My clients often ask me if I can make a "mobile version" of their website. I usually tell them no. In my experience most mobile websites are very limited versions of the full website. In most cases, important content is lost and not displayed on the "mobile" version of the website. For this reason I am opposed to … Keep Reading »
Goodbye to My Old Friend Internet Explorer 6.0
I am a big fan of the Seinfeld television show. To me, the show epitomizes middle class America comedy in a way no other sitcom has ever managed to do. In one particular episode, for some reason that I can't recall, Kramer decides he's at the time in his life to go without underwear. In a particularly funny scene with … Keep Reading »
The Least Valid Website on the Internet
As most of you know, I strive to develop websites that conform to currently accepted web design standards. I write my code to be valid both via the CSS file and the XHTML markup. Although it takes a bit more time to design a website to conform to these standards, it always seemed like the right way to design a … Keep Reading »
WordPress Category Navigation
One of the basic features of most websites is some type of navigation indicator to identify what page you are currently browsing. Although this can take the form of a fairly complicated breadcrumb indicator, the most frequent implementation of this feature is simply to draw attention to the navigation link by highlighting … Keep Reading »
Text Resizing: A Primer
Apparently there are many web users who do not know how to utilize some of the accessibility features of their browsers. Are you one of them? For example, it seems as though some users don't know how to resize the text on their browsers for easier reading while web surfing. A handy article on this issue has been … Keep Reading »