One of my pet hates (there are many), is being presented with the incorrect keyboard, or having auto capitalisation forced upon me, when entering information into web forms on my iPhone or iPad. This is something that’s very easy to control and can be done so with a little sprinkle of HTML5. You don’t even have to worry about old…
Due to a recent new release of phpThumb() and other mentioned software, some of this information is slightly out of date. I’m writing a new blog post which should be available shortly. For this next step I’m going to explore practical uses for phpThumb() within ExpressionEngine. Since writing Part 1 of this I’ve added a gallery feature to this site…
OK, so I should probably clarify the rather misleading title with “for web use”. I frequently have to ask for photos or images at a certain size, and because I’m one of those web types I use pixels as my measurement of choice. Invariably one of the first questions I get asked is “What DPI?”. When I explain that the…
Due to a recent new release of phpThumb() and other mentioned software, some of this information is slightly out of date. I’m writing a new blog post which should be available shortly. One of the things that is most often misunderstood and feared by end users is the manipulation of images for website use. There are addons available for ExpressionEngine…
When viewing websites on the iPhone it will auto adjust font sizes at will to improve readability - this can be especially useful when switching from landscape to portrait, for example. However, on certain web layouts this can cause problems and may result in an undesired layout. To prevent this, simply add the following to any element in your CSS:…
Something worth remembering when signing off the finishing touches to a website is to create the Apple Touch Icon. This is the icon that shows on your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad home screen if you chose that option when bookmarking a website. Up until now I’ve always created these as a 59x59px PNG (named “apple-touch-icon.png” and placed in the…