Eloine's Blog

Category: Web Tips

  • New website launched

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    Here is a website that I assembled along with design direction from my designer friend John Schall who created the label art. I really like the use of stock photography on this site. The combination of beautiful models and herb photography gives the site a very earthy feel. I utilized CSS gradients in the background…

  • Christmas Glyphs and iPad Fun

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    Ok so this is not a work of art but it sure was fun and there is a potential to do so much more with this app. It’s called iFontMaker and it’s available for both the ipad and the iphone. Do you need a custom font for a design project? Do you need a webfont…

  • Magnify an image

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    I ran across this jquery plugin to magnify an image. I needed to put a map on a page that I felt was a little small for the detail it had. This plugin allows the mouse over to actually load a larger image in place of it without destroying your layout. [button link=”http://www.losmedanos.edu/construction/pathways.asp” newwindow=”yes”] Demo[/button]…

  • Special icons attached to special links

    Special icons attached to special links

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    I thought I would share a little tip that just makes getting around sites easier and easier for the web content creator to maintain. If you find you have a lot of external sites you are linking to or links to PDFs it’s good practice to somehow tell people that information before they click. Otherwise…

  • Another wine website

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      Here is a  project I am working on with a fellow designer John Schall. Here a couple of screen shots of the website for Press Cellars website. You can view the final site here.

  • Nice set of social media icons

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    I stumbled across this today and thought I would share. A very nice set of social media icons. As he states many of the icons our there are too large or too stylized and these are nice and understated. If you are looking for the icon you will find it – otherwise the social media…

  • Nice to get recognized

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    Always nice to get an award. Our website won a gold medal and our marketing department took home seven other awards! Woo hoo! Read more at the Antioch Herald.