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Category: Graphics

Using CSS To Use A Custom ShareThis Icon Or Image

May 23rd, 2010 by Tim Norton 9

It’s pretty annoying how little instruction there is to change the ShareThis icon to something else. So I took a stab at finding my own solution without needing to modify javascript code or API calls. Frankly, the freshest information about it was 2 years old. And very paltry and not very helpful. The issue is [...]

The Hover Effect Without Javascript or Jquery

December 21st, 2009 by Tim Norton 9

We all love javascript and jquery, right? It’s the stuff that helps you do cool stuff on your site, like rotators, animated elements, and a ton more. But the problem is, if you use Javascript and Jquery to do every effect on your site, it can be a little code-intensive. It also won’t work when [...]

Taming The IE6 Beast

August 19th, 2009 by Tim Norton 15

“Internet Explorer 6.0″. The freelance web designer, and especially one who is self-taught, will shudder when hearing the name of this infamous browser. BUT, as much as we all hate it, and struggle with it when we are new, if you can learn to design websites that work EVEN in IE6, then you will have [...]

Illustrator Tutorials To Make You An Expert – Massive List Of Freebies

June 24th, 2009 by Tim Norton 1

Vector graphics are harder than other graphics unless you know what you are doing. Using Illustrator can either be freeing … or frustrating, depending. Check out this huge list of tutorials that can help you with every imaginable aspect of using Illustrator. Just dedicate yourself an hour or two a week, and in a year [...]

Trends In Web Design: 3d Effects – Here Are Some Amazing Tutorials To Help You

June 17th, 2009 by Tim Norton 0

According to Smashing Magazine, there is a trend today in 3d effects. 3D effects are really cool looking and they give your pages the look of popping out. (Even see the new redesigned signup page of this newsletter! Look here. Anyway, go check out this list of 50 tutorials to help you create really cool [...]