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Re: Examining Bad Logos For Mistakes To Avoid

Jake Rocheleau — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:04:16 -0000

Thank you I have updated the article accordingly.

Re: Examining Bad Logos For Mistakes To Avoid

Jake Rocheleau — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 11:41:00 -0000

These are all fair points and the two you defend are not abhorrent logos. My only critique for that section of the post was based on the symbolism used in these logos. To me they didn't immediately sink in, especially the Sushi logo. As Kyle Hale mentioned below the "wood" of the fire is supposed to be a pair of chopsticks too. By sticking with that theme it makes more sense but still a bit confusing.

I admit now that seeing the Aries logo as a Ram in reference to the astrological sign of Aries the symbolism makes more sense.

But my point with this article was not to say all these examples are bad. I actually said in the beginning that there's a fine line between great logos and good logos. I think these are all examples of good logos with small nitpicks and critiques to demonstrate certain ideas(like matching typography and relevant symbolism).

Lastly I'd like to say I'm not deriding anything. Derision is contempt and mockery. I have no intention of putting down any designer or their work. These critiques are meant to be my interpretations of logos which stand out as recognizable/relatable compared to logos which don't have that same feeling, contrasting the differences and explaining how I see them.

If you take a tone of derision or mockery from any of this writing please let me know and I'll update the language.

Thanks for the reply your thoughts are certainly valid and do make sense.

Re: The Basics of REST and RESTful API Development

Jake Rocheleau — Tue, 07 Jun 2016 06:39:17 -0000

Generally I've found that POST is used to create a new object. It's totally OK to use PUT to create a new object(and POST to update).

But when it comes to semantics and standards compliance for most public REST applications I've seen POST headers for creating new data, and PUT headers for updating/replacing data. But this isn't a strict requirement.

In fact many devs are fine with PUT used for creating elements and POST for updating. Please check out this stack thread it has much more detail on the subject: http://stackoverflow.com/a/...

But generally speaking you're not wrong to use PUT and nobody's wrong to use POST either. In many ways PUT is advantageous because it's idempotent which means multiple requests won't have additional results(avoiding accidental repeat server calls).

Re: Why You Need Code Sniffers for Web Development

Jake Rocheleau — Wed, 11 May 2016 19:33:23 -0000

Sorry I must have missed it. Feel free to send another message I'll look out for it

Re: Build a Pure CSS Animated Slide-In Dropdown Nav Menu

Jake Rocheleau — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 07:35:20 -0000

Correct it wasn't built to be fully responsive. Nirmalya is right it would be better if it was. The difficulty is handling a menu that grows in height on smaller screens, but also needs a secondary menu to "fly in" at a specified location via absolute positioning.

Granted I'm not saying it's impossible; far from it. I was just not able to solve the problem of responsivity myself.

Re: 30 Regex Code Snippets All Web Developers Should Know

Jake Rocheleau — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 11:30:00 -0000

Thanks for posting and tacking on some additional concepts.

With Example 2 I think it can work either way, as I saw the delimiters as 3 OR 6, not 3-6. This could be a syntax issue though.

With example 24 I'm certain that ,.0 will not match because it requires a prior number and the dollar sign. Please check this Regexr page where I've demonstrated how it works: http://regexr.com/3cg4r

Everything else you've posted makes sense and cleans up some general formatting issues. Thanks!

Re: Responsive CSS3 Horizontal Application-Style Form Fields

Jake Rocheleau — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 08:12:09 -0000

Yes the submit button is disabled because I wanted this demo to be static. If you're using this form on a live website you need to edit the <form> element in HTML by deleting this line: onsubmit="return false"

Once that's deleted the submit button will work just fine. Then you'll want to add your form's "action" and "method" attributes.

Re: How to Code a Fixed Auto-Hiding Nav Bar with JavaScript

Jake Rocheleau — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 15:08:28 -0000

The only difference in WordPress is how you add the files. headroom.js should be added to the header.php theme file, and the lower JS code should be added into the footer.php. If you're using a different ID for the top bar just change #header in the JavaScript code to whatever ID you're using.

Re: Color-Coded Dropdown Navigation with Submenus

Jake Rocheleau — Tue, 11 Nov 2014 07:43:37 -0000

I actually explained this in the 3rd paragraph:

"It is possible to build this entirely in CSS but only modern browsers would support that functionality. I’ve chosen jQuery because it’s more efficient and universally supported."

Re: A Detailed Look at Restaurant Web Layout Design Trends

Jake Rocheleau — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 12:26:46 -0000

I definitely agree the UX on their website is not great. But the company's branding is so cohesive both physically and digitally that I just had to include them.

Re: Coding a Responsive Horizontal Posts Slider using CSS3 and jQuery

Jake Rocheleau — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 21:12:13 -0000

The autoRotate option can take a number in milliseconds which will force an autoplay duration(ex. 5000 = 5 seconds). Check out the plugin options link below and do a CTRL+F search for "autorotate" there are code examples on that page.

http://basilio.github.io/re...

Re: Responsive Navigation Design Trends

Jake Rocheleau — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 21:07:53 -0000

That's a great point. Medium was the first website I noticed with this effect and it makes the process of reading long articles much easier.

Re: Occult Message to the Elite in Recent Speech by IMF’s Christine Lagarde? You Decide.

Jake Rocheleau — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:55:58 -0000

Interesting analysis thanks for posting

Re: Animated Content Slider with Bubble Navigation Icons

Jake Rocheleau — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:36:09 -0000

Which version of Chrome are you using? Try updating and see if that helps.

I built this on Chrome for Mac & did testing on Chrome for Mac+PC, never ran into any problems.

Re: How to Build WordPress Navigation Using wp_nav_menu()

Jake Rocheleau — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:32:56 -0000

It's easiest to do this from the wp-admin Appearance -> Menus page. The vertical accordion menu has Pages/Links/Categories. Click on Links and you can manually enter a hyperlink by just deleting the http:// and using whatever you want for the HREF value.

You could alternatively add the menu items manually in functions.php. It's a bit more complicated but here's a nice guide with code samples: http://www.wpbeginner.com/w...

Re: Coding a Responsive Horizontal Posts Slider using CSS3 and jQuery

Jake Rocheleau — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:29:56 -0000

Make a copy of the .crsl-items div elsewhere on the page and change up the content. Notice the attribute data-navigation also needs to be changed to a new navigation ID. Again you just copy/paste the navbtns ID and change that to something else, like navbtns2.

You'll notice my entire slider is wrapped inside a div with the class .slidernav. You can just copy that entire div and change the navbtns ID, update the data-navigation to that same ID value and you're set to go.

Re: Coding a Responsive Horizontal Posts Slider using CSS3 and jQuery

Jake Rocheleau — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 07:26:54 -0000

Very simple to do this, just add another line in the carousel() options list that looks like this:

autoRotate: true

Re: Build a Vertical Timeline Archives Page using Bootstrap

Jake Rocheleau — Wed, 23 Apr 2014 20:41:26 -0000

It's in there! The HTML code from the article doesn't include the full timeline - just a brief snippet to help with my explanation.

View source on the live preview or download my source code and you'll see the full unordered list is in-tact with a closing tag.

Re: Customize Your Own MailChimp E-Mail Newsletter Signup Form

Jake Rocheleau — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 13:55:50 -0000

AFAIK the data.msg response comes from MailChimp's server. What you'd need to do is check the response for a success or error message, then display your own custom message instead.

Re: How to Design Animated Sliding Page Elements With CSS

Jake Rocheleau — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 19:03:46 -0000

Perfect example thank you for sharing

Re: How to Design Animated Sliding Page Elements With CSS

Jake Rocheleau — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 10:25:56 -0000

Mostly WordPress themes on ThemeForest have this kind of effect.. there are many actual live websites but I can't think of any domains off the top of my head.

Re: Paul Walker Murder Conspiracy Theories Link 'Family Guy' & Typhoon Haiyan To Death

Jake Rocheleau — Tue, 03 Dec 2013 06:59:45 -0000

Also Fast & Furious is the name of a gun-running operation where the border patrol agent Brian Terry was murdered. The Family Guy episode has Brian & Stewie going back in time to retrieve guns from indigenous natives...

Re: Mobile Web Design with the Meta Viewport Tag

Jake Rocheleau — Thu, 28 Nov 2013 11:34:19 -0000

In mobile browsers like iOS Safari the website still displays at full 100% width, but zoomed out. Users would need to pinch-and-zoom to get in at regular scale. Forcing the screen size using viewport makes the site appear at the proper scale while using vertical/horizontal scrollbars for potential overflow content. This is where CSS3 media queries definitely come in handy!

Re: A History Lesson on the Rise and Fall of Adobe Flash

Jake Rocheleau — Sun, 27 Oct 2013 08:07:38 -0000

A free graphics editor like GIMP can work fine. If you need something for code editing try Notepad++, or check in Google for free IDE(Integrated Development Enviroments). This is basically software for writing HTML, CSS, JS code so that you also get syntax highlighting.

Re: Code a Path-Style Flyout Navigation Wheel Menu

Jake Rocheleau — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:26:25 -0000

Why? I am the author, that is my bio and my picture so people can get to know me better. I'm not a girl. I'm a boy with long hair.... "Jake" is not a girl's name.

Not sure if you have a problem with that but it certainly doesn't affect my writing skills in any way.