Behind the Websites: Delay loading of print CSS
July 28, 2010
Recently I stumbled across an article detailing browser performance with the CSS print media type. In most recent browsers the print stylesheet held up rendering.
The article suggested a solution, which I decided to automate for WordPress.
Behind the Websites: Thesis V WordPress, Pearson V Mullenweg
July 15, 2010
Mullenweg believes that, because WordPress is released under the GPLv2 license, all themes and plugins developed for WordPress must also be released under the same license. Pearson disagrees. I believe that Mullenweg is wrong. WordPress themes can operate on other blogging platforms with minimal changes.
Behind the Websites: Getting the bloginfo correctly
July 13, 2010
One of the standout problems when using plugins with WordPress MS is when they define a constant for the plugin’s url as the script starts executing.
Behind the Websites: ‘Skip to Content’ Links
July 8, 2010
Josh and I were discussing the positioning of Skip to Content links on a website. In the past I’ve placed these in the first menu on the page, usually positioned under the header.
Design: Designing a User Interface with Caveat Emptor
July 6, 2010
There are lots of elements that go into making a good online store. One of the most important is that customers have access to all the information they need to make an informed decision.
Content Strategy: Blog Post: This Tweet Looks Unloved
June 29, 2010
We had Twitterfeed set up at this blog’s old location and took the opportunity to compare click-throughs from manual tweets versus automated tweets. Manual tweets had a substantially higher click-through rate than the automated tweets.
Business: Business is not like Sport
June 24, 2010
It’s easy to make sports analogies when discussing business. Watching World Cup soccer and playing baseball, as I do, the similarities between doing well in sports and business seem obvious. In fact, since Robert DeNiro, playing Al Capone in The Untouchables bashed in an associate’s head while making a baseball analogy, drawing lines of comparison between the two has become cliché.
Business: Surprise. It’s all about honesty
June 22, 2010
We were unable to help a potential client with the task they had in mind. We may have been able to fudge it but we don’t think ‘fudging it’ is the way to keep clients happy.