A while back I wrote about adding favicons to websites. They’re simple, they’re cute, and they seem to really impress clients. So why not? At the time I recommended a freeware, Adsen FavIcon, for the job. Since that time, a … Continue reading
Author Archives: Aaron T. Grogg
When Launching a New Website, Be Sure to Visit Google Webmaster Central
So, you been around the block several times with your client, you’ve confirmed all designs and layouts, you’ve double-checked all the functionality of your newest creation, and now you finally have the okay from the client to launch the site, … Continue reading
Use HTML5 and Advanced CSS Features Now
The website says it best: Have you ever wanted to do if-statements in your CSS for the availability of cool features like border-radius? Well, with Modernizr you can accomplish just that! Modernizr is a small (7kb) JavaScript file that checks … Continue reading
Firefox Bookmark Keywords get you to you favorite websites faster
Have you ever looked at the Properties of a Bookmark in Firefox? You see the “Name”, “Location” and “Description”, which are all pretty self-explanatory. Ever wondered what the “Keyword” thing was all about? I know I never did. I just … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
This site has some awesome jQuery, too bad the site is dead without JS… tisk-tisk… http://www.levikoi.com/ Pretty cool UI, but ditto: http://unowhy.com/ Ditto… http://www.dreamerlines.lv/ And wow, this one snaps in half pretty badly, but it sure has some cool interaction … Continue reading
Could Typekit be a Realistic Alternative for Any of Your Sites?
Could Typekit be a realistic alternative for any of your sites? To help you decide, you can read all about it. The same font can be used across various development environments with no additional cost, and you can even customize … Continue reading
Not-So-Subtle Tactics to Obliterate IE6
A great new redirect page for all your IE6-users. Maybe this will help get the message across… :-) Happy assailing, and thanks for the referral, Alex, Atg Top⇪
Proof of just how dangerous a little early-morning coffee can be…
So, a seemingly-harmless line in the Google blog (http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/) sent me merrily tangenting this morning… In the post titled “Design patterns for accessible, crawlable and indexable content” (http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/05/design-patterns-for-accessible.html), under the section header titled “CSS sprites and navigation links”, I read … Continue reading
Simply JavaScript – Sitepoint Book Review
[Editor’s note: It is truly amazing how quickly a post can become dated… I am now quite comfortable with OOP-JS and I am now deeply entrenched in jQuery and find it very useful, but my points below about buying a … Continue reading
Today’s Readings
A handy HTML 5 Cheatsheet (PDF)… So why not add in a CSS3 Cheatsheet (PDF)? Coming soon from Mac? 24 JavaScript Best Practices for Beginners (not just for beginners…) Read them all!! 20 Tools to Make the Life of a … Continue reading