Some new techniques for working with CSS sprites Many people limit themselves when it comes to css sprites. They are convinced of limitations with sprites which I have found don’t exist. The gates are opened with these techniques to be able to use sprites creatively in pretty much any situation. We’ll look at where sprites [...]
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16 Dec
We’re building the new Lloyds.com
It’s now public that we’re building the new Lloyd’s of London website. The news went up on Aqueduct’s blog last week. Progressive enhancement This site is pretty feature rich and has been a lot of fun to put together so far. It has been very important for me to keep to good web standards and [...]
10 Dec
Javascript development and deployment strategy – Part 1
Javascript development and deployment strategy – Part 1 With the popularity of JavaScript rising significantly the amount of code within one project has grown to the extent where it needs to be separated in to separate files unless you want to be scrolling through thousands of lines of code. Whether you do this per class [...]
7 Sep
Tutorial with examples for making web pages more accessible.
Quick start accessibility I have been looking at web accessibility recently due to an up and coming project with a global client who needs their site to be AAA where possible. It has made me realise how small things can make a huge difference. Here are some quickstart ways to enhance the accessibility of your [...]
16 Jul
HTML 5 examples and tutorials
I thought I would post a few really helpful html 5 examples and test pages. A good page to keep track of is http://www.w3.org/html/planet/ Drag and Drop (works in firefox 3.5) http://decafbad.com/2009/07/drag-and-drop/api-demos.html Test Elements This is a layout which uses the new header, nav, aside and footer elements to build a page as well as [...]
23 Jun
Example using jQuery with ASP.Net (SOAP) WebServices
I don’t know about you, but I’ve had enough of slow loading aspx pages because of the huge ScriptManager JavaScript files that are needed to be downloaded. I also don’t see why I should have to register web services through it to be able to use them in my client side code. Once answer is [...]
21 Jan
Test/debug a local website on windows mobile 5 emulator
I had to test an ASP.net web project I am am doing which is designed to be viewed on a windows mobile or pda. After looking all over the internet I couldn’t find much information on how to do this through one of the many emulators that are available and can be linked up with [...]
23 Dec
Your Second Home Launched
I have launched a new website this week (www.yoursecond-home.com), delved into some php for the first time in about 2 years! I was surprised at how much I could remember. I was asked to come up with a corporate identity and implement it into a simple site giving information for people wanting to buy homes [...]
12 Dec
jQuery Interface Animate function
Over the last week I have struggled with the frustrating override of the jQuery Animate function by the jQuery Interface Library. The frustration being that the Interface library is pretty awesome but this function requires a different set of variables and objects past to it than the original. This not only breaks any other plugins [...]
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