First of all, thanks to everyone who read and commented on the original post. If nothing else, I got some (angry) tips for how to improve my Drupal experience when I do have to use it. It reminds me of this bash.org gem: Start the sentence with “Linux is gay because it can’t do XXX [...]
I’ve seen many a source code that is neat and XHTML-compliant everywhere except—for some mysterious reason—forms. There is some unspoken rule that tables are the only way to align form fields into two even columns. That rule is wrong. Without further ado, here is how to rid your pages of the final vestiges of layout [...]
In your CSS, you specify that your #header, #footer and #sidebar elements should be baby blue. A week later, your picky designer asks that they be changed to lilac. Of course, you can change the color for all three elements, but, as the DRY gods will tell you, find/replace is error-prone.
You should only specify colors [...]
There’s no hope for the web, is there? Most sites are poorly made and look like oatmeal on a baby bib. Others are developed cleanly by someone whose code doesn’t suck only to face another hurdle: the idiot copywriter.
The fun at this jewelry outfit begins with the domain name: steveclarkweb.com. I admit, it’s hard to [...]
I’m looking for someone to chop PSD files into clean, W3C-compliant CSS layouts. If you have a keen aesthetic sense, replete with Macbook and box frame glasses, great. However, I already know many talented designers who are shit coders. I don’t care if you think black looks good with orange, or if you can’t [...]
I have worked with several print designers whose clients happened to want a web presence, so they hired me to translate their designs into functional sites. They are all awesome people, but working with them has often been a rough ride with a a few disconnects. That’s because the web and a piece of paper [...]
I get the same request over and over again: “I need a website, but I have no money to build or maintain it, and I don’t know HTML.”
I, for one, would like to celebrate my recent Olympic victory by eloping with Jared Leto to a Tuscan villa. Luckily, your dream is slightly more realistic. Here’s [...]