In an effort to continue the advancement of web technology it seems that everyone, a panel of industry giants, got together and started formulating the next version of HTML standards. HTML 5 incorporates into the HTML standarda new set of tags that should bring the standard in line with how developers are currently using CSS to structure their pages. I know that statement calls into question the whole standards movement, but it’s true. (more…)
Category: web design
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Updates..for everything!
Here it is, my site design is fractured and disjointed. I admit it. I added the blog capability, and started a gallery portion, and then never integrated everything together. Shame on me. So now that I have a lull in the storm of projects that were on my plate I am going to start working on tying everything together.
I’m still debating the gallery though…Maybe someone has a suggestion. I could use the gallery I started to set up. Or Flickr, which I already use. Or build something in Flash. Or… See it’s a problem too many choices.
Lastly I’m excited because I get to ride in Santa Cruz tomorrow! I’m planning on hitting the hills going towards the summit of Highway 9. It’s a mixed blessing, as I haven’t done much climbing in the last few years so this may be a very painful day in, and out, of the saddle.
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setAttribute, a gallery, IE, and hours of my life wasted
One of my favorite books is Dom Scripting by Jeremy Keith. I’ve used his concepts for a gallery I designed for my dad’s portfolio. Well in the process of making updates to that site I ran into a problem. I wanted to display wider images than normal for one of the pages, to not have to reduce the images down to fit on the page. I turned on scrolls for the overflow adding to the CSS rule for the gallery div. That’s when it all went south. (more…)
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When it rains it pours
I’ve been stacked up lately with contract work. It’s nice to have the extra, but man some nights I would like to just like to kick back. Oh well, no rest for the wicked. Beyond the training development that I am working on at HP as my day job, and the work I just completed for Strukture.com, here are the projects on my plate:
- A new Diablo Cup t-shirt design
- A minor site redesign for 1031it.com
- Updates for ThomasCory.com
- The FarishtaMakeup.com site design
- Updates to my site for a gallery, and changes to my portfolio
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Damn the Standards…Full speed ahead!
I was browsing through some sports coverage and ran across this link. It’s an amazing (read: bad) site that ignores all the standard rules of engagement in web design and development. (more…)
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Click to Activate Flash Still an Issue?
It’s amazing to me that sites that rely on Flash for their main navigation have not taken the steps to eliminate the “Click to activate and use this control” messages from their sites. If you haven’t seen this message before you must be avoiding flash sites. To recap: Eolas has a patent dispute with Microsoft, forcing them to make activeX controls require users to click the “control” before they can interact with it. Annoying to say the least. If you want to read more go here. Needless to say this article was inspired because of the staggering number of sites I’ve run across in the last month that have not incorporated the JavaScript solutions that are available. Here are the favorites:
If you own, or manage a site that uses Flash as a navigation element, fix this, please. Better yet…use CSS navigation instead. As much as I like Flash, does it have to be used for everything?
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Google Analytics Beta
I was just visiting Google Analytics and noticed a fresh new interface. The graphs are bolder, and the data seems to be better organized. All good news for everyone using this free Google service. Oh, pay no attention to the dismal traffic that my pitiful excuse for a web site is currently drawing…unless you want to spread the word to bring me all kinds of traffic. -
RouteSlip.com
I would be remiss if I didn’t give mention to this other great site for routing and searching for bicyclists: Check it out. It’s a similar service to Bikely, but a little slicker site, and it seems more heavily used. Thanks to Nils Talbot for suggesting this site to me…
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Is Print Dead?
I just finished watching a webcast discussing the evolution of printing in the digital age. The discussion really centered around the fact that people seem to be printing less in the age of Web 2.0. People read blogs, watch videos, communicate with each other, check prices, and order products online.
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<div> dividers…
While migrating a site over to XHTML and CSS I discovered a bug in Internet Explorer 6. I was surprised that I hadn’t seen this one documented before, so I thought I’d write something up. Instead of using horizontal rules <hr> I like to create divs with a background color and a small height instead, browser support for styling <hr> is spotty at best, and using a div you can add additional properties to control the width and height, or add a background image.
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