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CSS Dropdown Menu

Posted on Wednesday, 10th June, 2009 at 10:53pm

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Quite often, I've found myself scouring the internet for fancy JavaScript dropdown menu scripts, when in actual fact the solution can be found in some very simple CSS. I thought I'd share this little code snippet with you. Feel free to use the technique wherever and whenever you wish, no attribute necessary; if you're feeling adventurous however, I'd love to hear what sort of projects this is being used in, so leave a comment below if you want. Please note, the menu is limited to a single dropdown, so no nested dropdowns here; if you want that, Javavscript is unfortunately your only...

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On HTML 5, And Web Semantics

Posted on Thursday, 5th February, 2009 at 4:57am

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HTML 5 is finally becoming a reality, but not without its shortcomings and controversies. HTML 4 has served the web authoring community well during its time, and its successor will bring into view a clear, concise solution to its original problems. However, what really were the problems with HTML 4? There were plenty of mishaps that made their way into the official specification of HTML 4, thankfully most of which were fixed with the release of XHTML 1, but some still linger in current iterations. The complete lack of extensibility, the still unfinished separation of the layer of presentation, the confusion...

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Free PHP Math Captcha: Part 2

Posted on Saturday, 13th December, 2008 at 11:22am

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Check out part one of this article, where I show you how you can create the function in this article that we use to create a captcha image. Now that we have a basic function which we use to generate a captcha question and answer, we're now going to spin a bit of PHP magic, and turn the question into an image so it's harder for bots and computers to parse the text and calculate the answer themselves. To get this working, you need to create two files. The first one is going to contain the code which will generate...

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2 Free Santa Hat Photoshop Vectors

Posted on Tuesday, 9th December, 2008 at 11:53pm

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I spent a while at the start of this month looking for some little Santa hat vectors to put atop the unfinity design logo, but to absolutely no avail! To my surprise, I couldn't find but one free Santa hat vector anywhere, let alone non-vector. In the face of the evil tyranny that is paying for things, I made my own, and thought it'd only be right to share. You can use these vectors how you want in any project you so desire. A link back here is optional. They're pretty terrible in my opinion right now, but I generally lack...

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10 Fantastic Free WordPress Themes

Posted on Tuesday, 9th December, 2008 at 2:00pm

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WordPress is fast becoming the CMS of choice for many a developer, and finding a free and well designed theme for this emerging framwork can often be a difficult task. In this post, you'll find 10 fantastic and free WordPress themes that you can use on your website. There's all sorts of styles to choose from, some elegant and some funky, but all are completely zilch to pay. Some theme authors ask for a reciprocal link back, normally from the footer of the theme, but make sure you check the terms of services for each individual item...

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Free PHP Math Captcha: Part 1

Posted on Wednesday, 12th November, 2008 at 9:25am

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Check out part two of this article, where I show you how you can use the function in this article to create a captcha image. I've had this code lying around for a while now, and I thought it was only right to share it! After all, sharing is caring! It's free to use, personal or commercial, and all I ask for is a comment to let me know what exciting projects you're going to use it in! A link back is optional. ;] It's a simple mathematical question based captcha written in PHP, and all you have to do...

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10 Icon Sets Every Web Designer Must Have

Posted on Thursday, 6th November, 2008 at 10:00pm

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Icons are powerful little things. In just a few meagre pixels, they can tell your users exactly what the function of an interactive element is, and do it more efficiently than any other image or textual device. Icons provide context in a beautiful way, and help designers use space in a functional and practical sense. They were first used in the 70's as a way to make computer interfaces more usable, and were popularised by the Apple Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating environments, who began to rely heavily on the use of graphic notations in their user interface. As web designers...

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10 Ways To Increase Your Traffic

Posted on Monday, 27th October, 2008 at 6:46am

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Working towards a consistent stream of high traffic online seems to be all the rage these days, and little wonder, as it seems the benefits can be financial, as well as social. It is in this light that I would like to put forward my ten most successful traffic increasing strategies. I have no doubt that these won't work for everybody, but they certainly can't hurt if done correctly. So here goes for ten awesome tips! Create Content First, Design Second This point has been made time and time again by both me, and other designers, developers and writers, and it's...

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Poverty, The Inhuman Killer

Posted on Thursday, 16th October, 2008 at 2:05am

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Blog Action Day is a day where bloggers around the world unite to discuss one ever growing, ever important global issue. This year, it's poverty. Poverty affects millions of people around the globe. It's not just in third world countries such as Africa that impoverished children and adults go without food for days, without shelter or fresh water. It is also an issue in more developed countries such as our own. Poverty should be the reason why billions of us that live life to the fullest shouldn't be able to sleep at night. But it isn't. Slowly, with poverty becoming such a...

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Moo, And A Friend For Their API!

Posted on Wednesday, 15th October, 2008 at 1:46am

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You may be wondering why on earth I'm blogging about animal noises, but it's true, I rediscovered Moo the other day! No, in all seriousness, Moo is an online printing service that allows you to design and publish custom made business cards, swatch cards, greeting cards, and all sorts of other goodies. As you may notice in the picture above, I went for the business card avenue, and I can honestly say that I have never had a batch done that is of the quality the Moo ones are. The ink is firmly fasted to the paper, and the card that it...

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Welcome To The New Unfinity Design!

Posted on Monday, 13th October, 2008 at 11:32am

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Well, it's been a long time coming! We've toiled through long, sleepless, caffeine inhabited nights to make sure we finished this new design before the year 2068, but here we are arriving in style! There are lots of new things for you to check out which should make your time spent here at Unfinity Design just that much better! We now have a wickedly cool, custom made blog, which using our own home grown CMS, is bigger and better than ever before! Think trackbacks, blog comments, and all that jazz! There's lots more coming right around the corner, so...

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