HTML Tidbits

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Just out of curiosity, I reviewed some of the HTML training on Lynda.com. I believed I had decent HTML chops and wanted to see how they approached learning HTML, from a beginner’s standpoint. I noticed they used “not recommended practices” in the beginning videos (no doctype declaration, font tag soup, etc.), but if you watch [...]

Wanted: Entry-Level Front End Coder

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

We build web sites, run e-mail campaigns, post print deliverables online, manage e-classifieds, cover Angus events live on the Web and shake up the Ag. industry in general. This position can be considered an open internship if you are a student. It is a part-time gig, with pay based on level of experience and knowledge.
Requirements:

Exceptional [...]

IE7 CSS List Bug

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

Not really a bug, just a bad combination of CSS. If you style navigation links using list items, don’t repeat my mistake:
#nav ul{
list-style-type: none;
list-style-position: inside;
}
I had both these elements but in separate areas of my code. IE7 interprets this as an invisible bullet, creating a mysterious ~10px margin where the bullet would be located. Firefox [...]

Essential Reading for Future Web Designers & Developers

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

“It’s back to school time!” blares every tacky, family-oriented commercial. And so it is.
Real Hackers don’t use CSS a walk through the design process, from tables and frames to CSS.
Getting Things Done When You’re Only a Grunt or, cutting through the stupid B.S. in office politics/bad group projects so you don’t get dragged down with [...]

Portfolio

Tuesday, July 17th, 2007

The Process
Involves slicing a Photoshop file and using a hand-coded XHTML template with a blueprint stylesheet. Clients choose a custom design from the style gallery. I am usually the person responsible for updating the sites, but they are converted to Dreamweaver templates so others can easily edit them.
Web Design & Layout
Logos are sent to API [...]