https://jdmdigital.co/news/pr-distribution/?_rt=NjF8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=0a465d8c11…PROS: Huge reach in traditional and new-age media (like social networks and mobile) Lots of distribution options/packages (perhaps too many) Performance data is great (about as good as PRweb’s) PR Newswire CONS: Distribution starts at $130 and can quickly head upwards of $1300 per release There’s an annual membership of about $200–even if you don’t…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/sneak-peek-digital-agency-website/?_rt=NjJ8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=70520a1250…mobile. “You can’t make a bold statement like, ‘We Create Reactions’ with a static, fixed-width website – can you?!” explains Justin Downey, JDM Founder & President. Aside from the new public website, JDM has also launched three other major digital assets. The new myJDM (also 4.0) offers clients almost real-time project reporting and status as…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/chrome-ie/?_rt=NjN8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=b6b7d254e3…the main stylesheet, you’ll see a comment line with “<expletive removed> IE!” and several lines of styling ‘fixes’. The news that IE’s thrown as the #1 browser in the world is being threatened by open-source, standards-based browsers like Chrome, FireFox and especially Safari (for mobile) may be proof web developers’ prayers are being answered and…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/2-great-responsive-css-frameworks/?_rt=NjR8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=aa463f44e6I was reading an article by Design Shack on 22 of the more popular Responsive CSS Frameworks and the list felt so overwhelming I though we could do a better job of listing just two really powerful and easy-to-use frameworks. CSS frameworks have been around for years now and with the world going mobile (some…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/socialmine-technology/?_rt=NjV8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=2880adda0a…all that means, went live today. JDM had the opportunity to handle all the website design on the front-end of Socialmine. We also wrote all the copy–thanks to our new Copywriter. The copy has a fun and cheekie tone. The framework is responsive so it looks great on tablets, mobile phones and (of course) PCs….
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/mycfonetwork/?_rt=NjZ8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=04ed4c14f5…Quick Overview https://vimeo.com/18646342 Features The new site, designed and developed entirely by the nerds at JDM Digital, sports some pretty killer features. A mobile-friendly responsive framework, Community-contributed news, events and commentary, Facebook-esque news feed with comments/favorites, Financial-based forums and community groups, and lots of AJAX goodness. The old site was faced with an out-dated static…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/codex/designing-form-conversions/?_rt=Njd8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=a71584f3c2…use. Perhaps the easiest to validate a form without having to reload the page is jQuery Validate. You can also look into real-time (as in, onkeyup) validation, though that can get messy on mobile devices. Submission Buttons When clicked, these buttons trigger the form action, such as submitting the form. In fact, the HTML often…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/design/interactive-infographics/?_rt=Njh8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=47879cfea6…a compelling case for why they are quickly becoming a relic of portals past. The infographic sports some cool animations (courtesy of Animate.css and Wow.js), ajax loading of additional content, and wraps it all in a mobile-friendly responsive framework. View the SocialText interactive infographic What HR Buyers Say (and What it Means to You) –…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/digital-agency-lingo-explained/?_rt=Njl8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=c68b3b4d87…between certain widths (say 240px to 380px) we make changes to the style of the page. That change might be a maximum width, font size, or whatever we want. There are a few common breakpoints that work for your typical desktop, tablet landscape, tablet portrait, mobile phone landscape, and phone portrait. However, as devices come…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/design/choosing-web-design-typography/?_rt=NzB8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=0ba2570aa7…refresher helps. Now, let’s get to the three factors that really matter when choosing a web font. Compatibility One of the things that makes web typography difficult is that browsers are always changing and getting updates. You’ll want to select a typeface that is compatible with modern web interfaces used on both desktop and mobile…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/codex/wordpress-4-5-2/?_rt=NzF8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=972ade1ff6…inline. Live Responsive Previews The updated Customizer includes three previews for mobile, tablet and desktop viewport widths so you can make sure your site and navigation look great on all sorts of different devices. Smart Image Resizing There is some nerdy stuff going on here including the overhaul of the wp_get_upload_dir() function, but suffice…
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https://jdmdigital.co/news/codex/skip-descenders-javascript/?_rt=NzJ8Nnxtb2JpbGUtZmlyc3R8MTczMTAxOTk4OQ&_rt_nonce=3609a584cd…to clear the descenders. It’s also very good at handling positioning which is where I got stuck. It’s a lot more light-weight and has fewer performance penalties on mobile than UnderlineJS. However, SmartUnderline was built for one thing and one thing only–skipping descenders. It does require the text sit on top of a solid background…
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