It’s almost time to do the yearly blog change to pink again. In case you’ve forgotten why we mark a breast cancer awareness month with this tradition now, PinkForOctober.org will fill you in. If you’d like to join in and don’t have a theme handy,…
This is a ‘Back to Basics’ sort of article, talking about techniques that we know are good to use, but sometimes forget to implement. I browse the web on a very fast connection. One might assume that sites load super fast for me. Not really.…
I adore using PNG graphics in my designs, but I hate the way IE6 handles them. We know all about needing a PNG fix and using one, but recently I encountered my first major problem using one. While working on my new primary site design…
I’ve been a fan of MooTools over jQuery for a while, but jQuery just came out with something that makes it a bit more competitive – a set of widgets. If you head over to http://ui.jquery.com/ you can see the new demos online. Here’s a…
There is a great article over at UIE.com called "Thinking in the Right Terms: 7 Components for a Successful Web Site Redesign." Definitely worth a read if you are considering a re-design or handle re-designs for your clients. (edit: Whoops. It helps if I include…
I’ve recently finished my new re-design for my main site, and am now converting it over to a WordPress theme. It occurred to me that one of the snippets of code I’m using might just help someone else also. For my new theme, I needed…
There are two new WordPress themes that I like online today, each one definitely in a different category. Todays winner in the minimal category, sporting a very Web2.0 color scheme, goes to Prisa from NofieIman.com. The only thing lacking in this one is an online…
This is a fairly useful technique when you need to include images in your website design or layout, and want them to coordinate with the rest of your design. We often have photos and drawings that we would like to use in a website design,…
There are two new WordPress themes floating around in cyberspace, and I really like them both for different reasons. The first one is called Into the Ocean, from Design Adaptations. I think this theme shines as a minimalist theme. What really caught my attention, however,…
Today I am deeply disappointed in the U.S. Justice Department. The agency told the Federal Communications Commission, which is reviewing high-speed Internet practices, that it is opposed to “Net neutrality,” the principle that all Internet sites should be equally accessible to any Web user. I…