A little stress relief

Filed under: Uncategorized , cats, pet a cat, pets, relaxation, stress relief

IE NetRenderer – Browser Compatibility Check -

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Web Designer’s helpful links

I’ve come across some helpful links this past year that I’s like to share. Enjoy!

Checklist and Standards

http://www.google.com/webmasters/checklist/

http://www.w3.org/standards/

Development

http://my.safaribooksonline.com/9780596515898

http://www.adobe.com/devnet/

http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/showforum28.htm

http://miniajax.com/

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/taminglists/

http://www.dynamicdrive.com/

http://www.phplist.com/

http://www.htmlkit.com/

Graphics

http://www.istockphoto.com/index.php

http://www.highcharts.com/

ecommerce

http://www.zen-cart.com/

Filed under: Coding, Web Design , ecommerce, graphics, stock photography, web development, Web standards

Creating an Ergonomic Home Office

Recently, I was diagnosed with tendonitis in both arms due to computer use. I have been lazy about updating my office and making it ergonomic. Well, I’m paying the price! Here are some great links on getting your home office set up in a healthy way so you are able to avoid injury.

This is a great weekend project from Cnet– step by step on how to properly set up your office:

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11324_7-6324059-1.html

HGTV also has some helpful hints:

http://www.hgtv.com/decorating/home-office-ergonomics/index.html

Network World Fusion has a great article:

http://www.networkworld.com/net.worker/research/2001/0827feat.html

Good luck all and stay healthy and happy!

Filed under: Ergonomics , computers, Ergonomics, healthy computing, home office

Saying Goodbye, Again!

Saying Goodbye, Again! Homage to the Christmas tree…and its demise.
Second annual conceptual show inspired by the idea of getting rid of one’s Christmas tree…whatever that brings up!
Opening: Saturday, Jan. 16th, 2010 7-9 p.m
Brickton Art Center, 306 Busse Highway, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068
847.823.6611
Show runs through Feb. 20th, 2010.
Sandra Bacon
Courtney Brobst
Pate Conaway
Linda Doyle
Melanie Feerst
Carolyn Golaszewski
Celia Hicklin
Judith Hladik-Voss
Judy Langston
Elizabeth Mandell
Bret Marion
Cheri Naselli
Niki Nolin
Susan Parmentier
Ed Pino
Curated By Judith Hladik-Voss and Judy Langston

Filed under: Art Show/Events , Art shows, Brickton Art Center, Chicago, Events, The Chicago Reader

New job center in village draws dozens :: News :: PIONEER PRESS :: Libertyville Review

Courtney Brobst with Creative People Design, Inc. has been mentioned in this article promoting Fresh Start of Illinois:

New job center in village draws dozens :: News :: PIONEER PRESS :: Libertyville Review.

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Font Size Issues

One of the challenges web designers encounter, is font size translating well in different browsers and systems.

There is an excellent article through The Code Project. Follow this link to read the entire article: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/HTML/theemunit.aspx

If you don’t have an opportunity to read the entire article: here are the highlights:

Font Size Issues:
One solution is to fix the font sizes so that browsers can not change them. When doing this, the layout remains static, even when the font-change feature is used. This keeps your design integrity in place by taking away some of the end-user options to customize.
Why is this not a great option? This can potentially cause viewing problems for people on different platforms and cause a significant problem for people with disabilities that need to change the font size in order to view the content comfortably.

A better solution is to use the EM unit in your CSS specifications. EMs are supposed to be the same relative size, as they are defined by the width of the letter ‘m’ in the current font. You can define any HTML element in terms of EM via CSS. With this being said, designers need to consider the relative font size when designing. What’s the consideration when using this option? “The parent object may be defined in terms of points, pixels, or some other unchangeable unit, and so most of the power of EM is lost. This causes things to act strangely, especially since width:1em will use the document default font, whereas font-size:1em will use the ‘parent object font’ method. This means you can’t have perfect scaling of objects, like in PDF, and things quickly get out of control if you are not careful.”

This article is created by Christopher Lord. To view the entire article, please go to this link: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/HTML/theemunit.aspx

Filed under: Coding, Web Design , font size, web development, web tricks

Google Analytics

Take a look at Google’s quick video intro on their analytics options. This is a great way to start looking at how your site is being used by your customer. By learning a few key pieces of information, you can better focus your marketing dollars in the future.

To view their quick presentation, click on the link below:
http://www.google.com/analytics/tour.html

Filed under: SEO , Google Analytics, SEO, Website Marketing

The URLEncode and URLDecode Page

http://www.albionresearch.com/misc/urlencode.php

Filed under: Coding , url decode, url encode

Welcome!

Welcome to our new blog! This Blog will be in conjunction with our “Developer’s Page” on www.creativepeopledesign.com to help facilitate dialogue and shared education around website building, maintenance, and marketing. Come join us! Our blog entries will be updated weekly. We will also post new entry reminders on our Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter pages.  We’ll occasionally have special events in the Chicago area and giveaways on our blog so keep connected with us and share your knowledge often!

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