I just realized that the Facebook Like buttons on my website don’t work as they should any more. Instead of the button only the word Error was displayed. Clicking on this not very specific error indication led me to a pop-up window, where I was told that “The href URL must be absolute”. Can’t you be a little more precise, dear Facebook? Fortunately the problem is easy to fix. Read on …
Complaining about clients is surely a rather delicate topic to touch upon in a web designer’s blog. But this infographic created by TopWebdesignSchools.org is worth a look. It is not a pure rant about bad client’s behavior. Instead it provides viable information on how to avoid trouble with clients. Read on …
Embedding social share buttons is easy – unless you live in Germany. Data privacy regulations forbid using the standard embed codes directly. Fortunately the jQuery plugin socialSharePrivacy makes it easy to embed social share buttons within German law. But socialSharePrivacy uses the iframe version of Facebook’s Like button. I wanted to use the HTML5 Like button version to give website visitors the chance to add individual message to the post. So I forked the jQuery plugin. Read on …
While building my new website I tried and tested a few neat tools and little helpers. So I thougth giving summary of my new setup would be a nice idea. I may take you up on some of the tools in detail later. Read on …