Nettuts+ Author - Jarel Remick

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I'm a freelance designer and web developer, an author and reviewer at ThemeForest.net, a writer for the ThemeForest blog and occasionally web.appstorm.net. When I actually manage to get away from the computer, I'm hiking, watching movies or spending time with my girlfriend in sunny Las Vegas. – View my net.tutsplus.com posts here.


Posts by Jarel Remick

Supercharge Website Performance With AWS S3 and CloudFront

Supercharge Website Performance With AWS S3 and CloudFront

Oct 13th in General by Jarel Remick
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We live in a world where people are increasingly expecting more and faster speeds. In fractions of a second, your website can lose valuable visitors and in turn, money. Although most people think CDNs are for the “big dogs”, they’re actually super cheap and incredibly easy to use these days.

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to setup and use Amazon’s Web Services S3 and CloudFront to decrease website load time as well as show the performance differences.

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10 Data Backup, Storage and Sharing Solutions

10 Data Backup, Storage and Sharing Solutions

Aug 26th in General by Jarel Remick
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In an increasingly digital age, data backup, storage and sharing is more important than ever. However, today’s data backup and storage solutions have evolved into much more feature filled services that let you share and access your data easier and from pretty much anywhere while still affordable.

In this roundup we’ll take a look at 10 online data backup, storage and sharing solutions to meet everyone’s needs.

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13 Ways to Browser Test and Validate Your Work

13 Ways to Browser Test and Validate Your Work

Jul 29th in Web Roundups by Jarel Remick
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Every day, when reviewing templates on ThemeForest, I test the submissions for validation and browser compatibility – not to mention my own work as well. Over time, I’ve scrounged the web for the best validation and browser compatibility testing tools around. Here’s my favorites.

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jQuery OS X Style Dock and Stack Navigation

“Outside the Box” Navigation with jQuery

Jun 22nd in JavaScript & AJAX by Jarel Remick
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Just about every website uses the regular navigation concepts we’re all used to. After awhile this can get pretty boring, especially for designers who thrive on creativity. While mimicking the OS X dock and stacks isn’t new, it’s certainly not common.

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404/403 Server Error Pages

404/403 Website Error Pages With PHP Auto-Mailer

Apr 17th in PHP by Jarel Remick
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Website error pages are perhaps one of the most overlooked pieces of a fully rounded website. Not only are they important but they give you the opportunity to have a little fun. Although many web developers rely on server logs to keep an eye out for hits on error pages, I’m going to take a different approach by using a PHP generated email. In addition, we will spice up the design a bit, add basic navigation and link to the website sitemap.

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Website Design: Page Anatomy and Layout

The Golden Ratio in Web Design

Dec 29th in Other by Jarel Remick
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Math is beautiful. Does that sound a little strange? I sure thought so when I first started designing. Math is so rigid and often times boring, or so I thought. You would be surprised to find out that most aesthetically pleasing designs, works of art, objects and even people have math in common. Specifically the Golden Ratio, also known as the divine proportion, which is designated by the Greek letter Φ (phi). This tutorial will cover the anatomy and layout of a website and how the Golden Ratio relates.

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