Category Archives: design

Victory-is-Mine: New Website

I’ve finished the draft for my fyc course this fall. I’m particularly pleased with the sliding image header technique I “invented” for this site–tutorial coming soon. I still have some touch ups (applying a min-width to the content area, thinking … Continue reading

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Victory is (Almost) Mine! (Standards Compliant Slideshow via ImageShack)

I recently finished working with a local dog group on a website redesign. Intially, I was particularly proud to recreate what was a table-based layout in xhtml and css. Later, the group decided they wanted to make some significant changes … Continue reading

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For the Love of Gill Sans

Argh. Since getting my MacBook, I rarely use a PC. The notable exception might be a two-screen PC in the English department’s multimedia lab when I am working on a large scale web project. Recently, I helped my wife with … Continue reading

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I didn’t make this…

…but my students did. Here’s the winning project from my “Project Website” design challenge this past semester: a new Indiana Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster site. Six groups of students redesigned and coded the website of a local non-profit organization. … Continue reading

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Two Conversations?

Finally got around to creating a link list today: included every blog currently in my RSS. God I love Safari’s easy RSS folder organization. Yummy. I decided to “segregate” the conversations: one list for English / academic discussions and another … Continue reading

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Phew… busy, busy, busy

I read a really intriguing post over at Berea St. on browser testing (which links to a discussion by super-hero Andy Clarke). Johanson presents his order for testing–its interesting to see how many browsers a professional looks at. I feel … Continue reading

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So busy…

Doing all the wrong things. While I am supposed to be focusing on my academics right now, I spent the last few days in a design induced spree–CSS’ing everything in my path. It all started with my multimedia class. I … Continue reading

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A new home (page)

Here a screen shot of the rough draft: I’m looking for something bright with a textured background. I’ve been working for about three hours, we’ll see how I feel about it in the morning. Decision to sleep on: whether the … Continue reading

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