Archive for 'Blog'
JOOMLA! Word Association and Semantics
Posted on 24. Jan, 2009 by Rick.
I posted this on the JOOMLA forums but thought it pertinent for the site at well:
After doing so many sites for clients over the years, I’ve noticed a trend when going to train them in cms and blogging systems like Wordpress and Joomla.
Both systems, I feel, have fairly good naming conventions, as related to the core features. i.e. “plugins, modules, templates, menus” etc. I was glad to see Joomla change terminology from “mambots” to “plugins”. Every time I would use that word “mambot” to a client their eyes would glaze over and wander into infinity. The point: Semantics and word association is very important in this business. It’s the difference between relating a complicated system and a simple system.
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BiD Relaunched. Diving into a New Year!
Posted on 26. Dec, 2008 by Rick.
I have some exciting news! Beautyindesign.com is changing it’s face, it’s business model, and it’s content. A long time has passed since there has been activity on BiD but that’s all changing now! 2009 has some exciting news in store…
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Surviving a Server Crash
Posted on 23. Dec, 2008 by Rick.
Due to the remote nature of our employees, my company purchased a mac-mini and Leopard Server to fix our collaboration problems. I personally was excited about it because I was tired of collaborating through email, shared hosting accounts, etc. So we bought it, worked on, became reliant on it, and then it crashed. So what saved us from a bigger nightmare than just a server crash? Backups!
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The XiD CSS Framework (based on Blueprint)
Posted on 12. Dec, 2008 by Rick.
The CSS framework used in most designs we do is based on Blueprint’s CSS framework. Our version is leaned down more by removing the majority of the grid styling while retaining the resets and typography classes.
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Design to Code Conversion Workflow
Posted on 12. Dec, 2008 by Rick.
After doing so many design conversion to XHTML / CSS, the workflow has gotten pretty systematic. Here you’ll find the overall structure on how this workflow goes for me and the guys.
