Archive for the month October 2007

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The Crossroads

So there comes a time in a web-site’s life that it has to grow and develop faster than it’s possible for one person to churn out code. What does one do then?
I am at such a crossroads. I have a client that has a traditional website, based on HTML. Coded with Dreamweaver. The site is [...]

Old Code is Rough

I have to admit that editing pages that were written in presentational HTML by others authors is really starting to be a pain. CSS and XHTML is such a clean way to code that it makes it so much easier to follow what’s going on. I’ve taking over a website for a client, and while [...]

phpBB2

Just worked on setting up a phpBB2 site tonight. It’s not compliant, but sometimes, you have to let it go. I think there are some amazing applications out there for the web that allow you to get them up and running quickly and easily. I’m a big proponent of standards and functionality, however, there is [...]

Ruby on Rails

I have been trying to spend a lot of time with Ruby on Rails lately. The more time I spend playing and learning that more I like it. I think it’s a very robust platform that has the potential to solve several of my problems. Long with my client’s problems as well.
I have a long [...]

Findings From the Web Design Survey

Amazing read, enjoy
Findings From the Web Design Survey: “In April 2007, A List Apart and An Event Apart conducted a survey of people who make websites. Close to 33,000 web professionals answered the survey’s 37 questions, providing the first data ever collected on the business of web design and development as practiced in the U.S. [...]