Journal of a Web Professional in Brussels
A reflexion on what really matters in web design: is it the content first, as Jeffrey Zeldman had it, or the user experience, as Steve Krug argued in “Don’t make me think” ? Let us dig in.
One of the most crucial aspects of designing for the web is managing the screen real estate, making sure your content communicates clearly and makes the best of the device it is being displayed on. Here is the thinking process i personally go through. This is a method that takes into account screen responsiveness and [...]
jqUploader, the jquery uploader widget of choice if you need a progress bar that just works has received some love. It now works with jQuery 1.4+. A mighty “debug” option has also been added for those times when something is going weird with the plugin and you just don’t know why.
CSS Media Queries are a great new feature to manage the screen space. If you don’t know what CSS Media queries are, read this handy tutorial on CSS Media Queries. I’m planning to use media queries on a next project which will use the full available screen space as a core conceptual element, so i [...]
Warning: this is a shamelessly bragging post about website optimisation. But it’s also a good insight into how to actually analyse your traffic statistics, based on bounce rate, average time on site, and returning visitors. After about one year after launching LAb[au]‘s website redesign, here is an excerpt from Google Analytics: 0,91% bounce rate The [...]
I just found a nice tool to have several internet explorer versions running in parallel: the Internet Explorer Collection.
It happened me twice and maybe it happened to you (hence this post): i would install a plugin (like Relevanssi or Search Unleashed), which would break WordPress or not function like i want it, desactivate it, at which point WordPress goes berseck. everytime i would edit or add a post or page, i would get [...]
In the context of the website redesign of the School of Computer Graphic Design that i teach in, i had the need to display on the frontpage a link to the latest grandchild of a page. It didn't turn out as easy as i thought, but i somehow managed it. Here is how.
This quote by Mitch Hedberg strikes me as a good metaphor for graceful degradation / progressive enhancement. I like an escalator because an escalator can never break, it can only become stairs. There would never be an escalator temporarily out of order sign, only an escalator temporarily stairs. Sorry for the convenience. - Mitch Hedberg [...]