Do you love cheat sheets and reference guides? There is likely a pdf to match your needs at Scott Klarr’s cheat sheet index. Some are links are PDFs but many link off to external resources. An example of awesome: from the JavaScript > jQuery section, this awesome color coded reference is now taped to my wall. From CSS, this little reference jobby not only is a nice itemization of properties, selectors, and inheritance, but visualizes the box model so we all can explain it with perfect clarity - no more excuses!
Apr 10
Authentic Jobs is the brainchild of renown standardista designer Cameron Moll. It’s a job/personnel connection site, much in the ilk of the 37signals Job Board, but way prettier. Authentic Jobs are screened through the brain of Mr. Moll himself.
The testimonials page would bring grown developers to blush; Authentic Jobs proves insanely effective at filling niche jobs with qualified personnel.
And yes, microformats present.
Apr 09
Mere days after upgrading to WordPress 2.3.3, I’ve now upgraded to WordPress 2.5. Sean brought out that due to a security vulnerability, Technorati stopped indexing compromised blogs and strongly encouraged all 2.3.3 users to upgrade to 2.5. Say what!
The new 2.5 Dashboard is a lot slicker and web 2.0ish. Lots of Ajax and/or Javascript integration, which is nice. Things are moved around a bit which will get a bit of getting used to.
I’m totally psyched about the improvements to the editor area. I hated how it would mess with HTML code. I will hastily update the food blog, as this was one major reason why I never posted there; every post was a headache to format properly.
Maintenance Mode plug in broke on the update for me - I was logged in yet I kept getting the maintenance mode screen (which ought only to appear when not logged in). I had to delete the poor pansy. Perhaps a new rev is in store.
RegexWidget, how I love thee. We all know (or should) that regular expressions save the day, but how frequently do we implement them in our string manipulation? RegexWidget will ease your transition, allowing you to test your regular expressions straight from your Dashboard.
No direct link, so scroll down a bit on the widgets page until you reach the download. Clicking download button transfers you to PayPal page, but this is only to encourage donations; RegexWidget is available through LGPL license and is free.
Photoshop Disasters promises a consistent chuckle. Commercial Photoshop botches galore. Personal favorite: Batman engrossed by metal rod.
Apr 05
Have you ever gone along coding your front end, adding multiple classes to a single element, and then stop to consolidate because you feared you added a class too many? I know that I have at least paused to reconsider. <div class="related bug show nojs"> just seems to be reaching the limits of what my browser could handle.
Well, fear no more. Using JavaScript, Kilian Valkhof has uncovered a relieving (and surprising) conclusion. I don’t want to steal his thunder, but there is nothing to worry about; add all the classes you want.
