Recently, I’ve been sub-contracting with a designer, basically completing the work that he has already negotiated with the client. Now I brought a client in and would like to try a new process based on the input and expertise of the designer I’ve been working with.
After thinking about it a little more, I was able to shorten my code significantly and keep the same effect of a b+w image fading into a color image when rolled over. This improvement has the added benefit of only placing one image thumbnail in the HTML so there aren’t two thumbnails of each image when styles are disabled (and it just seems more syntactically correct, doesn’t it?).
There is an updated version of this post. Today I created my first jQuery function. I wanted to have all the thumbnail images in my portfolio be black and white, but fade to color when you roll your mouse over it, and I accomplished it by loading two thumbnails in the same position on the [...]
I’ve been putting off redesigning my website for months, but thanks to some inspiration from a couple of my friends, I have finally done it. Here’s the story of the long process that finally landed me with a new design that I love.
