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November, 2010

  1. Responsive/Adaptive web layouts – the new web design frontier

    November 10, 2010 by admin

    While most web designers/developers working on real projects for actual clients around the globe still struggle with fixed vs. fluid vs. elastic layouts the war is long over.

    The new frontier are intelligent layouts changing depending on context, devices and viewports. You better prepare now, the future may be nearer than you think.

    Responsive Web Design

    Adaptive CSS-Layouts: New Era In Fluid Layouts?

    Category design | Tags: | 2 Comments

  2. The one thing you need to know about building CMS themes

    November 10, 2010 by admin

    Does it support intelligent body classes?
    It will make your theming life so much easier, it’s absolutely ridiculous …

    Read about the WordPress version and the benefits of using this concept for theming purposes here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/body_class

    WordPress (2.8+):

    <body <?php body_class(); ?>>

    Drupal (originally from Zen Theme, since Drupal 6 in core):

    <body class="<?php print $body_classes; ?>">

    Joomla:

    Not available by default, must be built manually in template. The Joomla 1.6 version of the default Milkyway template uses something remotely similar for color and background parameters and template width.

    Magento:

    <body <?php echo $this->getBodyClass()?'class="'.$this->getBodyClass().'"':'' ?>>

    Category drupal, joomla, php | Tags: | No Comments