Tagged with "web design" http://www.addedbytes.com/feeds/tag-feed/ en Added Bytes - Brighton Web Application Development 2006 120 Data URIs Make CSS Sprites Obsolete http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/data-uris-make-css-sprites-obsolete/ Data URIs Make CSS Sprites Obsolete

An excellent introduction to data URIs. I've been using these for a while, and they are especially useful if you want to create a page, with images, that can be distributed as a single file and will work offline. You'd be surprised how often that's needed.

Data URIs Make CSS Sprites Obsolete (posted from ZooTool).

]]> Tue, 06 Jul 2010 16:33:46 +0100 http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/data-uris-make-css-sprites-obsolete/ Dave Child ,,, The Ultimate Website Launch Checklist http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/the-ultimate-website-launch-checklist/
The Ultimate Website Launch Checklist (pdf) (posted from ZooTool).

]]> Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:47:56 +0100 http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/the-ultimate-website-launch-checklist/ Dave Child ,, Responsive Web Design http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/responsive-web-design/ Responsive Web Design

Thinking about a iPhone version of your website? Read this first - it's a comprehensive piece explaining how to use the media attribute to control the display of your site in different width browsers (including mobile devices).

Responsive Web Design (posted from ZooTool).

]]> Thu, 24 Jun 2010 09:29:07 +0100 http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/responsive-web-design/ Dave Child ,, New Server, New Platform, New Design http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/new-server-new-platform-new-design/ Way back in 2004, when I first launched this site (under a somewhat more unusual name), I opted not to write something from scratch to run it. No sense in reinventing the wheel.

What I picked was bBlog, an open source PHP and MySQL blogging platform. It was Smarty-based, easy to extend, and easy to administer. There was a nice community developing plugins for it and pushing development along.

Unfortunately, bBlog's development slowed ... and then ground to a halt. Eventually, the project was declared dead. And so began my quest to move to a new platform.

After lots of umming and ahhing, and after trying a few alternatives and asking for suggestions on Twitter, I decided to give MODx a try. It looked like a capable system, easy to extend and modify, and reasonably powerful.

I also decided to change my hosting package. JaguarPC had hosted my site without too much trouble for a couple of years, but I wanted to learn my way around server management, so I opted for a Slicehost package.

And because all good things come in threes, and everything else was going to be new, I decided to put together a new design too. The old one was thrown together rather hastily and although it worked, I wanted to make a clean start.

So here we are ... MODx, Slicehost, new design. There are bound to be a few teething problems (please let me know if you have any problems), but this will also allow me to add some of the new things I've been wanting to do for a while. To that end, comment replies have now been added - woohoo!

Known Issues

  • Most tools not working.
  • "Remember Me" not working on comments.
  • Live preview not working on comments.


]]> Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:38:23 +0000 http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/new-server-new-platform-new-design/ Dave Child ,, Ten Web Design Commandments http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/ten-web-design-commandments/ During a particularly geeky conversation recently, the topic got around to Web Design Commandments. If I were to come up with them, they might be a little something like this.

During a particularly geeky conversation recently, the topic got around to Web Design Commandments. If I were to come up with them, they might be a little something like this. I'm sure not everyone will agree with these though, so please feel free to add to the list!

  1. Thou Shalt Be Damn Careful If Thou Must Use Embedded Audio Or Video.
  2. Thow Shalt ensure Designers, Developers And Marketers Work With, Not Against, Each Other.
  3. Thou Shalt Not Covet <blink>, <marquee>, JavaScript Slide-Ins, Images Following The Mouse Around Or Other Foul Tags and Effects.
  4. Thou Shalt Not Waste The Users' Time Demanding Unnecessary Information.
  5. Thou Shalt Not Use Flash For Everything.
  6. Thou Shalt Code Using Specifications And Standards.
  7. Thou Shalt Structure Thy Site In A Meaningful Way.
  8. Thou Shalt Not Confuse The User With Unclear Navigation.
  9. Thou Shalt Test Thy Site Extensively.
  10. Thou Shalt Give The User What The User Wants.


]]> Thu, 01 Jun 2006 10:35:00 +0100 http://www.addedbytes.com/blog/ten-web-design-commandments/ Dave Child