Simple Vector Hearts

Another vector heart tutorial? Well, yes! And just in time for Valentine’s Day! But it’s only because there seems to be a lack of really quick and simple heart illustration techniques. Of course, the best way is to draw your heart by hand, but I digress. Here is just one of the many ways (but probably the most simple that I’ve ever put into practice) you can draw a heart in Illustrator.

Removing Border from IE7 & Opera Submit Buttons

It may not be the absolute best way to do it, but it’s quick, doesn’t require javascript and, most importantly, it works.

Insert the following code BEFORE your submit button:

<input type="submit" value="" style="height:0;overflow:auto;position:absolute;left:-9999px;" />

This works on HTML5 doctypes. Taken from Stack Overflow.

GREP Fractions in InDesign

InDesign’s GREP feature is awesome. If you haven’t used it yet, could be cutting your production time down to, well, fractions. And, speaking of fractions, one of the most awesome ways to use GREP is to create custom fractions! This tutorial will have you creating custom fractions in no time.

Displaying Elements at Specific Hours and Minutes with PHP

For one reason or another, you may discover you have the need to display a link or another type of page element within a specific range of time. It’s relatively easy to do and takes only moments to implement if you know a little about PHP. We will be building the notification bar in the above preview. Let’s begin!

CSS3 & jQuery Expanding/Collapsing Inline Inputs

Recently I was tasked with creating a newsletter sign-up box that was simple, elegant and, above all else, usable. I decided to use jQuery combined with CSS3 to create really sleek expanding and collapsing inputs upon interaction. It’s pretty straight forward and simple. Let’s break it down.

Take a look at what we will be creating:
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