by Andy Budd, Andy Clarke, Ian Lloyd, Cameron Adams, Rob Weychert, Ethan Marcotte, Dan Rubin, Jeff Croft, Mark Boulton, Simon Collison, Derek Featherstone
After reading an article from A List Apart about the 12 Lessons for Those Afraid of CSS and Standards by Ben Henick, I wonder if bloggers, especially those using standalone installations, are beginning to appreciate the power of CSS and Web standards. Despite all the fuss about content being king and content management systems becoming easier to use, do bloggers even care to click on their Valid XHTML and Valid CSS footer links? What does content really mean to them?
It took me three weeks to code Project Afterlight Burnt Edition. In the first week, I made sure that my design displayed properly in Firefox 2. Luckily, it did. However, I wouldn’t want my Web pages to be viewable only in Firefox. What about in different versions of Internet Explorer? What about Opera, Safari and Konqueror? Without support for these browsers, I’ll surely lose 70% of my readership. So in the second week, I began altering my CSS code to accommodate Opera 9.21 Web browsers. A few minor adjustments here and there, then it was fixed. Little did I know that my ordeal has just begun.
It all began when WordPress 2.2 was released. I was overly excited to upgrade, so I fired up my development server and updated my installation as per the instructions in the WordPress Codex. I was so sure I properly followed the steps, only to see later that the whole installation got messed up. I got database errors, memory usage inconsistencies, layout issues and a few more. Overall, it was a frustrating experience. Thank God, I was only doing it on my development machine. Then I thought of upgrading my live WordPress installation with a new design. I figured that it would be a better way for me to have some practice.
Now I present to you, Project Afterlight Burnt Edition.
I’ve recently been coding the new design of my Web site when suddenly, I realized that I’ve been using a lot of FREE tools to aid me in my design and coding needs. These free mini tools, when used altogether, can be great additions to your already existing, memory hungry Web design software. By the way, this is for Windows users only.
This must have made your day if it was true. But don’t fret, CNET TV has made a video of Adobe CS3’s FREE alternatives. You might be quite disappointed right now, but hey it’s FREE. It might not be the real Adobe CS3 but for a cost of $0, it’s more than a bargain. You won’t even waste a significant portion of your time testing out these free alternatives.
Seven months have passed since it was launch, yet it seems that IE7 hasn’t gained enough market share as expected. According to Computer World’s article, rival metrics firm WebSideStory reported a 31% market share for IE7 as of last week. IE6 however, still has a higher share at 46%-47%.
