Iluminada Design's idBlog
Website design tips, rants and frequently asked questions… with some comedy thrown in for good measure
Recent Posts in the idBlog:
Paid Support: Why It’s Worth It
August 3, 2010We recently resolved an issue for a client that shined a light on the difference between free support and paid support from a specialist. I thought it would be a good case study on the difference between the kind of support you get from the corporate giants and the personalized support you get from a small business.
(Read more...)Get More From Your Website By Being a Proactive Client, Attentive Developer
July 26, 2010A website, once built and launched, is a forever-moving target that requires patience and a good deal of regular maintenance in order to become and remain successful. The only thing that’s certain when you deploy a site is that someone, somewhere, will have trouble with it and will call you to resolve the issue. It requires patience and collaboration to get to the source of the problem. Here are 2 ways that exchange can go down: The wrong way and the right way.
(Read more...)Special World Cup Office Hours
June 11, 2010I think it’s important that I go public with something that our longtime clients already know and, I think, respect us for: our unique schedule and approach to burnout avoidance.
(Read more...)HTML 5 Demos
June 5, 2010Apple recently released a demo site that shows off some of the cooler aspects of HTML 5. While it will likely be a long time before the dinosaur that is the Internet Explorer “franchise” is willing to build in full HTML 5 support– thereby ensuring we developers don’t get to build many HTML 5 sites [...]
(Read more...)HTML 5 for Drunks
May 13, 2010Found this hilarious article about HTML 5. Inside all the wisecracks there’s some useful info: www.happymagicfuntime.com/blog/entry/html5_for_drunks
(Read more...)CSS Buttons: Why use images when you no longer have to?
May 12, 2010Found this simple resource today for making CSS buttons. Very handy: www.webdesignerwall.com/demo/css-buttons.html
(Read more...)Smashing Mag: Modern CSS Layouts
May 7, 2010A super useful article about CSS that heavily touts the new features available in CSS3. What I think is interesting to note is the time savings that comes when developers are able to use the latest technologies rather than having to find workarounds to accommodate old browsers while still achieving the visual appeal our clients [...]
(Read more...)Podcast About the New Lithium PHP Framework
February 22, 2010In today’s nerd news, check out an interview with Nate Abele, former CakePHP team lead and now team lead for the new Lithium PHP framework, of which our own Jon Adams is a part of. Nate talks about managing opensource projects, how Lithium was spun off from CakePHP, and talks about the roles of the [...]
(Read more...)Google Drops Support for Internet Explorer 6
January 30, 2010You can almost hear web developers everywhere cheering at this one:Â Google has dropped support for Internet Explorer 6, which should signal the final death throes of the much-maligned web browser that forces web professionals worldwide to dumb down the designs and web tools we create. Here’s the full story.
(Read more...)Another Reason Not to Use IE6
January 15, 2010How did the hackers do it? They exploited yet another vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6.
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