We are enthused about Famo.us!

Famo.us is a free, open source JavaScript framework that helps you create smooth, complex UIs for any screen. Teresa Light and Leigh Haubach are co-organizers of the new Famo.us Meetup in San Diego.  Please join us at the SIM Center in San Diego for our next meeting on 8/13/14.  See http://www.meetup.com/Famous-in-SanDiego/ to RSVP. Here we bring you our latest communication  from …

So You Want a Slider on Your Website?

So You Want a Slider on Your Website?

Are you interested in creating a great looking carousel or slider for your website? One that looks good on all screens, shows different images of various sizes, that users will click on? Sliders and carousels are effectively the same thing. The navigation seems to separate when each term is used. Many use the terms interchangeably. We will help you discern when to use a …

Our Favorite Slider and What Happened This Week

Do you have a conflict with a slider that you may not be aware of?  This describes how we resolved a hard to find issue where a plugin conflicted with our theme showing it’s symptom in our slider.  We also are reiterating our recommendation for the Revolution Slider if you are in the market for a flexible, general purpose slider. The Revolution …

How to Prepare Photos for Sliders with a Fixed Size

Website sliders don’t always handle photos of different dimensions well.  You also may want to edit photos to make them look nicer.    This “how to” is a simple way to make photos that have different sizes look uniform in sliders.  Portrait photos, for example, are sized to be no taller than the maximum height of the slider itself, which requires that the …