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ben_boomer

  • United States Image Map

    Any way to add an href to the li?? I have the li wrapped in an anchor but its not doing anything
    Comment by ben_boomer February 26 permalink
  • United States Image Map

    Beautiful, thank you both
    Comment by ben_boomer February 19 permalink
  • Fonts in Browser

    Honestly, the easiest way to get fonts to render correctly is to just use web fonts, as others have mentioned. Look into Google Web Fonts or Adobe's TypeKit. Very easy to set up, swap out fonts at your leisure, and have peace of mind knowing t…
    Comment by ben_boomer December 2012 permalink
  • Modern website with Helvetica??

    Also, web fonts sometimes list similar font sets to specific (in your case, Helvetica) font faces. Here is a list I pulled up front TypeKit: https://typekit.com/lists/alternatives-to-helvetica
    Comment by ben_boomer December 2012 permalink
  • Modern website with Helvetica??

    @muffakaa-- If you have the ability to voice your opinion to your superior(s) then do it. If you feel that a different font choice is important, come up with some alternatives and have some reasons why you think it should be different. At the very …
    Comment by ben_boomer December 2012 permalink
  • Image Gallery

    Like jQuery stuff? Search around for jQuery Lightbox or Fancybox. Very sharp, and easy to implement. -Ben
    Comment by ben_boomer November 2012 permalink
  • Help Me Save This Site!!

    Gather all of her content and set her up on Shopify
    Comment by ben_boomer November 2012 permalink
  • What are you listening to while you code?

    Anything that doesn't have lyrics. Could be electronic music-- but more often than not it is a nice genre station on Pandora or other online radio sites like: Classical Music Ambient Minimalist Techno
    Comment by ben_boomer November 2012 permalink
  • Best CMS for a client?

    Welp, I think it is settled then. Perch sounds like it will be easy to use since the client only really needs access to a couple of different parts. Thanks all for the suggestions.
    Comment by ben_boomer November 2012 permalink
  • Typekit fonts much bolder in Firefox

    Within Typekit's 'Help' section: Q: Fonts aren't displaying or look “doubled” in Safari & Mobile Safari A: The font weight or style in the CSS isn't available in the kit. If the specified font weight or style isn'…
    Comment by ben_boomer November 2012 permalink
  • border radius question

    I think I sort of understand what you are trying to do, but I don't know how to.... BUT, here is a page with various shapes created solely using CSS Here. Could probably tweak around with one of those listed in there to get an idea of how radiu…
    Comment by ben_boomer November 2012 permalink
  • Best CMS for a client?

    Brilliant-- so it is sort of like a template reset of sorts? Pretty excited to start this project!
    Comment by ben_boomer November 2012 permalink
  • Best CMS for a client?

    Great-- so how should I approach this? I have my mockup all finished up for each page within Photoshop. Should I just go ahead an code it like a normal page (html and css, add images and everything)? Or should I just code within the WP files? Also,…
    Comment by ben_boomer November 2012 permalink
  • Circumvent IE Not Supporting @font-face?

    @cnwtx, thanks! So, my code is correct(ish), but my text file type is wrong. Cheers
    Comment by ben_boomer November 2012 permalink
  • Where do you find your freelance work?

    I posted my own personal (portfolio) web URL as a status update on Facebook once. Within the week I had a handful of people contact me for freelance work-- even a company in a different city. Just offer your help to people and they will come. -Ben
    Comment by ben_boomer September 2012 permalink