Entries from November 2003
Multi Level Menu maker
November 29th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: CSS
Web Style Guide
I was browsing through Dean’s latest post and found a link to this handy resource: the Web Style Guide, 2nd Edition
November 28th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: CSS · Design · Web Dev
Wireless security at home
With the prevalence of inexpensive wireless gear, going wireless on your home network is becoming much more practical. Here’s a worthwhile piece that will help you make your wireless network a bit more secure.
Ars Technica: Security Practicum: Essential Home Wireless Security Practices
If you want to go a bit deeper check out this Wireless Security Blackpaper
November 21st, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: System Help
A Beginner’s Guide to Blogging with MovableType
This looks like a good tutorial to get you started using MT.
Blogging with MovableType
November 20th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: Blogging · MovableType · Web Dev
Start with the basics of HTML and CSS
When someone asks me how they can build a web site I usually say, “It’s kind of a long process.” I don’t know that I’ve ever finished a web site. I’m always tweaking, looking for a better way to present the content. I always recommend learning to use HTML and css rather than going straight [...]
November 18th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: CSS · HTML · Web Dev
Tips, tricks, help and resources for Windows XP
Wayne’s Windows XP Resources for Administrators and Users
November 17th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: System Help
Formatting ezines properly is good for web site development
Here are a couple of articles that will help:
Basic Formatting Rules for Building a Successful Ezine - Part One
Basic Formatting Rules for Building a Successful Ezine - Part 2
November 16th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: Web Dev
I figured out how to style a HR tag
Thanks to these two sources; How do I style an hr? and Styling hr
November 15th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: CSS
Trends shaping logos
Dean points to an article about 15 trends shaping logo design. There are some good logo samples here for inspiration.
November 15th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: Design · Web Dev
Photo business cards
Here’s a good how-to article on making business cards using a photo as a background.
November 13th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: Photography
A Yahoo! News Search RSS URL Generator
Jeremy’s Yahoo! News Search RSS URL Generator
November 12th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: RSS
Web Design Practices
Web Design Practices
“Web Design Practices is a site devoted to helping designers understand what design practices are currently in use on the Web — and aims to gather research about the usability of commonly-employed design practices.”
November 10th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: Web Dev
Page layout CSS creator
Automatically generate a
November 8th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: CSS
CSS rounded corners - cool!
Rounded corners with CSS Doug’s easyCorners.
November 8th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: CSS
Suckerfish Dropdowns
Using a simple HTML unordered list A List Apart shows how to do a nice drop down menus.
November 8th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: CSS · HTML · Web Dev
Keeping Navigation Current With PHP
“Turning unordered lists into elegant navigational menus has become the new favorite pastime for many web developers.” A List Apart shares how to keep navigation current using PHP.
November 8th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: HTML · PHP · Web Dev
Chosaq Movable Type templates
These Movable Type templates are available to use freely under the Creative Commons license.
November 8th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: MovableType
Rules, Rules - writing rules
11 Rules of Writing.
November 4th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: Writing
Writers resources
“Power Reporting - Thousands of free research tools for journalists.”
November 4th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: Writing
Illustrated MT templates
Here’s a great article for new comers to MovableType about editing the style sheet templates.
November 4th, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: CSS · MovableType
Which DOCTYPE!
Fix Your Site With the Right DOCTYPE!
November 3rd, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: Web Dev
NYPL Style Guide
The New York Public Library style guide together with this Better Living Through XHTML piece at A List Apart are a great primer for using CSS and making your website accessible.
November 3rd, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: CSS
So you don’t like my style
A List Apart has a good piece and a free java script to make switching style sheets a breeze for your users.
November 3rd, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: CSS
A windows explorer like nav menu
This article explains how to implement a Windows Explorer like script to use as web site navigation. There’s also this link to pureDOM explorer which is packaged and ready to implement on a site near you.
saila.com implements something like this.
November 1st, 2003 · Comments Off | Tags: Web Dev