2013 -The Year of Responsive Web Design

Some trends come and go. Others gather momentum and become stronger with time.

I see 2013 as the year when different forces came together to make responsive web design the ideal choice for many business websites.

How to Insert Custom Aspect Ratio Videos with Elementor Video Widget

At this time Elementor page builder for WordPress doesn't support custom aspect ratios for its video widget. Here's how to change that and insert videos of any aspect ratio

- use the built-in Elementor Video widget and select your video

- choose the 1:1 aspect ratio under the style setting

How to make hyperlinks work when exporting InDesign to a PDF

If you've added hyperlinks to your InDesign document but they aren't working when you export to a PDF, here's the first thing you want to check.

After going File > Export, it is essential that you choose the format as Adobe PDF  (Interactive)

I've been tripped up with this more than once, forgetting to change this setting after working on print projects

Optimising images and reducing file sizes

It's sometimes difficult to create fast loading web pages, while at the same time including large and full-screen images.

Here's a super easy way to reduce your image sizes by 50%... plus it's lossless

Cross-browser testing on Mac OSX: Emulate Internet Explorer, Android and Window phones

Here's a quick, free, and relatively easy way to test IE browsers and emulate Android and Windows phones on Mac OSX

- sign up for a free Microsoft account

- start using the free Microsoft Edge Remote Tools

Using system font stack for a website

This is an interesting idea that I'm seeing more often. Instead of requiring web visitors to download font files, you specify a font they already have and which matches their OS.

It's fast because you aren't downloading font files, and the font will match the look and feel of their current OS. Mac users may see San Francisco or Helvetica, Windows users might see Segoe UI or Tahoma.

It's easy to implement, here are two techniques