CSS is my most loved syntax. It's simple, it's powerful, and it can make or break a site in seconds. Today, we're going to take a look at CSS3, the latest version of CSS, set to be launched in the near future. This includes some much requested features, and some nice added bonuses too. Without further-a-do, lets dive straight in. Read the rest of this entry »

Today, I have the privilege to be able to post this interview with Adelle Charles from the Fuel Brand Group. The Fuel Brand Group is made of 11 categories which are Fuel Your Creativity, Career, Marketplace, Toolbox, Interface, Ideas, Portfolio, Resume, Action, Branding and Networking. That's quite alot! The Fuel Brand Network is a group of sites dedicated to all things related to creative development. Whether it’s an idea, business or some other project you cooked up late one night… we aim to help creative persons like yourself not only get inspired, but also to give you a place where to come and grab the tools necessary to “fuel” your passions. (from: http://fuelbrandnetwork.com). If you've been able to take all that in, then the interview is below! Enjoy!
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Reading through twitter I stumbled across this tweet from Clearleft's Jeremy Keith. He mentioned a bookmarklet that adds readability to your site through removing distracting elements and increasing text size.

So i thought...well, why can't i add this bookmarklet to my site?, in case people want to read the articles that I've written without visual distraction. So I did, and you can see it on any of the single post pages on my site.

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Hey there! Today, we have some really awesome news! Remember that post when we said we were going to open a gallery? Well, guess what! It's happened, we now have an official Amazing Coder gallery. The gallery will actually launch tommorow (Friday 27th March) and will be updated every Friday. Remember to suggest your website(s) or anything you think that has a beautiful design and has been coded with loads of effort. We hope you enjoy it!

Scrollovers are a way to quickly and easily add flair to your web pages, giving your users an experience they weren't expecting. Scrollovers are a nice touch, but not everybody knows about it. In this tutorial, I will tell you how to get it, how to implement it, and how to use it. Read more to find out how. Read the rest of this entry »

jQuery is a freely available, extremely extensible library of javascript actions, effects and more, and is written with it’s own API of sorts, that means that instead of writing lots and lots of standard javascript code, you can use a shorthand version that reduces the time you spend writing code, but produces some awesome effects.

The best part is that it works tightly with CSS, so if you’re a designer, you already have about 80% of the skills needed to program actions in jQuery! Read the rest of this entry »

In Amazing Coder's first screencast, we explore Twitter and what we can do with it with WordPress using a number of tools, but mainly the highly popular Twitter Tools. Created by Lewis King, the screen cast only skims the surface of what is possible and further possibilities will be taken into account in the next couple of episodes. Read more to see the full video. Read the rest of this entry »