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Mobile Websites (tips)
Jan 11th
I’ve recently started working on some mobile websites. You’ll notice that davepcguy.com has its own mobile alternative as do some other sites. Mobile devices are growing in number and gone are those days when internet was viewed only on the computer screen. WAP is not even used either so that old school coding is gone too.
These days, almost everyone has an iPhone or a BlackBerry, or a Palm device. Some of us even have other devices like PSPs, tablets, and others that require quite a bit different formatting. Here’s how to go about making your mobile website.
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Only A Quote
Dec 23rd
We here at DavePCGuy have finally launched our first independent website, done completely without an outside sponsor!
It’s called Only A Quote. Basically, what it is, is a database of quotes from different kinds of places (added one at a time to ensure quality) where the users only see a single quote with a random button and other information. You click the “Random” button and you get another quote. It’s a lot nicer than all the other quote websites because it’s not just some stupid quotes in a table with a lame design.
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CSS3 Lesson 3: Background Information is Essential
Dec 16th
Let’s have a look at backgrounds. In the previous two tutorials, I’ve covered borders and opacity. In this tutorial, we’ll cover some of the basic CSS3 additions to the background properties. If you have no idea how to deal with backgrounds in CSS, read my tutorial on backgrounds pre-CSS3. CSS3 is gaining momentum in the Web development world and many properties are already supported by most browsers (Firefox, Konqueror, Safari, and Chrome) as well as some minor browser (Opera). If you want to stay on top of the game, you have to learn the new stuff and employ the new techniques you’re presented with.
In this tutorial, I’m going to cover:
- background sizes
- multiple backgrounds
- background origin/clip
Success!
Dec 1st
Okay, I have to thank all of our readers and people that have supported us along the way! It has been over three months now since we launched DavePCGuy.com
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CSS Lesson 7: Border Radius and Opacity
Nov 19th
Border Radius and Opacity
I’ve noticed some hundred tweets on CSS3, every day. Check out the CSS3 Watcher for random updates. They actually mention really awesome and useful tutorials. So now, let’s look at some basic features that actually work cross-browser (with some tweaks). You can check some of the usage on two version of one of my projects: the alpha, which utilizes rounded corners, and the beta, which utilizes a lot of opacity features.
I’ll show you some fun features as well as ways to get around them.
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CSS Trick: Disappearing Textbox
Oct 30th
Remember that trick to show a sub-menu using CSS in my older tutorial? Well, I had an idea for a project of mine, and with a little help from my dear friend Raphael. Last night, I launched my little website project called “A Night Story” and made some tweaks. Ignore the story, it’s just a concept. If you hover over the word “city” in the text, you’ll see another textbox appear with more information about the word.
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CSS Lesson 6: Intro to Divs
Oct 25th
Alright, alright. So I skipped all that fuss with horizontal navbars but that stuff is easy so I’ll create a short article on it later.
Let’s start with the <div> tag. It’s what I’ll be covering. Making use of div’s with CSS. You’ll need to know the following before we start the lesson:
- CSS Lesson 2
- CSS Lesson 3
- as well as basic HTML knowledge
If you don’t how to add CSS to your website, check out my CSS Intro tutorial and CSS Lesson 1.
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To do:
Oct 20th
I thought I’d start updating on what our plans here at davepcguy.com are.
Article:
I’m currently writing two different articles, one is one Good PHP Practices which deals with good habits while writing code. I’m basically aggregating different articles that deal with this and highlighting the most important ones.
Next, I’ll be comparing the different URL shortlinks, and I’m well on the way with that. It’s an interesting article comparing bit.ly, tinyurl.com, and other such services. Read the rest of this entry »
