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In this episode of Syntax, Scott and Wes are back with part 2 of Tales from Web Dev Past — this time looking at iFrames, layout trends, icon fonts, web rings, and more! Sanity - Sponsor Sanity.io is a real-time headless CMS with a fully customizable Content Studio built in React. Get a Sanity powered site up and running in minutes at sanity.io/create. Get an awesome supercharged free developer plan on sanity.io/syntax. Prismic - Sponsor Prismic is a Headless CMS that makes it easy to build website pages as a set of components. Break pages into sections of components using React, Vue, or whatever you like. Make corresponding Slices in Prismic. Start building pages dynamically in minutes. Get started at prismic.io/syntax. Show Notes 03:00 - iFrames Sidebar menu target 05:42 - JavaScript image hovers Dreamweaver Photoshop Slice and Select Tool 08:24 - CSS Pie 09:42 - Animated gifs of people and construction http://textfiles.com/underconstruction/ 11:20 - CSS Zoom 1 / IE CSS Hacks Forced IE 7 to redraw floats 13:42 - Layout trends 800x600 fixed websites 960gs Golden Grid 12-col grid creators 16:26 - Sprite maps Spritecow ☠️ Killed icon fonts ☠️ Killed by SVG icons 18:40 - Firebug and Firebug Lite Lite was a bookmarklet 20:14 - Image maps / Background gradients 1px wide and 2000px tall image to make repeating gradients Squidfingers Subtle Patterns Hero Patterns CSS3 Patterns 25:53 - Web rings 27:41 - Glossy buttons 28:09 - Flaming text FlamingText.com 30:01 - Marquee tags Staggered Speed attribute 31:26 - Spacer gifs 34:30 - AngelFire / GeoCities 36:11 - Xanga / LiveJournal 37:29 - Above the fold content Abovethefold.fyi 39:36 - Homestar Runner Links Drupal Omega theme Syntax 032: Designing, Templating, Inlining and Sending Email Mailchimp Litmus Email on Acid Herman Miller Aeron ××× SIIIIICK ××× PIIIICKS ××× Scott: New Rustacean Podcast Wes: Autonomous Ergo Chair Shameless Plugs Scott: Advanced Animating React with Framer Motion - Sign up for the year and save 25%! Wes: Master Gatsby - Use the coupon code ‘Syntax’ for $10 off! Tweet us your tasty treats! Scott’s Instagram LevelUpTutorials Instagram Wes’ Instagram Wes’ Twitter Wes’ Facebook Scott’s Twitter Make sure to include @SyntaxFM in your tweets