Few weeks ago, we covered the European Union’s Cookie Law, and its implications on websites based in Europe. Thereafter, we have also covered the reactions to the said law. In fact, as a UK-based site, Speckyboy itself firmly stands in support of such protests against the Cookie Law. Speaking of protests, Silktide, one of the most prominent critics of the Cookie Law and the brains behind concepts such as No Cookie Law and the popular YouTube video The Cookie Law in Under Three Minutes, has come up with a free open-source solution to the EU Cookie Law, named Cookie Consent. In simplest terms, Cookie Consent is a Javascript plugin created specifically for websites that a … Read the rest of the article on : Speckyboy Design Magazine

Advertise here with BSA Info: This is a little different post than you see everyday at WRD. It is a concern that popped up while working on "speeding up stuff" and think/hope it is worth discussing. Please share what you think. I'm usually a fan of hosting all the files used in websites myself, under the same location with [...] Read the rest of the article on : WebResourcesDepot

You may have come across this infographic depicting the new generation of tech millionaires under the age of 30 and wondered if it was time that you got yourself involved with an online venture yourself. Won’t that be great? Being your own boss, calling all the shots, go golfing whenever you feel like it, and charge all your trips and meals to the company’s account. That’s the life! But hold your horses, cowboy. It’s not as easy as it looks. Before you get yourself tangled in e-commerce, here are a few things you should know first. Recommended Reading: 10 Essential Things Your E-Commerce Site Should Have It Takes More than Just an Idea It seems so easy to get into an online business nowadays. You can just take … Read the rest of the article on : hongkiat.com

Today I’m working on another awesome free download for PixelsDaily. Here you’ll be able to see my thought processes, goals and code, and later you’ll be able to download the whole project to use in your own work. Basically, our goal here is to create a simple effect so that when the user hovers over an image, a hidden text label pops up into view. This is of course extremely easy to do so we’re going to go a step further by building a whole bunch of options for the developer to choose from. This will provide you with some good practice for how to create flexible effects that ca … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

Today I’m working on another awesome free download for PixelsDaily. Here you’ll be able to see my thought processes, goals and code, and later you’ll be able to download the whole project to use in your own work. Basically, our goal here is to create a simple effect so that when the user hovers over an image, a hidden text label pops up into view. This is of course extremely easy to do so we’re going to go a step further by building a whole bunch of options for the developer to choose from. This will provide you with some good practice for how to create flexible effects that ca … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

Today I’m working on another awesome free download for PixelsDaily. Here you’ll be able to see my thought processes, goals and code, and later you’ll be able to download the whole project to use in your own work. Basically, our goal here is to create a simple effect so that when the user hovers over an image, a hidden text label pops up into view. This is of course extremely easy to do so we’re going to go a step further by building a whole bunch of options for the developer to choose from. This will provide you with some good practice for how to create flexible effects that ca … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

If you don’t already know, Facebook has been using your personal preferences on its ads network, which includes your name, likes and other activities. To some, this may be a major privacy issue since Facebook is using its users’ personal data without prior consent to falsely attract or mislead others for marketing or advertising purposes. It is quite impossible to expect Facebook to change their advertising strategy especially when a majority Facebook users did not express discomfort with the issue. … Read the rest of the article on : hongkiat.com

The May edition of what’s new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, jQuery plugins, grid tools, CSS tools, WordPress resources, productivity and business tools, responsive design resources, and some really great new fonts. Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to a lot of designers and developers out there. As always, if we’ve missed something you think should have been included, please let us know in the comments. And if you have an app or other resource you’d like to see included next month, tweet it to @cameron_chapman for consideration. Read the rest of the article on : Webdesigner Depot

The ubiquity of technology in our daily lives has made programming an indispensable DIY skill for the digital age. The ‘learn to code‘ movement, kick started by the easy availability of free interactive coding lessons on platforms such as Codecademy, combined with the inevitable shift of talent towards entrepreneurship in a depressed job market, has introduced thousands of people to programming. Programming is difficult. Even the simplest of coding languages have steep learning curves. Add to that the imperative task of fixing security loopholes, and you have the perfect recipe for a concoction that can intimidate all but the most resolute of new converts to this field. Most new programmers (and many old hands as well) are guilty of a committing a bevy of programming mistakes, some of which can be virtual suicide for … Read the rest of the article on : Speckyboy Design Magazine

Advertise here with BSA Socialite.js is a JavaScript library for having more control over social sharing buttons. The library is lightweight (2kb minified-gzipped), standalone and helps the social widgets to load when you want them or only when needed/requested to speed up web pages. It has support for the major players: Twitter, Google+, Facebook, LinkedIn, Pinterest, and Spotify. There is [...] Read the rest of the article on : WebResourcesDepot