August 2010
37 posts
Farewell Tumblr, It's Been A Blast
In late January we moved the Envato Marketplace blogs here to Tumblr, and it has been a blast. A crazy 4,006 posts later over seven tumblogs, we’ve come to appreciate Tumblr’s speed and flexibility, its informal atmosphere, its variety of post types, its integration with other social media sites, and its bookmarklet that allows you to create Tumblr content from just about anywhere.
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“I want something like Facebook. And don’t try to rip me off, I know that...”
– (via clientsfromhell)
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A New Way To Embed YouTube Videos →
An enhancement to our video embed capability is now available through a new embed code style. This new style uses <iframe> and looks like this:
<iframe class=”youtube-player” type=”text/html” width=”640” height=”385” src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID” frameborder=”0”> </iframe>
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5 Novel Ways to Unwind from the Workweek →
“The weekends are a time when I need to get away from the rigors of a tough workweek. Even though I oftentimes bring my work home with me, at least in my thoughts, I usually can separate my weekends from the work week. Finding different and interesting activities to do on the weekend tends to invigorate me and adds a lot to the end of a long workweek. Here is a brief list of some...
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Clients From Hell →
Client: “We want every single upper case letter removed from the site and replaced with all lower case.”
Me: “Okay, that’s a lot of work. There are dozens, probably hundreds of instances of upper case letters on the site. Unfortunately, we’ll have to bill you for this.”
Client: “That’s fine.”
Me: “Can I ask why you only want lower case lettering?”
Client: “Because it’s cooler. Oh, and we want...
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16 Vital Checks Before Releasing a WordPress Theme →
“Releasing a WordPress theme on a marketplace, such as ThemeForest, where the audience is so large and diverse, has some challenges. You cannot test a solution directly with the client. You need to plan in advance for all edge cases, and ensure that your theme is as customizable as possible. If you’re inexperienced, chances are that some things will unfortunately slip through the cracks....
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25 HTML5 Features, Tips, and Techniques you Must... →
“This industry moves fast — really fast! If you’re not careful, you’ll be left in its dust. So, if you’re feeling a bit overwhelmed with the coming changes/updates in HTML5, use this as a primer of the things you must know.”
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July 2010
79 posts
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