B2 Solutions » brian http://b2solutions.com Keeping an eye on helpful technologies for web people Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:46:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Cuban Tree Frog, Florida http://b2solutions.com/blog/2010/08/30/cuban-tree-frog-florida/ http://b2solutions.com/blog/2010/08/30/cuban-tree-frog-florida/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:46:16 +0000 brian http://b2solutions.com/?p=246 Cuban Tree Frog, Florida.

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A promising set of extensions for google chrome focused on we’d development. Love the jQuery console. The more I work with jQuery the more I appreciate having access to a console. I’ve been using the console in Firebug, but I like the idea of a dedicated console for jQuery.

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15 Key Elements All Top Web Sites Should Have | Freelance Folder | The Blog For Freelancers And Web-Workers

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I’ve played around with this library and it delivers on the promise of easy to use graphing and drawing with javascript. Take a look and also check out some of the demos on the site.

Raphaël—JavaScript Library

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Any of you that know me know I’m a big fan of the WordPress blogging platform. The platform is so flexible and so widely adopted that labeling it as a blogging only platoform is no longer valid.

For many people, extending wordpress is a daunting task. The idea of writing a plugin or knowing how to code their own theme is a bit too much for them, even though that’s exactly what they would like to do. Well the group over at http://themetation.com have written a comphrehensive article on how to design you own theme. Take a look, it will walk you step by step through what’s required and how to do it.

 

How To Create WordPress Themes From Scratch Part 1 » Themetation

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Spend any time with me at all talking about building and designing websites and Firebug will come in the conversation, I promise. Firebug is a killer plugin for Firefox focused on inspecting and modifying html/css/javascript code in the browser.

If you haven’t used Firebug, the group over at Webmonkey have put together a tutorial. Check it out.

Nice to see some good articles coming from Webmonkey. I used to hit the site almost daily, but haven’t been back for a while.

 

Build Better Pages With Firebug – Webmonkey

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