Tag archive: tools
How to create an easy-to-remember and strong password
As the web looks today, most people have a number of user accounts on various services. With that comes the need to use passwords, which should be as secure as possible. Preferably by being long, containing letters in mixed cases as well as numbers and special symbols. Passwords should also never be re-used, but unique…
Adobe Edge – Like Flash but with HTML5
Adobe has released a beta version of an interesting new tool called Adobe Edge. It is an advanced tool for creating animations using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript – animations which appear a lot like Flash but which will work with devices and browsers that do not support the Flash technology. I have downloaded the tool…
What tools am I using?
A new site section is in the works: a page and a blog category about web design tools, software and online services which I find useful and can recommend others to use. I often get asked what editor I use, why I use that editor over others and if I can recommend some good online…
How to use Google Font Directory for webfonts
I have previously written about using custom fonts through @font-face, and the difference it makes for the visual appearance of a website. Today I want to recommend a large directory of hosted fonts that you can include in your designs easily, without having to deal with the actual font files. Google has launched a site…
How to create website icons in any color you want
For the latest template that I released, Basic Profile, I made an alternate version which included a set of icons that matched the colorscheme of the template. Since one of the most common modifications that template users want to do is to change the link colors, I want to show you how you can modify…