Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
In addition to working in web design and development, I also teach a few different web design courses. I usually refer my students to intermediate to advanced resources like A List Apart, or Think Vitamin. To help people get to the point where they’ll find those sites helpful, I’m going to start posting some short articles on more basic, but still helpful, techniques you can use if you’re just getting started.
The first of these new articles to help you learn web design is about a important and frequently requested technique: Rollover Images with Cascading Style Sheets
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Tags: article, css, design, development, howto, rollovers, tutorial, web
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Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
One of my websites has won an award. The University of Guelph website has been awarded the Gold medal from the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education (CCAE) in their annual Prix D’Excellence awards program. The CCAE competition recognizes outstanding achievements in alumni affairs, public affairs, development, student recruitment and overall institutional Advancement. Our last CCAE award for the website was back in 2001 when we won a Gold medal with the introduction of the previous design.
The site was assessed by advancement colleagues and external professional judges on the overall effectiveness of the homepage with regard to institutional identity; availability of appropriate and desirable links; ease of use; consideration of the institution’s audiences; and quality of multi-media presentations linked to the homepage. The Judges noted the overall strengths of the site included modern design, Web 2.0 principles, and a focus on useful, well-presented content. “The navigation is clear, the code is strong, and the writing is crisp and concise.”
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Tags: awards, business, design, development, university
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Friday, April 11th, 2008
I’ve decided that the long dark night of the previous template needed to change with the season, and I’m the process of putting a new theme on the blog, and doing a lot of much needed behind the scenes upgrades and maintenance. Things will probably take a day or two to get sorted out, and some pages may not display properly during that time. Please be patient, and everything will be sorted out soon.
Meanwhile, feel free to watch the video screencast—something I’m planning on doing more often with the revamped site.
Tags: designmeme
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Twitterbook has been updated! Download the new script and use it to update your Twitter account with your Facebook status.
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Tags: facebook, networking, php, social, tools, twitter, web
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