Monthly Archives: May 2005

Adding a one-column body class to a two-column UF CSS template

Posted on May 27, 2005 by Craig

After reading in And all that (CSS) Malarkey yesterday about using multiple class attributes on the body tag to create multiple page layouts within a style sheet, I thought I’d give it a try today as a good “Friday” task. … Continue reading →

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Spring 2005 communigator complete

Posted on May 25, 2005 by Craig

The Spring 2005 online edition of communigator is complete. It must be record time since I’ve only had the files in hand for about two weeks and the first stories just went up last week. Code familiarity must breed speed … Continue reading →

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Adding UF template elements to a WordPress template

Posted on May 24, 2005 by Craig

Dissatisfied with my earlier attempt at making this blog look like it’s UF-templated and have it look and work “right” like a blog, I started over and like the new result a lot better. In the old template, I had … Continue reading →

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Scooped on color

Posted on May 20, 2005 by Craig

I was going to write a piece on my favorite online color pickers because I found a new one that I like. However, I got scooped by this guy. I first ran across color palette creator, my new friend, in … Continue reading →

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Mindy acknowledges me in print

Posted on May 19, 2005 by Craig

Dave’s copy of Mindy’s new book arrived today. He loaned it to me and of course I went straight to the acknowledgments to what nice things she said about me.

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New communigator starts going up

Posted on May 17, 2005 by Craig

The Spring 2005 issue of communigator hit the street a couple of weeks ago. The files hit my desk last week and the first stories hit the Web this afternoon. I have spoken with the Editor and we are going … Continue reading →

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Formatting lists, ugh!

Posted on May 16, 2005 by Craig

Nothing seems to cause me to want to pull my hair out more than formatting lists. These seem to be the canonical online references: Taming Lists by Mark Newhouse (from A List Apart) Consistent List Indentation by Eric Meyer (from … Continue reading →

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Design (or coding) notes for Orange & Blue

Posted on May 11, 2005 by Craig

The slide show effect on the Orange & Blue front page uses the Fade Images JavaScript technique. The images do a fade transition in IE, but just flip in Firefox. It will probably eventually be replaced this Summer by a … Continue reading →

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PHP for beginners

Posted on May 10, 2005 by Craig

Dan came by looking for some good material on learning PHP. Here are a couple of links: Easy-peasy PHP (recent) PHP from the Ground Up (oldie, but goodie) I’m a PHP novice myself at this point, but I’ve found these … Continue reading →

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Turning a UF Web template into a WordPress theme

Posted on May 10, 2005 by Craig

I turned a UF Web template into a WordPress theme by following the theme dissections at UrbanGiraffe: Dissection of a WordPress theme: Part 1 Dissection of a WordPress theme: Part 2 Dissection of a WordPress theme: Part 3 It still … Continue reading →

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