Tutorials

Every so often, either time or the lack of budget will require the use of templates and or components, not everyone can afford custom Actionscript, and I certainly wouldn't be the guy to write it anyway.

I recently started on a project (release date TBD) that fit the bill and set out looking for some Actionscripted liquid goodness, and I just happened to find some worthy of sharing. I'm a huge fan of the sites that allow designers and developers to share their respective wares, but had not used FlashComponents.net before.

Prior to 6 months ago, I had a development team that worked through all the trials and tribulations that come with cross email client compatibility issues, A special thanks to those unsung heroes of the code. As XHTML Strict and CSS have finally become standard throughout the digital world, and depreciated tags are being phased out through attrition, at least by most savvy and informed web designers and developers, email clients and there software generating counterparts have taken no steps to develop in standardization for email client support as it pertains to HTML email.

The 960 Grid System was created by this guy Nathan Smith. It’s a cool way to streamline web development workflow, and it’s based on a width of 960 pixels. The 960.gs was made for quick prototyping, and cutting down on development time for what I would coin an arduous process, but it’s also well suited for any web design project. In my opinion it gives you a solid foundation to start from, and in fact I used it for this site!