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Align To Artboard – Illustrator
I don’t normally use Illustrator, but when I do, I like to keep everything centered on the artboard, or the huge green square in the center of the screen. It’s actually quite easy. If you have objects that need to be aligned, select them and then Object > Group. This puts them in a group [...]
The New Look
Four years ago, I unveiled my modern online presence with the purchase ifupdown.com. Three years ago this July, I created this blog that was formerly located at ryan.ifupdown.com. Last summer I bit the bullet and bought my own name as a domain, ryanrampersad.com. Earlier this year, in early May, I brought my blog out of [...]
Minor Theme Updates
I refreshed the caption-images that occasionally pepper posts. Instead of using the classic Polaroid style, I switched to the new style found in the new WordPress 3.2 theme, Twenty Eleven. It’s a very sleek and modern looking image padding. Also, I fixed a couple bugs when post titles were long enough to form a second [...]
New Theme Soon!
The new theme is here! Let me know what you think in a comment. Over the weekend, I’ve started working on new a new theme. It’s still going to be powered by the excellent hybrid theme but won’t rely on the hybrid classic child theme. The child theme has been a separate installation for a [...]
CSS Selector for the Last Child Element
Selecting the last child list element used to require a special last class attached to that element. Those days are no more with the very useful last child selector. The MDC page for the :last-child selector explains it the best. The :last-child pseudo-class matches any element that is the last child element of its parent. [...]