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Grunt for People Who Think Things Like Grunt are Weird and Hard ◆ 24 ways - 0 views

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  • You install Grunt on a per-project basis. Go to your project’s folder. It needs a file there named package.json at the root level. You can just create one and put it there.
  • The contents of that file should be this: { "name": "example-project", "version": "0.1.0", "devDependencies": { "grunt": "~0.4.1" } }
  • Once that package.json file is in place, go to the terminal and navigate to your folder.
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  • Then run the command: npm install
  • This is a one-liner again. Just run this command in the terminal: npm install -g grunt-cli
  • You should close and reopen the terminal as well. That’s a generic good practice to make sure things are working right.
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Eric's Archived Thoughts: Unitless line-heights - 0 views

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shared by Vernon Fowler on 01 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • This is why it’s always strongly recommended that you use unitless numbers if you’re going to set a line-height on something like the html or body elements, or indeed on any element that is going to have descendant elements.
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Web Typography: Using The Golden Ratio and REM's - Greg Rickaby - 0 views

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shared by Vernon Fowler on 01 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • First you need to set a default “root” font-size variable: html { font-size: 62.5% } Why 62.5% instead of 100%? Simplicity. Our default font is now 10px, which makes math easier. Now, 1.0rem = 10px. This becomes our $rembase.
  • Now your fonts will scale perfectly during a browser re-size (if using responsive design), or if a user were to zoom in or out.
  • What’s so awesome about the unitless line height? You only have to specify it once in the <body> tag. Now, ALL other line height(s) are relative to the parent font-size. That’s too easy! (Of course, you can still specify your own to maintain complete control.)
    • Vernon Fowler
      Vernon Fowler on 01 Feb 14
       
      Shouldn't line-height also be refined whenever the container width changes?
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  • Margins, or “vertical spacing” is calculated using either 24px or 48px to maintain vertical rhythm.
    • Vernon Fowler
      Vernon Fowler on 01 Feb 14
       
      Where does the mystical value of 24px or 48px for vertical spacing margins come from?
  • By declaring REM’s after PX’s in the CSS this example  will degrade gracefully to the PX:
  • Line-height: 24px; for the win, you you stay right in the baseline ( until you start using a border bottom it throws it off by a pixel :p )
  • setting the root font size to 62.5% is a brilliant little trick
  • One note on the comment regarding vertical rhythm. I believe the 24px and 48px is dependent on your line-height. In your examples, you are using a line-height of 26px so I think the values should be 26px and 52px to maintain that rhythm.
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Home Page Goals · An A List Apart Article - 0 views

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shared by Vernon Fowler on 01 Feb 14 - No Cached
  • home pages themselves have a unique set of design goals.
  • Remember that smallest, deepest element I described earlier? This is the atomic element—for a news site, it’s the story page; for a search engine, it’s the search result; for a store, it’s a product page. This page accounts for 60 to 75 percent of all page views on the site. The rest belong to the home page.
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Personas: The Art and Science of Understanding the Person Behind the Visit - Moz - 0 views

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shared by Vernon Fowler on 31 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Vernon Fowler on 31 Jan 14
     
    "In this post I'll go into detail about these approaches, giving frameworks and step-by-step instructions on how to build and use personas."
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Can I use rem units - 0 views

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shared by Vernon Fowler on 31 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Vernon Fowler on 31 Jan 14
     
    "Type of unit similar to "em", but relative only to the root element, not any parent element. Thus compounding does not occur as it does with "em" units."
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Minimize Cognitive Load to Maximize Usability | Nielsen Norman Group - 0 views

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shared by Vernon Fowler on 28 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Avoid visual clutter: redundant links
  • Vernon Fowler on 28 Jan 14
     
    "Summary: The total cognitive load, or amount of mental processing power needed to use your site, affects how easily users find content and complete tasks."
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University Websites: Top 10 Design Guidelines - 0 views

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shared by Vernon Fowler on 28 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • 8. Follow the user journey: check the main tasks for each of your audiences Identify the top tasks that you want your users to accomplish and follow the path that they have to take to get there. See if and when they have to leave the global site. See if they are bounced from one office to another in search of a form or procedure. Keep your eyes open. Because university sites are so often large, with each department or office owning its own page and information, it’s common to find duplicate, contradictory, missing, or incomplete information. Follow the journey, starting at different entry points, and see what you learn. If you’re already using personas, test them out. Better yet, do some quick user testing. (Testing doesn’t have to be expensive. And, by testing with just 5 users, you can uncover 85% of the issues).
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grunt-grunticon - 0 views

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shared by Vernon Fowler on 22 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Vernon Fowler on 22 Jan 14
     
    "A mystical CSS icon solution"
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