How to Make a Poster in PowerPoint: 10 Simple Steps

In addition to creating presentations, did you know you can use PowerPoint to design other elements such as posters? Today, we’re walking you through exactly how to make a poster in PowerPoint. While not everyone thinks about making a poster design in PowerPoint, it’s actually pretty easy—and is a viable option if you need something […]
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CSS and Network Performance

JavaScript and images tend to get the bulk of the blame for slow websites, but Harry explains very clearly why CSS is equally to blame and harder to deal with:

  1. A browser can’t render a page until it has built the Render Tree;
  2. the Render Tree is the combined result of the DOM and the CSSOM;
  3. the DOM is HTML plus any blocking JavaScript that needs to act upon it;
  4. the CSSOM is all CSS rules applied against the DOM;

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How to Think like an Agency to Become a Better Developer

My company, Hallam, attended a whole company outing to the Google HQ in Dublin last year, and part of that involved a talk about the “Agency of the Future.”  The talk focused on how changes in the labor market and the evolution of technology will require the development community (and other related digital communities) need …
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Deadline to Enter Automattic Design Awards Ends Friday

At WordCamp Europe this year, Automattician John Maeda, shared his idea for the Automattic Design Awards. The crowd cheered and thus the idea was born. Maeda teamed up with Simon Cooke from Pragmatic shortly to create a way to recognize amazing designs made with WordPress. Maeda and Cooke gathered a jury of digital agency and design …
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The “C” in CSS: The Cascade

Following up from Geoff’s intro article on The Second “S” in CSS, let’s now move the spotlight to the “C” in CSS — what we call the Cascade. It’s where things start to get messy, and even confusing at times.

Have you ever written a CSS property and the value doesn’t seem to work? Maybe you had to turn to using !important to get it going. Or perhaps you resorted to writing the CSS inline on the element …

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20+ Best Cool PowerPoint Templates

PowerPoint slideshows used to be the boring part of a meeting or presentation. But now, with the help of cool PowerPoint templates, everyone can make presentation slideshows look more interesting and attractive, even if you don’t have any experience in PowerPoint slideshow design. For this collection, we gathered some modern and stylish PowerPoint presentation templates […]
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30+ Best Subtle Black & White Background Textures

Are you looking for a subtle black and white background texture to make your designs stand out from the crowd? In this collection, we’re featuring some of the most beautiful, simple, and modern black and white background textures you can use for your design projects. A black and white texture is the ideal choice for […]
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