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CSS & XHTML progress

2008-08-05T16:06:00.000-07:00

This month progress is being made on utilizing CSS and templates in XHTML to reformat and update online Newsletters and articles for one client. Also we are now updating fill-in PDF's with the new Adobe Acrobat features that allow users to save the PDF file with their information saved in the fields of the forms.

A new year!

2008-05-03T05:53:00.000-07:00

2008 has arrived and has been passing by quickly. I am shifting my client's websites over to CSS slowly, each time I update a page or section. Tried some newer template driven CSS programs like iWeb and RapidWeaver, but they remain limited in their range of customization during early stages of use. Good tools for rapid prototyping a website though, and getting the client involved in gathering their content in a timely manner.

Update on CSS transition

2007-07-25T16:12:00.000-07:00

So far we have made the switch to CSS and using templates for customers. Feedback is still that it is best to create your own and learn CSS on the source code level. Still using GoLive CS1, but am reading about Dreamweaver CS3 as a good CSS tool and also having some Ajax tools.

A New Year and a New Way

2007-02-07T12:56:00.000-08:00

CSS and XHTML

Exploring the topic of Web Standards has lead me to re-think and relearn how I go about designing and coding a website. I have been creating websites since 1995, just after the early a pioneering web browser Mosaic led the way into a visual presentation of information on the Web. I still remember the "aha" feeling when I edited my first page in simpletext on the Mac and then saw the results in a browser and posted it for everyone to see.

Today, over a decade later, the creation of website is a much more thoughtful design process- one that looks at Form and Function as separate but complementary elements when it comes to user experience- how people use and feel about websites. Architects and designers have covered this territory well in the last century or two, but the young discipline of electronic information design and data engineering is still evolving.

So this leads us to CSS- the technique of separating the layout or "Form" of the displayed information from the actual "Content" or text itself.

Arrival

2006-10-11T16:38:00.000-07:00

Many things are changing out on the web- So we will be posting new items of interest here!