My first-generation websites were like everybody’s–grey and boring. By early 90’s I’d mastered second-generation sites which proudly boasted lists, horizontal rules, and images (sometimes animated) that were lucky to match the background of the page. By the late 90’s I discovered the beauty of table-based designs that stretched to accommodate different screen sizes, and gave [...]
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I played with the CivicSpace API a bit on OpenSourceCMS today, where you can play with fully loaded demos of dozens of open source applications. I was a little concerned about how tightly focused the overall intention is toward community organizing and event planning. Although I definitely want that functionality to be a [...] Last year I completed a redesign of a website for a local rescue group. It was the final project for a class I was taking, and I poured hours into creating an all-CSS, table-less layout that was organized and easy to navigate. I used semantic markup, standards, and accessibility like they were weapons [...] Over the last week or so I have really been thinking hard about what content management system we should go with for a community portal I am working on with my friend Rin. It all started when she discovered Expression Engine, which oddly enough I had never heard of. I have to admit [...] |
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P*****-off pastries and Drupal for n00bs
I had heard the name “Merlin” when Leo was talking about his new Drupal-powered TWiT site, but I had no idea who this person was (some magician, obviously). Well, now I know. I stumbled across his blog, Angry Donuts, yesterday, quite by accident, and I immediately fell for his irreverent approach to the [...]