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May 26, 2006
Customize your masthead image
Recently we've been getting more requests from people who wish to customize the masthead image on their Websites, so I thought this would be a good time to release the magic Photoshop file and share the secret process for creating your own custom image. While the images provided with the templates are perfectly suitable for most sites, a photo that represents your topic or organization can add a nice visual cue to your users. Step One: Choose your photo Frankly, this is the hardest part of the process. First you have to find an image that represents your site, and...
Good Interview with Tim O'Reilly
I found this interesting... I hope you do too. It was written with an obvious focus on Adobe; also found are general principles and ideas on where the web is going. All in all a good read. Text version here: http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/may2006/section1.html Jacked up Flash version here: http://www.adobe.com/newsletters/edge/may2006/index.html?sectionIndex=1 The flash version is actually an internal link to the article as found in the complete 'Edge Newsletter'. Interesting....
May 16, 2006
Using RSS feeds in HTML pages without PHP
When we first started using RSS feeds on Case's web presence, like the news headlines feed on the Case homepage, we were using an outside source to process them, and bringing them in via javascript. We're not serving our pages with a PHP enabled server, and all things considered, we thought this was a pretty good compromise. We had been using a popular service that links from 'maricopa.edu', in fact I've seen other affiliates within the university using this as well. Recently though, this link to maricopa.edu had started to put a drag on loadtime, so we looked into alternate...
May 05, 2006
Taking over the world, or at least reaching out to it
Screen capture from Riding in Cars with Girls Earlier this year I discovered a new band, Moi Caprice, from Denmark. My experience in listening to and acquiring their music reminded me of the power our Web sites can have in reaching out to the world at large. It also demonstrates that even a site with some (minor) design flaws can be successful if it incorporates the right elements. What follows is the process I took from first hearing the music to unwrapping an envelope from Denmark and inserting my new tunes into my Mac. When I first heard Moi Caprice...