I just finished adding a link in my work page to the new website for Opelika Daily News. I figured I would put up a free plug for Jerry to show off his new site. He seems to be pretty happy with it, so go check it out. It is a great community site for the city of Opelika, Alabama.
As an ex-resident of that area, I can say it is a fine place to live [or go to college], and this site is the best way online to experience all the things that Opelika has to offer.
Ever had the urge to create your own font? Here is your chance to do just that. No fancy training required.
fontstruct. This is one super cool online app for the masses.
Complete the following steps:
It is relatively simple to use, and on top of that, it is in fact free! This is definitely worth checking out. I know I will playing with it more in depth soon. This tool will not only help you create your own fonts, but also suck hours away from your life. Don’t believe me? Just give it a try…
So I have a new friend around town named Keegan Jones. He does some very cool stuff in the wide world of the internet, which can be seen at keeganjones.com. Keegan also blogs at thebignoob.com, which is not only a fun site, but you might just learn some cool stuff too. He and the other two guys who write there have a great online presence.
Take a second and check them out, as they have recently become one of my sites that I dig on a daily basis. Enjoy.
CSS is the only way to roll in today’s online world. Without style sheets I would pull my hair out constantly, as I spend hours every day creating websites and content. When I am not doing that web content creation, I spend a decent amount of time at smashingmagazine.com.
They just published a great article about CSS readability. I know for a fact that it is difficult to help someone trouble shoot some style sheet issues when I can’t understand their crazy, mixed up code.
That is where this article comes in. Read it, and learn from it. I know I have picked up a few new things, and I know that if everyone would just learn a bit from this, life would be really good…with style sheets anyways. The other aspects of your life are a whole different ballgame. Good luck with those issues.
For now, we can simply master the style sheet. Enjoy this nice little read.
Improving Code Readability With CSS Styleguides [via Smashing Magazine]
I know I have been on this big kick lately with these handy little web development tools, but they are just so helpful in my daily life that I have to talk about them. I figure it is best to share them with everyone, just in case someone has not seen them before.
The tool I am covering today is Firebug. A lot of times I will finish up a site and be pretty happy with it, with the exception of page load times. This is the best tool I have found to help me cut down on those load times. It breaks down every element on the page in a graph and lists out the load times for each individual item as well as the entire page’s items all together. From there I can see what is taking the most time, and work out the kinks in individual items.
