Brian Dys

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  • PC, XAMMP – Wifi – iPad: Website Testing

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    In case that you need to test your website in your mobile device, just connect to your PC IP address (given that you’re using XAMMP). Here are the steps: Run XAMMP Know your PC’s IP address by running “cmd” and typing “ipconfig” Type that IP address into your iPad’s browser If XAMMP talks about its…

  • Same Height Divs

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    So how really do you get the height of the longer div and apply it to another so that they would have equal height? Simple. By JS! I’m not in a master-level when it comes to jQuery or JavaScript; I still run to Stack Overflow and jQuery documentation to get a general knowledge of which…

  • Site-Building: Day Five

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    It is the fifth day I’ve come back with my toolbox to continue building again. Today, we’re going to look at how typography and link color/behavior could greatly affect the look of a site. I’m planning to customize the link color and remove the default underline and also experiment on the webfont (maybe use Open…

  • Splash’s not dead!

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    But who ever said it is? Splash pages/screens in web and apps are useful while the homepage/screen is loading. One could also use an animation when exiting from the splash. So be creative on those splash now.

  • Windows Search: XP – 1; 7 – 0

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      Due to clumsiness, I lost a Photoshop file I was working on last Friday. It was an Android “mock-app” and prior to working on it, it was supposed to be a template file so the file name was something like “android-app_template_1a.psd. Now, it’s Monday and it’s back to work, I was looking for the…

  • The Noun Project

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    I recently joined The Noun Project — a site that crowdsources icons from designers and uploaders. From their About page: The Noun Project is a platform empowering the community to build a global visual language that everyone can understand. Visit my page; I’m working on a facial expression series: Dys on The Noun Project

  • Site-Building: Day Four

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    All WordPress .assistive-text and .screen-reader-text are being hidden superficially — screen readers would still be able to read them. Here’s the CSS snippet from HTML5 Boilerplate v4.0: .visuallyhidden { border:0; clip:rect(0 0 0 0); height:1px; margin:-1px; overflow:hidden; padding:0; position:absolute; width:1px; }   — By the way, I would write a separate post here how I…

  • Rebels at Work

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    My Rebels at Work answered questionnaire. About Rebels at Work: This Rebels at Work community is for corporate rebels to share experiences, insights and advice with other rebels and aspiring rebels. By rebels we’re talking about those people who feel compelled to create ways to improve, change, and innovate. They are brave (or foolhardy) enough…

  • Site-building: Day Three

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    And here’s day three of our site-building series. Not sure if this would work — 25% for the left sidebar and 75% for the main content. I’m also testing an alternate position of the sidebar so that the main content would be the focus on the right side.

  • Hallo there!

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    Currently using the Hallo app; I installed it in the Chikka UI team’s HTC One X Android phone. They say it’s like texting but with your voice. Indeed!   Here’s a reply to “How do you say ‘hello’ in your language?”