to make our lives easier is a good thing. Quickly enter your desired corner dimensions and watch the code get generated on the fly.

Ever wanted to post code to your Blogspot account, but ran into a mess regarding how Blogspot interprets your code sample?  Well, the solution is pretty straightforward with a bit of tinkering. First, you'll need to edit the HTML of your blog from the Design , Edit HTML tab in the administrative section of your Blogspot account. What you will need to do is add a class to the style section in the header called .postCode  which will look something like this: .postCode{  background:#FCFCFC none repeat scroll 0 0;  border:1px inset #012BB2;  height:150px;  margin:10px;  overflow:auto;  padding:6px;  text-align:left; } Then, whenever you right a new blog post, you need to make sure to select the Edit HTML tab next to the Compose button and put the following wrappers around the code: <pre class="postCode"></pre> Now, to actually get it to appear like that, you have to put your code through a bit of a translation by...

I've been spending the last month working on the completion of an overall brand change on my website and blogs.  The new site was supposed to be live in January, but it looks like it has been pushed off until the end of February. I've moved on to a lot of JQuery usage and will be detailing a lot of the tips and tricks that I have found so far.  Of course, I have still been dabbling in Joomla and I am always available to answer any questions people may have.

This post will handle condensing the shipping address and shipping method pages. If you only offer one choice of shipping to your customer, then it is pointless to present your customer with a page that allows them to select, from one option, the type of shipping they want. It’s also just nice to condense these two pages to help reduce the number of clicks between the start and the end of the purchase process. Of course, it is still worthwhile to have your customer review their shipping address and to present them with an option to change the shipping address to something different than the bill to address. Condensing these pages will present your customer with a more streamlined checkout process that will improve your customer’s interaction with your e-commerce site. The first change needs to be applied in the VirtueMart configuration page. Log into your Joomla installation’s administrator page and then go to your VirtueMart component page. From here, click on configuration...

A funny comic relating Web Designers to Web Developers.  There definitely are some truths to the stereotypes!