Blog Detail
Web Design and That (Megan McDermott.com)
http://www.meganmcdermott.com
I blog about various topics in web design in general, but specifically the relationship between design and marketing. I also sometimes post about new HTML/CSS techniques I am using in my work.
- Listed in: Web Design Web Development Marketing
- Tags: html css web design web standards SEO Marketing
Recent Posts
Why we didn’t choose Drupal
Well, actually, we didn’t really “choose” anything. Something was chosen for us in the form of a “donation” from OpenText of their web content management products to the university. I co-chaired the committee that was ...
Universal IE6 CSS and memories of NS4
There was been a lot of controversy last week over Andy Clarke’s proposed Universal IE6 CSS. Most of the arguments against it seem to revolve around the level of IE 6 usage and clients’ needs to maintain their brand image. Valid points, i...
Beautiful is more usable
I finally got around to reading ALA’s In Defense of Eye Candy article from a few weeks ago. Yes, I’m behind! Anyway, while I somewhat disagree with the author’s use of the term “eye candy”, the bulk of the article is ver...
Is Dreamweaver Dying?
I just stumbled upon an article about the increasing obsolesence of Dreamweaver and tools like it. The point is that websites are becoming increasingly dynamic. Building static html pages with a tool like Dreamweaver just doesn’t cut it anymore...
How not to handle technical difficulties, take 2
I meant to post this at the time but never did. Why do I never finish my drafts??? On Wednesday, October 8th our websites suddenly disappeared. Our VPS (virtual private server), hosted by VPSville, was completely unavailable. There was no explainatio...
How to search & replace colours in a vector graphic
Today I wanted to find and replace colours in a vector graphic. The greens weren’t quite what I wanted, but the image was full of gradients that I didn’t want to have to change by hand. Can any vector program search and replace colours? I...
