Using Capistrano to Deploy to a Media Temple Ruby on Rails GridContainer
What I thought would be quick to set-up nearly took an entire evening. Using Media Temple’s Grid Service along with their Ruby on Rails GridContainer seemed straightforward, but they really don’t provide much help for what I’d assume most people are using to deploy: Capistrano. After following the basic Rails container installation steps outlined on [...]
Extend CSS With Variables, Mixins, Operations and Nested Rules Using LESS
LESS: LESS extends CSS with: variables, mixins, operations and nested rules. Best of all, LESS uses existing CSS syntax. This means you can rename your current.css files to .less and they’ll just work. LESS defines its own extension to CSS syntax which then gets compiled into standard CSS. It’s a really great idea. And there’s [...]
Great Looking Cross-Browser Forms Using jQuery and Uniform
Just came across a great looking new jQuery plugin called Uniform: Have you ever wished you could style checkboxes, drop down menus, radio buttons, and file upload inputs? Ever wished you could control the look and feel of your form elements between all browsers? If so, Uniform is your new best friend. Uniform masks your [...]
Using Modernizr to Implement Missing HTML5 Features in Browsers
User sunny on github posted a quick gist snippet that shows how to use the aforelinked Modernizr to implement missing HTML5 features for browsers. Here’s an example of how you can pick and choose which HTML5 features you want to implement for the current page: $(document).ready(function() { ProvideHtml5.autofocus(); ProvideHtml5.datepicker(); ProvideHtml5.forcenumber(); }); You’ll notice in the [...]
Trouble With Python Paths and Installing Django From SVN
Just a quick note for others that might have this problem since I wasn’t able to find much information about it. I installed django manually using an svn checkout to /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/django. On Snow Leopard while trying to get a django site up and running I tried to run manage.py syncdb and I got this error: [...]
Rainbows: JavaScript Text Gradient Engine
Rainbows: We use some JavaScript and CSS magic to apply a two-color gradient to any text. Shadows and highlights can also be applied. This works especially well on big sites or dynamic content where it’d be impractical to create images for every instance. Similar in spirit to what sIFR or Cufón does in that it [...]
Modernizr: Detecting Browser Support for HTML5 and CSS3
If you’ve been looking to implement modern browser features right now then the Modernizr javascript framework is indispensable: Modernizr is a small and simple JavaScript library that helps you take advantage of emerging web technologies (CSS3, HTML 5) while still maintaining a fine level of control over older browsers that may not yet support these [...]
Crafting Subtle and Realistic User Interfaces
Mike Rundle has posted an excellent article about Crafting Subtle and Realistic User Interfaces: The underlying secret to beautiful user interface design is realism: making 2D objects on your screen appear to sit in 3D space with volume, surface properties and undulations that might appear in real life. These faux 3D objects have highlights and [...]
Using Email Aliases in Mail on Mac OS X
This is one of those things that I’ve wondered about for a very long time but never got around to actually trying to figure out. Apparently, it’s very easy to set up Mail on Mac OS X to use email aliases: Do you have multiple email addresses that are “aliases” to a central email account? [...]
Derek van Vliet’s iPhone Development Advent Tips Recap
Derek van Vliet has posted a recap of his iPhone Development Advent Tips: Below is a recap of all of the iPhone app development tips we posted in the month of December advent-style. We hope this serves as a one-stop shop for many aspects of iPhone development that are commonly encountered. The tips range from [...]
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