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From Tutorialized.com – Latest Tutorial Listings For Flash –Load multiple external swf in AS3:
"In this post, I will write about loading multiple external swf's in Actionscript 3. A common problem you face when loading more than one swf is that multiple copies can potentially be loaded…"
From A List Apart –Now You See Me:
“Showing and hiding content using JavaScript-based page manipulations for tabbed interfaces, collapsible elements, and accordion widgets is a common development pattern. Learn how your choice of hiding mechanism can influence content accessibility in assistive technologies like screen readers in an excerpt from Adaptive Web Design.
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From Tutorialized.com – Latest Tutorial Listings For CSS –The CSS white-space Property Explained:
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The CSS white-space property can come in handy in some instances. This article explains all its possible values.
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From Tutorialized.com – Latest Tutorial Listings For CSS –The definitive guide to formatting CSS:
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Learn how to format your CSS stylesheets for both maintainability and legibility. Make your CSS fit your project, not your personal preference.
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From Tutorialized.com – Latest Tutorial Listings For CSS –CSS3 Glow Tabs:
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CSS3 Tabs like those found on the jQuery conference website, image-less, with CSS3 gradients, inner shadow, rounded corners, and CSS transitions.
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From A List Apart –Contrast is King:
“Being colorblind doesn’t mean not seeing color. It means seeing it differently. If colorblindness challenges the colorblind, it also challenges designers. Some of us think designing sites that are colorblind-friendly means sticking with black and white, or close to it. But the opposite is true. Using contrast effectively not only differentiates our site’s design from others, it’s the essential ingredient that can make our content accessible to every viewer, including the colorblind. By understanding contrast, we can create websites that unabashedly revel in color.
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From Tutorialized.com – Latest Tutorial Listings For Flash –
Winter photo effect:
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Using this thoroughly explained, detailed flash lesson, I will explain to you how to create winter photo effect using some special flash tricks.
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From Tutorialized.com – Latest Tutorial Listings For CSS –
How To Slice Up Graphics for XHTML and CSS:
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In this tutorial, we will learn how to slice up and save graphics to be used as CSS background images in an XHTML page. This tutorial is part of a series.”
From A List Apart –Words that Zing:
“When someone consults a website, there is a precious opportunity not only to provide useful information but also to influence their decision. To make the most of this opportune moment, we must ensure that the site says or does precisely the right thing at precisely the right time. Understanding the rhetorical concept of kairos can help us craft a context for the opportune moment and hit the mark with appropriately zingy text.
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From Good-Tutorials: PHP –Disable Trackbacks And PingBacks In WordPress Comments:
“When you have trackbacks and comments mixed up together it looks messy. Good thing wordpress allows us to filter what we want really simple. Here is how.”
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