Tiffany B. Brown

A web log about web development and internet culture with frequent detours into other stuff.

Posts in: Web design

New URLs!
You may notice I’ve changed the URL structure of my posts. Rather than ‘viewqb.php/{postnumber}’, the URLs are now more “bloggy,” (year, month, date, and post-slug). They’re also more search-engine friendly since they map closesly to the the title of each post. I also integrated my articles into the blogging engine. So folks can now comment on [...] [26 Aug 2006]
BlogHer ‘06: DIY or Hire? CSS for your blog
Now that our presentation is over, Mir and I figured you may have some questions that we didn’t get to answer for you. Feel free to ask them here, or on Mir’s blog, and we’ll do our best to help. Also be sure to check out our slides, related bits, and Mir’s collection of CSS links on [...] [28 Jul 2006]
Live redesign in stages: Reorganizing content
One of my reasons for a new design is to allow for better organization of content, and the addition of new bits. I want to add a couple of features: a topic / category listing (perhaps a tag cloud) and a link blog. I also want to flatten information architecture a bit, so that it’s easier [...] [17 Jul 2006]
Links for Thursday, July 13, 2005
Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 W3C recommendations for developing mobile web content. [Via goto Mobile] Firefox releases 2.0 beta Lifehacker has FF2.0b1 screenshots. New features include the ability to re-open accidentally closed tabs, better RSS reading, a spell-checker, and support for SVG text. And speaking of Firefox, one study says its use is growing worldwide Internet Explorerer 7, beta [...] [13 Jul 2006]
A live redesign in stages
My current site design has been chugging along since 2004. I decided then to go with a minimalist layout with bright colors: skinny navigation, tiny type, and lots of text. I think now, however, it’s showing its age. Maybe that’s because I look at it every day. But it’s wearing on me, so I [...] [26 Jun 2006]
Eno restaurant. Simply unacceptable.
Not the food mind you. Its web site. I went to visit using Firefox / Mac, only to be greeted by this message. Two words: Not. cool. Two more words: Utterly. useless. Now what groovy bits of info do Windows users get that can’t possibly be served up to a Mac, even in a plain-text version? I don’t [...] [12 Jun 2006]
Link dump: May 14, 2006
JavaScript evolution to follow Python, creator says JavaScript will be moving closer to the structure of Python with version 2 … er, maybe I need to add Python to my list of must learns. Brendan Eich: JavaScript 2 and the Future of the Web Related to the above link, Ajaxian has a bit about Eich’s reasons for a [...] [14 May 2006]
Link dump: May 3, 2006
Slides from php|tek Bits of information from conference presentations. [Via Chris Shiflett] Cluesheet Quick-n-dirty PHP development tips. [Also via Shiflett] IE7 For XP Beta 2: Has Firefox Met Its Match? IE 7 is a very good browser — if you’ve never used Firefox. WineCamp Geek + Grapes = me green with envy. [Via Emily Chang] The Difference [...] [3 May 2006]