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A Holiday Limerick by the Geeks
We built a snowman app! So grab a cup of cocoa and build a snowman with us. But before you do that, you have to read our holiday limerick.... Read more about our custom snowman app! »
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We’re Hiring a Senior Web Developer!
The rumors you’ve heard are true: CodeGeek is in search of our newest Geek. We’re getting more and more cool projects, including web apps that would make the nerdiest of nerds geek out. So the time has come to add a fresh face to our team. Could it be you?... Read more about our Senior Web Developer position »
Tips & Tricks from the Geeks: Email Signatures
If you use Gmail and get annoyed with email signatures taking up unnecessary space on a long email thread, do something about it! Eliminate your signature and instead try Google Lab’s Canned Responses to add in your signature only when you need it most. You also can save versions of your signature to use in different... Read more about email signatures »
Mobile-Friendly Sites Boosted in Search Rankings
In May 2016, Google rolled out an algorithm change that boosted mobile-friendly sites in mobile searches (it did not affect desktop searches). Keep in mind that people use their smartphones on the go, but they often use them from their homes, too. Research also has found that 42% of people use mobile devices while researching... Read more »
Parallax Column in Pure CSS
Earlier this year I came across this incredible technique for creating the parallax effect (where objects closer to the viewer appear to move faster than objects in the distance) using only CSS. I’m sure you’ve seen parallax on the Internets before, you know, that site where an image moves off screen more slowly than the... Read more »
Overlapping 2D and 3D Elements in Mobile Safari
This may seem like an arcane subject, but if you are using 3D transforms in CSS, understanding it could save you some headaches. In our case, we were working on a client site with the following heading: The heading was marked up as an h3, and “RETIRED” was wrapped in a span with a flip... Read more »
Introducing Chris Alexander
We welcome Chris Alexander to the CodeGeek.net team. Chris joined us in September and works from our office at The Hive in downtown Fort Collins. Chris is an experienced programmer specializing in PHP as well as several other languages. Chris works on several large CodeGeek.net projects including creating a custom web application for Colorado State... Read more »
YouTube Audio and Video Out of Sync – (Window) Size Matters
A common request came from one of our clients the other day: “I want to include some YouTube videos on my website. Can you do that for me?” No problem! We’ll simply get your videos uploaded, find the handy “Embed” code YouTube automatically generates and put it right where you want on your webpages. The... Read more »
Develop and Test Websites for Multiple Devices Using New Firefox Tools
Update: Wait, there’s more! As you know, tech changes quickly, so we’ve got more to say on this matter. Check out our post Multi-Device Testing Using Firefox and Chrome to learn more. In a recent Firefox Nightly release, Firefox has added a “Responsive Mode” to their built-in web developer tools. The new Responsive Mode tool creates... Read more »
Customer Case Studies – JustTrails.com
Have you ever tried searching for hiking trails, mountain biking trails, or snow shoeing trails online? We just finished building and launching a brand new website for client Al Walsh that makes it much easier to find trails in the Fort Collins – Laramie – Cheyenne area: JustTrails.com. Al came to us in December describing... Read more »