Standards-based CSS web design tool
By Shawn Bradley | August 24, 2007
With the latest buzz about web usability standards, CSS-based layout is gaining prominence over table-based layout for a host of obvious reasons. However, making the transition from a table-based mindset is sometimes a very difficult adjustment. I have been recently endeavoring to make the jump, and have run into many problems, some of which I will chronicle here.
Fortunately, with such broad-based commitment to the ideal of web standards in site design, there are many folks out there who are doing a lot of the heavy lifting for those of us who are not as far along. The good people at csscreator.com have provided some very useful tools for getting started. One such tool is their CSS Layout Generator. Using this simple and intuitive tool, beginners can easily create a variety of CSS-based layout templates. It’s a great time-saver and learning tool. Check it out!
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Wrestling with IE
By Shawn Bradley | August 17, 2007
And now for today’s IE vs. Everyone Else showdown!
I typically develop javascript applications using Firefox as my primary browser. (Oh, wait - I use Firefox as my primary browser for everything! Duh!) Anyway - I like developing within Firefox because of the wonderful debugging tools available, such as Firebug. As I progress in the development process, I frequently switch over to IE, just to make sure some IE-specific (mis)behaviour isn’t screwing me. And invariably, I find myself indeed being screwed by IE!
In today’s episode, as usual, the code was working fine in Firefox, but breaking in IE. Running the page in IE resulted in a runtime error indicating that my Balloon object class was not defined. What?! It most certainly is defined - I just ran it in Firefox. As it turns out, the issue had to do with IE’s inability to handle trailing commas within custom javascript objects. But first, a little background…
I am developing a custom popup balloon for a site I am working on. The balloon will be activated in response to the user rolling over an image map with their mouse. Each map slice has an associated balloon containing detailed information about that region of the image map. I am using Beau Scott’s AJAX-enabled tooltip HelpBalloon as an example. Read the rest of this entry »
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Introduction
By Shawn Bradley | August 17, 2007
Yes, just what the world needs - another blog! I know, I know … but have a little patience with me. It’s not just that everyone else is doing it - I have been searching for quite some time for a way to catalog my experiences. No, this is not a diary - no one is going to care that I just got a dog, that I went to the lake this weekend, or that I really like pizza. I don’t even particularly care about recording those things. However, in my daily experience as a software developer, web designer, outdoor adventurer, budding martial artist, etc., I learn things that I really believe others can benefit from. If these experiences can help others, then they are worth the time and effort to record and chronicle.
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