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02.22.09

Safely Convert an Existing Drupal Site to Clean URLs Web Design (3)

Here’s my dilemma: I run a site powered by Drupal 5. When I originally set it up, I couldn’t run the Clean URL test because of a problem with my GoDaddy hosting account (read the fix here). I’ve since fixed the issue, but in the meantime, the site has gotten lots of links to the [...]
11.23.08

Use ‘Save for Web’ to Make a Website Mockup Web Design (0)

It’s hard presenting a Photoshop mockup to a client, especially one that hasn’t gone through the design process before. Why can’t I click anywhere? Is it broken? Do you have any idea what you’re doing?
Calm down, tough guy. The problem with sending a mockup as it sits in Photoshop is that it’s in a void; [...]
10.28.08

Make a Recent Bookmarks Widget with LaterThis and PHP Web Design (3)

I like LaterThis a lot, because I work on two computers and I like to access my bookmarks on both of them. It works like this: Find a page you want to save, click on the LaterThis bookmarklet in your browser toolbar (or bookmarks list) and walla-it’s automatically saved to your account. As an extra [...]
09.10.08

Making a Social Music Site in Drupal, Part II Open Source, Projects (2)

At the end of Part I, we had decided on Drupal as the CMS of choice for Rifflet.com, a site where users can upload and share unfinished music they’ve recorded. Here’s where the problems started:

I initially installed Drupal 6.2 because GoDaddy, our hosting company, offered it as part of their 1-Click installation program. If you’re [...]
06.11.08

Handle Your Business, All Open-Sourcey Style Open Source (1)

We’ve been looking for an online substitute for Quickbooks for some time now, mostly because we run our business off of three computers and the one that has all the invoice info. always seems to be the one that’s 1) farthest away and 2) not turned on. Here’s a great list of online invoicing [...]
05.16.08

Making a Social Music Site in Drupal, Part I Open Source, Projects (9)

I had an idea for a website the other day: I play the guitar, and I have a terrible memory. So, when I come up with a song idea, I usually record it on the computer before I forget it. I assume I’m not alone, and a lot of other people have a bunch [...]
03.06.08

Internet Explorer 8: Does Not Suck Web Design (2)

So I downloaded the IE8 beta 1 last night. It’s not bad. Seems pretty promising, in fact, although a couple of the new features are less than intuitive at first glance. As a disclaimer, Microsoft is pretty clear that this beta is aimed at “designers and developers,” so I’m sure there will [...]
02.15.08

Opcion: Open Source Font Viewer Open Source (0)

I‘m kind of a font-whore, and as such, it takes me about a year to go through all of them one by one. There seem to be a lot of crappy font managing programs out there, but here’s one that seems a little better: Opcion Font Viewer, written by Paul Chiu. Opcion’s best quality [...]
12.18.07

Make a client login area with AjaxExplorer Open Source (4)

Here’s a good way to make an easy client login system: AjaxExplorer. AjaxExplorer is designed to be an FTP/file management system; upload it to your server, run the install script, and you can browse files (screenshot) just like they’re on your computer, as if you were in some sort of windows-based file-exploring-software-program.
The thing that make [...]
12.11.07

2 Pass-it-on wordpress plugins Wordpress (4)

I can’t stand to read a big, long article on a computer screen. This, combined with my printer that devours SIX (6) Fifteen Dollar ($15) Ink Cartridges every couple months or so, is the reason that I have to eat belly lint and Ramen noodles for dinner every night.
On a related note, it’s a [...]
12.05.07

Good site design:book by its cover Good Advertising, Wordpress (5)

A little while ago, I found a good article highlighting 25 Minimalist Blog Designs. Here’s one that didn’t make the list, but should’ve. Book By Its Cover, run by Julia Rothman, is a beautifully designed blog that reviews books on art and design with occasional author interviews.
Gee, two columns, justified to the left, [...]
11.29.07

21 “free” photo galleries Web Design (8)

I’ll give you a hint: you already have these photo galleries included in your dirty, stolen completely legal copy of Photoshop CS2. These galleries give you a way of easily making web pages that hold lots of thumbnail photos, each linking to a full size version of the image.
We’ve been looking for a good [...]
11.21.07

Internet explorer is a jerk: css hacks Web Design (16)

Internet Explorer 6 is a jerk. It’s one of the first things I discovered upon coming to web design from the video world. Video production has its weirdness, but once you render something, you don’t have to worry about people’s TVs changing your font sizes or column alignments behind your back.
Anyway, I’ve been looking [...]

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