Plank is now @plank
We upgraded our twitter name to something shorter and more memorable. We’re happy to share some of the process it took to go from @plankdesign to @plank…
Tech
Plank
Contact UsThe Tech Dossier
Tech
Under the hood
The part of a web project I like best is the beginning. You get the chance to set the project foundation, often choose the technology you're going to work with and brainstorm ways to include all the new (or not so new) shiny techniques and tricks you've been reading about over the last few months....
Tech
Browsers old and new. Devices big and small. One video solution to rule them all
Once upon a time, Flash was the go-to solution for video playback on the web. Now what? Meet the new cross-browser, cross-platform solutions for delivering video to everybody.
Tech
The QR code’s Wild West
An impromptu discussion was launched in our office group chat when Steve shared this amusing link about QR codes gone wrong.
Tech
Mobile: it’s the little things
While touch interfaces on smartphones are quite dandy, there are some valid criticisms which thankfully the W3C have worked to help find solutions for.
Tech
I Dare Do Webdev on Windows
I've been using Windows for quite some time now, upwards of 15 years, so it was a bit of a change when I switched to a Mac at work for web development. Having previously used Windows and Linux for coding, it didn't make sense to not give Mac OSX a try. I've been happy with...
Tech
jQuery Toggler, the easiest way to add the Konami code to your site
"I should add the Konami code to this site." It started as a simple joke, but after some research I noticed there is no easy way to show an Easter egg after a certain set of keystrokes. Instead of just hacking something together quickly, I made the jQuery Toggler plugin. Toggler is a simple, no-frills way to show and...
Tech
Baking PDFs with CakePHP
Working on another project, I needed a way to output PDFs with CakePHP. After looking around, I ended up choosing dompdf as the library to use to generate them. Overall, it went fairly smooth. We did hit one or two limitations (like nested tables (special circumstances!)) but otherwise it worked really well. In our case,...
Tech
Adding a product image rollover to your shop
When working on the WowweeTechShop, we decided to begin with the free Solo theme, and modify it to our clients needs. One change we wanted was to not use the lightbox on product pages when a product has multiple images. Rather, we wanted something that displayed thumbs of all the product images, and when a...
Tech
Ajax’ed Shopify Cart Page
Last time, we looked at placing an ajax’ed Add to Cart button everywhere. The next place we want to ajax-up will be the Cart page. When the user updates the cart from that page, we will want to do it without a page load. The base theme I am modifying for this is the free...
Tech
Router tweaks go a long way
We've been using the Cisco/Linksys RVS4000 Small Business Router in our Montreal office, which has suited our needs for some time. Recently, we upgraded our Internet connection to a lean 100Mbps/100Mbps fiber connection from Openface here in Montreal. Once the new connection was installed, we fired up a speed test to see just what our...
