Category: Web Design & Development

Fix: Flash vs CSS Drop Down Menus

2 Mar, 2006

If you’ve ever used CSS drop down menus and Flash on the same web page, you may have found out that Flash is always on top of the CSS. Well almost always, there is a fix! Macromedia has a good tutorial on how to make a Flash movie with a transparent background. It’s quite easy […]

Google Adult Pages?

25 Feb, 2006

I logged into my GooglePages account this morning to see if there were any stats. None that I could find. But I did find the option to mark my Google site as an adult site. I find it interesting that Google allows people to create adult content with their GooglePages tool. I don’t quite understand […]

Free Google Web Site

23 Feb, 2006

Google has now started offering free web sites. That’s right, with the Google Page Creator they have a WYSIWYG HTML editor, pre-defined designs and one nice, easy to use system. I played with it for five minutes or so this morning and you can see my page: TwisterMc’s Googlie Home Page. I even looked at […]

Web Design vs SEO

17 Jan, 2006

There seems to be a discussion going on about web design vs SEO. Why is it that web designers and SEO don’t go together? Well, it’s two different fields that have be separate for so long, but now have to act as one. And no one is willing to change or take the time to […]

Design Update 2006

2 Jan, 2006

Hey Hey Hey! I’ve updated a few things on my site to modify the design. What do you think? The number of changes are quite minor but but I think they bring a big impact. Now I haven’t looked on all machines and all browsers, so there may be minor issues. Just let me know. […]

Christmas Interactive Cheer

22 Dec, 2005

Every now and then someone forwards me a Christmas card that they were sent from another company. I guess I’m not special enough to get sent it in the first place. 😉 Anyways, I thought I’d share two that I received yesterday. Get Your Ding a Ding Ding On from space150 is an interesting and […]

Background Christmas Lights

13 Dec, 2005

Reader: …would you please tell me how ya had those lights up there? Me: It’s quite simple actually. Just use a bit of CSS code to add a background image to the site. If you already have a background image on your website, then this won’t work well for you. Steps to take to get […]

Decorating for Christmas

7 Dec, 2005

I’ve put up a few lights and added some snowflakes to the site this morning to help spread a little Christmas cheer! Let me now if something looks odd or there are usability issues. I use big monitors and a Mac so who knows what the PC world will see. 😉 Let me know what […]

Firefox 1.5 is out!

29 Nov, 2005

It’s been released!! Firefox 1.5!! Also a completely re-designed mozilla.com. Nice, very nice! More details tomorrow!

Firefox Extensions List – Nov.

11 Nov, 2005

One of the greatest things about Firefox is the fact that it comes with extensions! That means you can add extra features to the browser above and beyond web browsing. The best part is that you can customize the browser for your needs. You are in control! With that said, here is my November Firefox […]