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  • My website sometimes work and then it doesn't... what could possibly be the problem?

    If you are on a budget and aren't expecting much traffic, I can heartily recommend nearlyfreespeech.net It's a pay-for-what-you-use model and the service is excellent. If you intend on using a lot of bandwidth, though, it's not like…
    Comment by HoughtonA April 11 permalink
  • Sticky Footer

    Is position:fixed for the footer out of the question?
    Comment by HoughtonA November 2012 permalink
  • Social Media Buttons Positioning

    Weird! I wish there was a way for me to look at that.
    Comment by HoughtonA September 2012 permalink
  • Social Media Buttons Positioning

    I've never had that issue, but unless I'm misunderstanding you, it's a z-index issue? Absolutely positioned elements automatically get a higher index, so that might be the problem.
    Comment by HoughtonA September 2012 permalink
  • Social Media Buttons Positioning

    I agree that often-times position:ing elements can be a bad idea (and there are many different ways to do that). What problem are you referring to with the semi-transparent issue?
    Comment by HoughtonA September 2012 permalink
  • CREATING A CSS CIRCLE.

    This should about cover it. (expanding upon HugoGiraudel's exhaustive post)
    Comment by HoughtonA September 2012 permalink
  • Social Media Buttons Positioning

    Here's a quick CodePen of a marriage between Absolutes and Floats. It would make adding new buttons easy. http://codepen.io/anon/pen/Iahie This method does assume that every button is the same width, though. I agree with Paulie_D that they ce…
    Comment by HoughtonA September 2012 permalink
  • 3 colum fluid layout

    @ joepk, Yeah, it's similar, at least. Granted, I did set it up with a predefined height. There are ways around that, of course. (the border trick, for example)
    Comment by HoughtonA September 2012 permalink
  • 3 colum fluid layout

    http://codepen.io/anon/pen/Gsdxm This wasn't what you were going for, was it? It feels like I'm missing something.
    Comment by HoughtonA September 2012 permalink
  • CSS Trick V10 - New Design discussion

    @Senff, Wow, that's ridiculous. Reminds me of this.
    Comment by HoughtonA September 2012 permalink
  • CSS Trick V10 - New Design discussion

    Woah, I just realized that the forum banner animates when you change the size! I opened up developer tools to see how he did this... and it doesn't seem to be with media queries. I did find the images, though: 1 2 3 It's probably javasc…
    Comment by HoughtonA September 2012 permalink
  • Google+ networking

    I've added you. Actually, now that I think about it, it might be a good idea to have a "Web Dev" circle. I guess that's what the circles are for, right? Late Edit: https://plus.google.com/u/0/105192497530448635435/posts
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • CSS sign /Banner

    http://caniuse.com/#search=transform :) It's css3 stuff. Old browsers and some mobile devices won't support it. Internet Explorers 8 and under, for example.
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • CSS sign /Banner

    Here it is with updated shadows. This will only work in newer browsers, mind you.
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • CSS sign /Banner

    Yeah, the before element is a psuedo element. It's a part of the div that it's selecting, but it's not going to inherit some of the div's css (and it's not in the dom, so you can't really mess with it in javascript). E…
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • Site Critique - Accessibility and Marketing

    Well, I got it to work! Mostly! Almost. : / I made it so that something like http://www.story-ga.me/?story_id=14 automatically calls the show story function on the page load and ajax pulls in the story. The like button shows up, yay. However, if y…
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • How to send mails using PHP?

    I don't know much about php for Windows, but this might be relevant. Hope that helps!
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • CSS sign /Banner

    Here's a quickie. I just adjusted the css from the text bubble in this, which you might find interesting. :)
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • CSS position absolute help

    I've edited, thanks! Yeah, the third one is overkill, but if you're clever/masochistic, you can make some really fun and interesting formats.
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • CSS position absolute help

    Some options: Set it to position:static; margin: * auto; text-align:center; //thanks scott! :P You're correct about the "anchor point." It's set at the top left of the object (assuming both top/bottom and left/right are set). I…
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • Site Critique - Accessibility and Marketing

    I did think of doing something like that. Maybe make it so that you can share a published story as a FB post. I don't think I want to make it more involved than that, though. Is there maybe a better way to do that?
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • Website Critique Please...

    Ooh this is very nice! Two things I noticed: The gritty, uneven bottom part of your header is out of place, compared to the rest of the design (which is very clean). I would add title text to that giant text image you have there (your "taglin…
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • Dont see my website in search browser? seo

    Well, you are now indexed in Google. It may not have been there initially, but that's because Google has to find the website first. Good SEO, in any case, is really about content nowadays. Make sure that the text on your website is about what t…
    Comment by HoughtonA July 2012 permalink
  • Favourite email service

    Gmail (surprise!)It's cheap and I don't ever have to worry about not being able to access itLike Chris said, 0 spamI wish organizing mail was more intuitive. (also, a nitpick, but that reply button feels like it's hidden)
    Comment by HoughtonA April 2012 permalink
  • Changed my website

    I want to say the thought process that went through my head after I tried out the code, but I don't want to spoil it for anyone else. That was great, though. Thanks for wrapping up my night.
    Comment by HoughtonA March 2012 permalink
  • So my website..

    @karlpcrowley Yep, exactly what I meant. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
    Comment by HoughtonA March 2012 permalink
  • So my website..

    I like it! I might make the top menu buttons change based on whatever page is being viewed, though.
    Comment by HoughtonA March 2012 permalink
  • What kind of Degree did you get in Web Dev?

    @Hompimpa Your english is pretty excellent. It's always been good. :) @MrBrightside Self-taught, but currently studying for a Bachelors in CS or SE (as a freshman, I still have time to pick) Honestly the only reason I'm in College is to f…
    Comment by HoughtonA March 2012 permalink
  • How to download whole web?

    You'll be a hero around these parts if you could convert him into a Firefox / Chrome user. I'd try that, if at all possible, but it doesn't sound like it is. Have you explained to him that your laptop broke?
    Comment by HoughtonA March 2012 permalink
  • I am Frustrated! Help me with designing by giving feedback

    I think this is one of those classic cases where the designer spends so much time with a design that he gets tired of looking at it and therefore thinks it looks ugly. Yeah, this design looks great! I agree that the feedburner bit is ugly though. …
    Comment by HoughtonA March 2012 permalink