As mobile traffic to your website increases, you are faced with two strategies for adapting your web design to meet the needs of your customers. One option is to make use of adaptive, or responsive, web design techniques. While this approach provides a fast solution, the user expereince is not optimized for either platform. jQuery [...]
November 4th, 2011
FREE Template for Responsive Web Expereince
This template design combines both responsive design techniques coupled with a self-running jQuery promotional marquee. The unique challenge this template solves is that it uses jQuery’s Ajax feature to load additional interactive data into the template based on the user’s screen size. Combined with CSS3 media queries, this template offers a compelling user experience across [...]
October 6th, 2011
Free Player Template for HTML5 Video
This article shows you how to use this customizable starter design for embedding HTML5 video in your websites. Read the overview to learn about the HTML5 Video Player widget used by this template, preview and download the template and related files and assets, and watch a short video to learn how you can customize this [...]
September 4th, 2011
Free template design for jQuery Mobile
This article shows you how to use this customizable starter design for your jQuery Mobile projects. Read the overview to learn about two key approaches to developing websites for mobile, preview and download the template and related files and assets, and watch a short video to learn how you can customize this template. Read the [...]
August 20th, 2011
Creating a Responsive Web Design
Multiscreen Web Design – or - Responsive Web Deisgn This course shows you a step-by-step process for creating an HTML layout that automatically adjusts it’s layout based on a user’s screen size. By Leveraging the power of CSS3 media queries, we are able to dynamically alter design and layout elements to deliver an optimal user experience from [...]
May 16th, 2011
Get a 7-day FREE Trial to Lynda.com
Learn to create CSS-based layouts and add interactivity to your pages with courses by Chris Converse on Lynda.com. This link provides you with access to a FREE 7-day trial. Watch as many videos as you like within the 7-day trial period with no cost to you. Start your FREE 7-Day Trial at lynda.com/trial/chrisconverse
March 14th, 2011
Ask a Pro – Adobe Digital Publishing Suite
Learn how to use the tools and viewer technology of Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to produce publications for the iPad and other tablet devices. This OnDemand seminar will show you how to use the designer-friendly Digital Publishing Suite tools now available on Adobe Labs to create compelling content that combine the richness of print design with [...]
February 25th, 2011
Adding Interactivity with Fireworks
Learn to create hotspots and link to multiple pages within your Adobe Fireworks document. This excerpt is used by permission, and is part of the Mogo Media Dreamweaver Tour 2010-2011, based on the video workbook series Bring Your Web Design to Life by Chris Converse.
January 30th, 2011
Animations inside of a multi-state objects in InDesign CS5
Create animations within multi-state objects in InDesign CS5.
January 10th, 2011
Control multi-state objects with buttons in InDesign CS5
Using buttons to control multi-state objects in InDesign CS5.
January 4th, 2011
Create a text wrap in InDesign CS5
Learn to create a text wrap based on the transparency in a Photoshop file.
December 20th, 2010
Create a Table of Contents in InDesign CS5
Let InDesign create a table of contents for you based on your paragraph styles.
December 12th, 2010
Creating a nested style in InDesign CS5
Learn to create a nested style to indicate interactivity in your documents.
December 1st, 2010
Using the new span columns feature in InDesign CS5
See how fast and easy it is to create headlines that span across columns.
December 1st, 2010
Create a Button Link in Flash
Learn to animate and link a button component in Adobe Flash using ActionScript 3.
