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Web sites in Flash can be done right, Warm Forest helpsJanuary 2

A while back I started a discussion about how using Flash isn’t the best way to accomplish certain goals. Some of the goals being pretty permalinks and a more organized content management system. Little did I know that the thread would start some of the biggest conversation on this blog yet. Some of the responses I received were extremely detailed and heartfelt. The conversation was great!

The point that derived from the conversation mainly showed that Flash can be done right. It may take a slight bit of work, but if your goal is to be more interactive than most Web sites and really show your clients that you know how to handle multiple multimedia types, then the work is worth it. So I began searching for great resources for people looking to get into Flash. Personally, I don’t known too much Flash and my expertise don’t include that language. But after talking with a couple of people, I soon learned that one small company is out to make a different in the Flash template world. That company is called Warm Forest.

On a side note, the best way to understand new code languages and media types is to begin from a template or book. What you’ll want to do is constantly reference the current code to what it’s functions

The benefits of a colors specific style sheetDecember 18 2008

Today I wanted to do another video tutorial on using a colors specific style sheet. To begin, this style sheet holds all the attributes of your Web site’s design that may contain web safe colors. What you’ll be doing is, taking your original CSS file and cutting all of the attributes that contain those colors and putting them into a new colors.css file.

Video too small? Click here!

You’re going to want to import multiple style sheets, for this I used a simple trick, placing these import functions inside of the style.css file, it allows me to segment areas of the code that I would like to either customize or individually assess as important or not important. This is a great way to organize as well.

Here is what my style.css file looks like:

@import url(”reset.css”);
@import url(”master.css”);
@import url(”colors.css”);
@import url(”ie.css”);

Now that I have this inside of my style.css file, you can see that the reset.css file will reset all of the original web attributes, allowing for better customization among your design. Then you’ll see a master.css which basically contains all of the information needed for the layout and main design. Finally, our new colors.css which contains only the attributes that have our color scheme to them.

Here is something that you may see inside of a colors.css file:

The small things count in User Experience, highlighting over a link also highlights an imageDecember 6 2008

To begin, this is a very odd trick to explain, so I am going to do my best. I am providing a fairly short screencast to show you a demonstration of how this works. Basically, the function enables you to highlight an image or link (with the hover style you specified) when you place your mouse over an image or the link. The great part is, they can be somewhat far away from each other, giving your users a surprising feeling of having a link highlighted, even when their mouse isn’t near by.

To clear things up before we get into how it’s done, here is the screen cast that will show you a little more detailed demonstration (better than anything I could explain):

The basic understanding

So essentially this trick isn’t too difficult, but is an unconventional way of putting together some HTML and CSS. You don’t need any JavaScript knowledge, or even any super understanding of CSS, you just have to understand organization and proper selectors.

What we are going to be doing is putting a link inside of an H1, and then inside of that H1 link, we’ll be putting an image. Confused already? Don’t worry, I will give examples!

<h1><a href=”#author_link”><strong class=”author”>AUTHOR</strong><strong class=”normal”>, 12:06am Dec 14, 2008</strong> <img src=”images/avatar.png” /></a></h1>

As you can see it’s an unconventional way of putting things together, but

Innovation as a paradigm, brief thoughts on ideation and creationDecember 2 2008

First, I must say this article has no end, because we are speaking about a paradigm. Innovation, it’s a small word with a big meaning. It’s easier said than done, and in fact I truly don’t believe we understand as humans, when we have innovated. It’s the idea that innovation truly is a paradigm. To inspire others, could be to cause innovation among others. But for innovation to be the goal, we will truly fail.

While this idea of innovation being a paradigm is more relative to designers and entrepreneurs, it could be related to people in research and development departments. To start, we can look at the seed of innovation. We must find something old, and hope it inspires us. For example, fashion designers may look at clothing from the 1950’s, to create clothing for 2010. Then we take that old, and we focus on it and try to build on it. This in itself is extremely difficult, taking something old, adding or removing until we feel it’s ready. Which takes much longer than we could ever expect (and that in itself is another paradigm, that innovation or creation must take time, which means money, which hopefully means execution). Then we take our idea and we sit and we question it, over and over. Is it really new? Is this going to work? Is this worth the time? Is it really going to inspire? These questions will

Free WordPress Theme: Angebot - Die Neue TypographieNovember 10 2008

Today I am pleased to announce a new free theme from Hell Yeah Dude. This theme is one I have been contemplating for some time. The theme is very simple, very minimalistic, but holds a certain value as it replicates the brochure from the book, “Die Neue Typographie: The New Typography.” According to the book, “Grid Systems: Principles of Organizing Type” by Kimberly Elam, the book was published in 1928, and the historical brochure showed some of the best typographical grid’s ever made. According to Kimberly Elam’s book, the brochure embellishes sans serif set in a two-column overlapping grid. The design embodies the principles set forth by Tschichold and was an experiment in subtle contrast.

Well now is your chance to own a piece of history, and show it off on your blog. This single page theme makes for perfect journal type entries. With this theme you’ll be able to browse through the home page as if it were a real print publication. Turning page by page to see new content, even if you are on a single page. The yellow background may be too bright for some viewers, so we give the visitor the option to change contrasts, using jQuery the user is able to select either a yellow or white background to their liking. The theme is simple and easy to expa