Author Archives: Mark DuBois

Illinois Web Design Contest 2013

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Mark DuBois

For those individuals participating in the Illinois Web Design Contest in Springfield on April 12, 2013, you may wish to examine these links prior to the competition. Note there will not be any Internet connections allowed during the actual contest. … Continue reading →

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Edge Reflow – the code

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Mark DuBois

Last week, I examined the recently released Adobe Edge Reflow tool itself. I thought it might be worthwhile to examine the generated code. For reference purposes, the file I created last week is the one I plan to examine in … Continue reading →

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Adobe Edge Reflow – first look

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Mark DuBois

Responsive design (where content is modified to display on a given device) is easy to discuss and sometimes difficult to implement. Not only should your text be positioned properly for various devices, but images and fonts should respond accordingly. The … Continue reading →

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Less CSS

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Mark DuBois

CSS files can become quite large/ cumbersome. Additionally, there are some issues with CSS. These include: not having an ability to use math (for example take current border width and add 5 pixels to it), not being able to reuse … Continue reading →

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Node.js Server (part 3 of 3)

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Mark DuBois

Now that we have some understanding of some of the capabilities of Node.js, it is time to investigate its true strength – as a web server. Recall that many reseller accounts will not allow Node.js to act as a server … Continue reading →

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Markdown and Node.js (part 2 of 3)

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Mark DuBois

I realize that not everyone wants to write HTML. Tools like Dreamweaver make it much simpler, but there are times (particularly when taking notes) that an alternative might be more appropriate. Markdown has been around for a number of years. … Continue reading →

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Node.js (part 1 of 3)

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Mark DuBois

Node.js uses JavaScript to run a web server – yes, JavaScript on the server. One of the main benefits is that a single language is used on both the client and server sides (JavaScript). I know some would argue that … Continue reading →

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Bootstrap

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Mark DuBois

Bootstrap is a framework for front end web development and uses HTML5. One can employ responsive web designs with relative ease (the page will shrink and images will resize as the amount of screen real estate is reduced). This framework … Continue reading →

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CSS Filters

Posted on October 7, 2012 by Mark DuBois

The world of CSS is changing rapidly and CSS-filters are definitely a great indication of what is coming to a browser near you soon. In order to actually work with these, you will need Chrome Canary (the experimental version of … Continue reading →

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Web Professionals Summer 2012 Conferences

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Mark DuBois

This has been my “Summer of Mobile app development with HTML5 and CSS-3 and jQuery.” I am exceedingly honored to have been a part of the WebProfessionals.org Summer 2012 conference schedule in addition to helping run the 2012 national web … Continue reading →

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