August 21, 2012: Colorbox Image Gallery

ByAnnette August 18, 2012March 21, 2013

Would you like to include a slick image gallery on your website? Let’s take a close look at the “Colorbox” image gallery system. This is a free/Open source jquery/javascript system for showing image enlargements on an overlay. It’s widely used on the web, but how is it done?

If you want to download the current version, visit this page:
http://www.jacklmoore.com/colorbox
This will give you the required files. We’ll set up a demo gallery, and deconstruct the .css and .js settings to tweak the design to our liking.

Upcoming | WordPress

September 15, 2015: Navigation Organization

ByAnnette September 12, 2015

Every website has navigation links to access all the content and information presented within a site. What is the best way to plan a menu structure to be most efficient? Let’s take a look at ways to organize and design navigation priorities. WordPress offers easy navigation tools, and the theme will determine how menu(s) are…

CSS | Programming | Web Design

June 2013 Design and Styling

ByAnnette June 18, 2013August 6, 2014

Window Dressing – You can design a website, and then worry about content, or you can get the content up-and-running in a rudimentary fashion, and worry about the ‘design’ later. But it’s more than just window dressing. Usability is key. Join us as we tackle a quick make-over to an existing and functioning site, adding…

CSS | General

Multi-Media Display

ByAnnette May 15, 2012May 15, 2012

Website design is no longer a “What You See Is What You Get” situation. What YOU see can differ considerably from what someone else sees. It’s very easy to be visually/mentally seduced into believing that your design is consistent across the web. However, with your pages being opened on anything from wide screen monitors, to small…

Upcoming | Web Design

August 16th 2011, meeting notes

ByAnnette August 17, 2011

The SIG meeting occurred as usual, however the planned subject – using the @font functionality – was shelved until our next meeting in October. (There is no web design SIG meeting in September.) Instead we opened up InDesign and edited, tweaked and improved the new and updated DACS tri-fold brochure. With input from all attendees,…

Upcoming | Web Design

DACS Workshop, February 17, 2015

ByAnnette February 16, 2015

Google favors responsive websites… And since ever-increasing people are viewing websites on their smart phones or tablets, it’s becoming more urgent to upgrade static sites to responsive sites. If you have an existing static site, what would be the best way to convert it? Let’s explore the options and their complexity.

CSS | Uncategorized

CSS Styling for Tables

ByAnnette May 15, 2012May 16, 2012

HTML Tables are outdated, but they still have their place to effectively present tabular data. Tables should not to be used for design, or as an easy way to position elements on a page. However, when tabular data needs to be presented, HTML tables are still the best option, and CSS can be used to control…

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