I get that Nick Denton has some sort of fixation on breaking the simple functionality of scrolling backward through a blog's archives, but the last time Gawker sites redesigned, you could work around the breakage by going to "blog.[gawkersite].com" to get it back. Is there currently any way to scroll back past the most recent 20 articles at the front pages of io9 and deadspin? Note: I've tried, but don't care about the Kinja comment system at all; I just want to read the posts on occasional visits. Is Gawker Media just writing visitors like me off or is there a workaround to the elimination of easy access to older stories?
posted by mediareport
on Mar 26, 2013 -
14 answers
I make websites. I have an old client whose new vendor is, to be blunt, not a competent web designer and not a developer at all. She has been coming to me for help, and it's putting me in quite an awkward situation. How can I remove myself at all gracefully?
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posted by anonymous
on Mar 21, 2013 -
16 answers
I seem to recall at one point finding a website where you could type in the URL of a webpage or image and it would give you the prominent colours, with hex codes, etc. Does this actually exist or was I dreaming?
posted by kansakwens
on Mar 17, 2013 -
2 answers
How can I build a component library so our designers and developers keep things synchronized and don't end up doing a lot of double and triple work?
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posted by eleyna
on Mar 6, 2013 -
3 answers
Posting for my wife, a graphic designer who is tasked with doing a website layout job for a client. Here's the rub: The company has an existing logo that's red and blue, but she doesn't necessarily want to use red and blue as the dominant colors in this particular layout, but someone from the company is convinced that they MUST use red and blue as the primary colors throughout the site. I've had no luck coming up with any kind of evidence to support my wife's point, and so now I'm here to query the hive. Do any of you design-minded folks know of any articles or collections of layouts that might help my wife make her case? Sorry if the question is very vague.
posted by doogan nash
on Feb 18, 2013 -
14 answers
Some freelance programming/design work (javascript data visualization) is about to drop into my lap through a friend who has heard me talking about how much I enjoy this stuff. I'm a student and have never done this professionally, but would love to in the future. Help me not look like a rookie and make this go smoothly and professionally.
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posted by PercussivePaul
on Jan 31, 2013 -
10 answers
I need an image slideshow script for a website. Unfortunately, I'm extremely constrained by our dinosaur CMS.
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posted by toastedcheese
on Nov 30, 2012 -
9 answers
Are there differences between Eastern style websites as opposed to Western style sites?
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posted by heavyp08
on Sep 13, 2012 -
5 answers
I'm looking for 'Folk' Web Cultures. I am thinking of the recent take-down of Geocities, which seemed to refresh people's love of the naff, kitsch aesthetic it was famous for, as a prime example. What are some other folk cultures still lingering in the dark corners of the web?
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posted by 0bvious
on Apr 4, 2012 -
11 answers
Thanks to a lead from a question I posted on
this mefi thread, I finally found the contraption I was looking for to help disabled people go hiking.
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posted by dthm42
on Apr 2, 2012 -
5 answers
Since you guys have been amazingly helpful with all my web design questions, please explain to me the "Z Index" as if I were less intelligent than a box of thumbtacks.
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posted by Senor Cardgage
on Apr 1, 2012 -
13 answers
OK I give up. Someone please explain absolute and relative positioning to me in a way that an oak nightstand could easily understand.
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posted by Senor Cardgage
on Mar 3, 2012 -
6 answers
I love wordpress but I am finding that it seems to be very unsecure when it comes to viruses and hacking. What do other Wordpress users do to keep their sites secure and safe?
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posted by hellodonna
on Mar 2, 2012 -
14 answers
How do I get a new job? What kind of jobs do I even qualify for? How do I get over the fact that I didn't graduate from college and present a more confident self to potential employers?
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posted by krakenattack
on Feb 27, 2012 -
11 answers
What are some well-designed web apps that dynamically add/remove content (notifications) to pages
without using lightboxes/overlays?
posted by phrontist
on Feb 22, 2012 -
4 answers
Now that I am finally getting the hang of web desingering and CSS, is HTML 5 and CSS3 going to come along and make my knowledge irrelevant?
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posted by Senor Cardgage
on Jan 11, 2012 -
7 answers
Please tell me the best current method for embedding/displaying audio and video files into a website using simple HTML &/or CSS.
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posted by jammy
on Dec 8, 2011 -
18 answers
Multi-site cms: I'm thinking of starting a website design /hosting business targeted at a few small business verticals I work with. What is the best cms to use to control many mostly standardized sites centrally but also allow for limited customization for the client?
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posted by mtstover
on Nov 27, 2011 -
5 answers
I'm building a blog-like site that will have lots of old stories about a particular rural area. I'll be adding lots of supplemental information about some of the places, people and things the author talks about, and I'm trying to decide how to display it.
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posted by nosila
on Nov 21, 2011 -
2 answers
Looking for an online resource which will make me into an instant Archivist/Librarian... Ha ha... not really but close. I am setting up an online archive of old records, photos, and other documents. I would like to do this right so that the average Joe can use it but also so that librarians and archivists won't look down their noses at me. Are there any sites out there which have basic information on this sort of thing?
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posted by brownrd
on Sep 30, 2011 -
3 answers
I'm looking for examples of websites that have successfully enhanced a research community (academic or artistic) with a dynamic online/social/mutual-portfolio presence. Blog and social media based hubs, perhaps, that showcase the possibilities of web portfolio/research integration for
academic and
creative purposes.
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posted by 0bvious
on Sep 16, 2011 -
3 answers
Let's assume that I am the stupidest person that ever lived. Explain to me what JavaScript is, what it does, and how a moron would go about learning it...
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posted by Senor Cardgage
on Sep 7, 2011 -
36 answers
I'm a solo UI designer for an ad agency & I'm looking for good website or blogs that'll inspire me to make cool & effective user interfaces. Individual websites are cool & all ,but what I'm really looking for are sites like
TheFWA or
SmashingMagazine that curate cool designs.
Bonus points for sites that look at e-commerce websites.
Fellow web designers: Where do you get inspiration?
posted by cuando
on Jul 20, 2011 -
6 answers
Have you ever seen an online archive with an unbelievable design for users? A large archival online collection that's easy to navigate, tells you exactly what you want to know, and loads easily? Can you tell me what it is?
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posted by melodykramer
on Jun 28, 2011 -
6 answers
How do I find freelance web designers who will create a website for me similar to these ones:
www.the-weeknd.com
www.caldecottmusic.com
Also, how much does it typically cost to hire someone to do this??
posted by mememix
on May 30, 2011 -
2 answers
I'd like to be able to embed a grid of thumbnails of products either scraped by search terms or manually entered - products from, ideally, multiple sites with affiliate programs, but barring that just Amazon would do - onto a web page.
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posted by luriete
on Apr 8, 2011 -
5 answers
Slicing a web design layout in Photoshop - is this a conventional web design practice? What are the pros and cons?
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posted by Ms. Toad
on Mar 22, 2011 -
20 answers
Need a line or two of (I think simple?) custom PHP for my design portfolio website. Could you be the King of Kings?
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posted by Senor Cardgage
on Mar 17, 2011 -
13 answers
Getting into web design (or maybe graphic design?) professionally a couple years after completing a good but in some ways lacking college education. I'm looking to fill in the blanks in my knowledge. Am I on the right track?
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posted by miraimatt
on Mar 6, 2011 -
8 answers
What IDEs, editors, or general tools do people use to do web development? I'm a linux geek, so my tool of choice is gVim. But I'm teaching a course on this right now and don't want to inflict my prejudices on the students, and I'd like a broader perspective. So if you're a web developer, what do you use? NetBeans, Notepad? Something in-between?
posted by handee
on Mar 2, 2011 -
38 answers
I want to do web design work for free. Where should I be looking for collaborators/clients?
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posted by ella wren
on Mar 1, 2011 -
13 answers
I'm looking for recommendations for ecommerce software that is easily customizable for a fairly code savvy designer which provides a very user friendly interface for my clients to add new items to the store.
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posted by ljshapiro
on Feb 24, 2011 -
5 answers
I was looking at the
webpage for a sci-fi webcomic called Drive, and I noticed that the web designer had included a modified version of the RSS icon that meshed very nicely with the feel of the webpage. I was wondering if anyone else had noticed any other websites that had similarly jazzed up (or down, I guess) the RSS icon to better fit their page. To be clear, I'm not just looking for fancy versions of the icon (Google image search turns up hundreds of those), but instances of altered icons being
used well in actual webpages.
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posted by ErWenn
on Jan 20, 2011 -
3 answers
I want to learn Web design. It is my goal to create web sites with the latest techniques. Where can i learn the skills on-line ? Also, i would love to be informed about useful forums or communities on-line that would actively assist a newbie like me.
posted by Yiba
on Jan 17, 2011 -
13 answers
What are your favourite plugins, IDEs, tools and tricks for client side web development? I'd like to have a "tip of the week" or a "plugin of the week" spot in a course I'm delivering. Main content of the course is HTML5/JavaScript/CSS, with a bit of JQuery and Silverlight.
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posted by handee
on Jan 15, 2011 -
15 answers
Web Design noob here: is there a standard strategy for planning XHTML/CSS structure before you start coding?
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posted by Ms. Toad
on Dec 30, 2010 -
17 answers
Getty Images wants $1200+ for use of a licensed image on a website I created nearly seven years ago and have done virtually no work on since. The design (a template including graphics) was handled by my brother in law, a professional web/UI designer.
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posted by yiftach
on Nov 14, 2010 -
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