Custom Google Maps Markers - preview

Customize your Google Map Markers

In his previous post JoeVains shared with you a pack of location icons. This post is for those who do not have much experience with customizing Google maps with Google Maps Javascript API.

I’ll show you how to generate a map and add markers using our location icons (you can also use your own if you wish). We’ll discuss improving user experience and browsers inconsistencies. Enjoy!

Small pleasures make my day - tutorial preview

Diagonal Thumbnails Gallery

We got used to standard grids and clear horizontal and vertical axes. No wonder that the eye-catching layouts based on the diagonal lines have become one of the recent trends in web design. In this tutorial we will create a very simple diagonal thumbnails gallery.
We will use css3 2D-transforms and pseudo elements to display the diamond-shaped elements with a background image.