Bringing a customized image gallery isn’t as easy as it should be. Many developers have tried to solve this problem, and in my opinion Alex Rabe has done an excellent job of doing so. He has developed a WordPress plugin called NextGEN Galllery which allows the author to easily update and manage photos, and (this is important) allow for almost complete customization on how the images are displayed. As a specific example on how to do this, I’m going to walk you through getting NextGen gallery and the awesome Galleria jQuery image gallery to get along. Read more…
Modernizr: Your ticket to using HTML5 and CSS3
I first learned about modernizr on Andy Clarke’s post “What does browser testing mean today” where he discusses among other things his thoughts on why websites don’t need to be experienced the same in every browser. Modernizr is a javascript library that detects what html5 and css3 attributes a browser supports. The library is only 3.9kb in size and for the most part detects features rather than detecting which browser the visitor is using. Ask ppk why this is a good thing. Read more…