Archive for April, 2007
Apr
26
2007
at 10:20am
I’ve got two new articles up on A Padded Cell:
Creating a semantic FAQ page with definition lists and advanced CSS, Part 1
and
Creating a semantic FAQ page with definition lists and advanced CSS, Part 2
The first part goes over the structuring and presentation of a long Frequently Asked Questions page. The second part demonstrates two ways of creating navigation for the page. I hope you find them useful, and do let me know if you have any comments or questions.
Liam has also been releasing a lot of articles about standards, including What’s the Difference Between Usability and Accessibility? and Future Proofing Using Standards.
Posted in Accessibility, General, Web Standards | No Comments »
Apr
19
2007
at 10:40pm
The wordpress theme I developed for tomorrow’s “Orange and Maroon Effect” webmaster challenge is now available for download. Here is a screenshot:
Here is the zip file and the tar.gz file.
I hope some of you have the chance to actually use it! And let me know if you have any problems. This is the first theme I have attempted to distribute. Also, I am really not sure about the copyright on the photo. Please let me know if you decide to use the theme so I can contact you if there are any problems regarding the photo.
With the exception of the photo, this theme is released under a Creative Commons Lisence
Posted in Design, General, Wordpress | 2 Comments »
Apr
18
2007
at 11:36am
I just heard about a web challenge that is going on this Friday to show support for Virginia Tech:
For one day, show your support for the victims of this tragedy by changing your website colors to incorporate some version of the “Orange And Maroon Effect”.
I am going to do my best to make at least one of the sites I control orange and maroon this friday. Please consider making a change to your site and spread the word if you can.
Posted in Design, General | 1 Comment »
Apr
17
2007
at 1:04pm
After all my troubles and rants about print stylesheets the other day I finally thought of a better way to make web pages printable: soure editing editing in Opera! This is a really simple and easy way to make a web page look the way you want it to for one-time viewing and printing.
Read more…
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Apr
13
2007
at 2:10pm
Since I’m in the mood to complian about other sites, let’s talk about print stylesheets! I can’t believe how many sites just don’t have them. It’s not exactly difficult to do. Start a new CSS file, hide a few things, make some small adjustments, hook it up using @media rules and you’re golden. Right? I guess not because an unbelievable number of sites just don’t have them, even sites that should know better.
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Apr
05
2007
at 9:11am
Today is CSS naked day. I thought I’d join in and remove the CSS from this site, just for fun.
My apologies for the lack of useful posts lately – I’ve been really swamped at work building a little quick quiz application and a load of other stuff. On a personal note, Liam and I just bought a house this week! Yay! Exciting time, but hectic! I’ll be back with some useful posts soon, I hope.
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