Front end design that stands out.
Rachel Nabors is a web designer and front end developer, an award winning cartoonist, and a creative gun for hire.
February 1st, 2010 | Articles | 1 Comment
I used to say that there were only three real uses for Flash: media players, animations, and games. (Everything else can be replicated with jQuery and AJAX.) These were the fingers with which Flash clung to the Internet. But one by one, they are being stomped on by HTML 5 and Javascript. And now that the ipad and iphone don’t support Flash, the tide is begining to turn for Adobe’s darling. Share with me this moment of schadenfreude…
January 9th, 2010 | Articles | Please comment!
2009 saw WordPress 2.7, 2.8, and 2.9 in rapid succession. As the platform continues to evolve toward perfection, its ease of use now extends even further to developers as well as end users. My favorite feature of the latest installment, WordPress 2.9, has to be the native post thumbnails support. You can now select an [...]
September 25th, 2009 | Articles | Please comment!
When I fell in love with my new smart car, I knew I had to create a blog all about the experience of owning one of these beauties. Little did I realize that lovemysmartcar.com would prove instrumental in dousing the flames of a viral if not inflammatory photograph. This site is a case in point for how social media can be used to deter viral bad press.
September 19th, 2009 | Articles | 3 Comments
I’d spent a lot of time writing a post about the glorious new tags introduced in HTML 5, but unfortunately, just as I was about to put it up, I caught wind that the spec for the <dialog> tag has been nixed. Considering that a hefty portion of my article was devoted to illustrating how [...]
August 18th, 2009 | Portfolio | Please comment!
When Rebecca Murphey asked me to design the Twitter page for the Triangle Web Women’s meetup group, I jumped at the chance! It would need to encompass the group’s vision… and include super heroes!
July 5th, 2009 | Portfolio | 1 Comment
I had to design a site that matched my Twitter page and new business cards. Using CSS sprites, canonical URLs and the little-used border-radius property of CSS, I designed and launched this personal portal in one day.
May 30th, 2009 | Articles | 1 Comment
Over Memorial Day Weekend, I made a new background image and coordinating avatar for my Twitter account (psst, I’m CrowChick). While I was researching my task, I kept running into articles about “how to get the most out of Twitter,” articles from people who promised that with Twitter, you could “build a publicity powerhouse” and “harness the power of the masses.” This contrasts nicely with the opinion of a coworker of mine, who stated that, “Twitter is a waste of time.”
I agree with neither of these sentiments. Twitter is useful, but it isn’t the be-all and end-all of marketing or promotion. It’s best to think of Twitter as a supplementary item, like a MySpace page or Facebook presence. It can be useful on both a professional and a personal level.
In this article, I’ll try to dispel some Twitter myths and provide some insight to how you can get the most out of your Twitter account.
May 5th, 2009 | Articles | Please comment!
I’m delighted to announce that my latest article on usability has gone live at UXBooth. It’s all about, as you may have guessed, website navigation and how to keep users oriented and moving. Shoo shoo shoo! Go read it now! And of course, I’d love to hear what you think!
February 28th, 2009 | Portfolio | Please comment!
When Karen Luk asked me to design a gallery site for her with a CMS to help organize her artwork, I jumped at the chance to help a fellow artist. But there were some interesting conditions: under no circumstances could the site look like it was powered by WordPress, and she needed it all done in time for a looming convention!
February 2nd, 2009 | Articles | 1 Comment
WordPress has a bad reputation for getting hacked. It’s opensource, so anyone can figure out how it works and where it’s weaknesses are. And most new owners don’t take very basic measures to protect themselves because they don’t know how. So here’s an excerpt from my resource Essential WordPress Plugins to help guide would-be victims.
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