Redesigning Content Editing Tools - a sample
My last post about content editing tools has got some interesting responses most of which seem to fit what I want to do and have given me a few more ideas. As a result of these I took the prototype I had and rewrote all the script to try and make it easier to extend. [...]
Redesigning Content Editing Tools
I believe that there are some fundamental flaws in the tools that exist for editing pages on the web and that a new approach is needed. Before the new approach though it is necessary to understand the problems with the current tools.
Key to these flaws — in my opinion — is the underlying concept of [...]
Javascript Cry for Help
I spent several hours today trying to figure out how to convert a text node into innerHTML without actually using innerHTML. The problem is HTML Entities.
By the time a text node is added to an element there isn’t any need for the browser to figure out what it is; it is text. So HTML entities [...]
What Inspires Me
Inspiration is a fluid and ever changing thing. Sometimes you get it sometimes you don’t and everyone’s different. A group project at Inspiration Bit aims to find out how everyone finds their way to inspiration. This post is a snapshot of my life seen through the eyes of inspiration.
Music
Music has to come first. It isn’t [...]
Better Typography With Dynamic Stylesheets Part II
In Better Typography Through Dynamic Stylesheets Part I I explained the method I have used to create dynamic stylesheets. In part II I will show you three functions that can be used in a dynamic stylesheet to simplify the type process.
If you haven’t read Richard Rutter’s piece, Compose to a vertical Rhythm, at 24 Ways [...]
Better Typography With Dynamic Stylesheets
Anyone who has developed a site with typography in mind knows how complicated it can become maintaining a consistent rhythm throughout the page; however, there are ways to make it much easier through the use of dynamic stylesheets.
In part 1 I am going to explain the basic implementation of a dynamic stylesheet; part 2 will [...]