http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ News and updates on web design, both specific to ShooFlyDesign, and from elsewhere. en-us joe@chellman.org 2008-01-22T02:05:37-06:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/building_a_full_site_with_wordpress.html Most of the time when I build a website and use a content management system, I use Drupal. I recently finished a site that had basic needs, and decided to give WordPress a go. As I was going through it,... 689@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Software 2008-01-22T02:05:37-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/support_html_email_standards.html I’ve generally not been a fan of HTML email. The main reason is how much easier it makes phishing, link obfuscation, and other evil email scams. That said, I realize that it has a lot of good uses when employed... 683@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Web Standards 2007-12-03T23:25:41-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/drupal_development_dont_give_modules_and_themes_the_same_name.html That about says it, doesn’t it? I was building a module for a site I’m working on, and I gave a module the same name as the current theme. One of the modules purposes was to make some blocks for... 668@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Drupal 2007-07-03T11:07:13-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/embedding_wordpress.html (aka WordPress as a content editor for the really, really lazy) The best way to create websites that users can manage themselves is to use a proper content management system like Drupal (our current favorite). This is exactly the right... 647@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Software 2006-11-13T23:40:46-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/ze_frank_on_web_developers.html At ShooFlyDesign, we love Ze Frank. In today’s installment of the show, he talks about web developers. Beware.... 646@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Inspiration 2006-11-09T17:17:06-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/color_management_with_save_for_web_in_photoshop_elements.html Update August 28, 2006 — I am again questioning the ability of Photoshop Elements 2 to produce remotely accurate colors using Save For Web. I’m following my own instructions, starting with sRGB IEC61966-2.1 documents, and getting the dull colors again.... 638@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Software 2006-08-25T01:41:41-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/tunecore.html Tunecore looks like an interesting, and much-needed, service for people who are interested in digital music distribution through iTunes and other music services, but don’t have a CD. I’ve just read about it now, but I want to post now... 629@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ The Web At Large 2006-03-18T23:53:15-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/force_apple_mail_mailapp_not_to_use_html_mail.html We get a lot of email here at ShooFlyDesign HQ. A lot. We also write a lot of email. And we prefer our email without the HTML — which is what allows people to make text bold, colorful, add images... 626@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Apple/Mac 2006-02-23T00:05:23-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/pear_installation_on_a_shared_host.html A web host a client is using (who shall remain nameless) has been messing things up for us. Long story short, I needed to install my own copy of PEAR on the server, without SSH access, and without being able... 623@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Programming 2006-02-13T13:51:27-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/net_development_and_gotchas.html On a recent project, I had to learn and develop some code using .NET. This was my first experience using a Microsoft framework for anything. I wouldn’t call it an entirely pleasant experience, but it was also not entirely unpleasant.... 619@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Programming 2006-01-19T01:59:36-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/what_makes_a_website.html Everyone knows what a website is. You type an address (like shooflydesign.org) in your web browser, and there it is. The pieces that actually are needed to make a website are not necessarily very clear, so this article will offer an explanation in (hopefully) plain language. Which of the bits are offered by ShooFlyDesign is also covered. 607@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ The Web At Large 2005-09-26T00:44:58-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/new_domain_transfer_rules.html As of 11/12/2004, domain name transfers become a great deal easier. This is convenient on one hand, and troubling on another. The important part of the new rules is discussed, along with what to do about it. 562@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ The Web At Large 2004-11-10T01:12:53-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/firefox_a_good_safe_web_browser.html Today, Firefox 1.0 was been released. We recommend it to our friends and colleagues running Windows and Linux on their PCs. 563@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Software 2004-11-09T17:00:00-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/email_scams.html Email scams, in our inboxes at least, seem to be on the rise. We outline a few simple steps you can take to avoid being scammed by these devious email conmen. 511@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Business 2004-05-06T00:44:54-06:00 http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/past/how_do_i_make_changes_to_my_website.html ShooFlyDesign makes every effort to help people edit their own websites. Here's what we tell people. 513@http://www.shooflydesign.org/buzz/ Training 2004-05-01T02:35:58-06:00