HTML5 Web Design and Social Media Marketing Blog

I was quoted in Website Magazine this month…

Peter Marino — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:09:20 +0000

Peter Marino, Chief Designer and CMO of New York-based HTML5 Web design and social media marketing firm, reelWebDesign.com:

“Although I can not speak for all Web designers I would have to say my biggest problem is getting a constant flow of new clientele. If you work for yourself you probably understand what I mean. Therefore, I think it’s important that all designers understand SEO and some PPC marketing in addition to their design skill-sets. If you don’t have a webmaster tools account for both Google and Bing you need to open one and figure out how to utilize all of the components in it. In addition to this you should have an AdWords/AdCenter account in both Google and Bing respectively.”

See the full article here:

Typography as a Designer’s Declaration of Independence

Peter Marino — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:50:02 +0000

Tired of using the same old standard fonts in all your web pages? For too long now basic fonts like Georgia, Verdana and Arial have ruled the day on most websites. More than ever, modern design aesthetics demand variety to allow your web page to be notable and declare a truly unique entity.

@Font-Face

Until @font-face showed up in the CSS world, however, there simply wasn’t a reliable method of including unique fonts that would be viewable through all different web browsers. All the major browsers, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer now support @font-face, which has lead to a proliferation of new stylistic options without resorting to images for fancy fonts. {NOTE: This will also help your search engine optimization since the text will be legible by the search engines. This is even more important if the fancy font’s you want to ... Read More »

HTML5 Cheatsheet

Peter Marino — Sat, 03 Mar 2012 01:29:48 +0000

Everyone needs some help when coding for a website so here is a large printable image that you can use to make your job a little easier.

How to Modify Images or Backgrounds Across Your Website With Simple CSS Code

Peter Marino — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:06:16 +0000

Using CSS, you can add effects to your website’s design to enhance its appearance, such as stitched or rounded borders, shadows, and background images. This can all be done with simple CSS3 coding.

For the sake of example, let’s begin with a blank box that you can add these effects to. After that, we will examine how these can be applied to images. You can start by adding a div tag to your HTML, with class=”customclass”.

It will look like this in your HTML file:

Then go into your stylesheet and define your custom id or class.

Here are some basic attributes to get started:

customclass { background: #55ccaa; position: relative; width: 500px; height: 400px; margin: 20px; padding: 10px; }

BORDER EFFECTS

Thanks to CSS3, adding rounded corners to your box or image is simple.

All you need to do is write this code inside your custom class or id (this can be ... Read More »

A New Social Media Experience

Peter Marino — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 20:13:00 +0000

The World Wide Web has enabled people everywhere to share their ideas and experiences with a large number of people. The social network website, Neiia.com, is a great way to bring all of your closest friends together to meet on the Internet. Don't get lost in the clutter of other massive social networking sites, enjoy the closeness and comfort of Neiia.com.