The importance of doing
Think right now about how many things you have ‘to do’. Is it a long list? What about the things not on the list that you ‘always mean to get to’… that’s getting quite a list isn’t it now? Just like tomorrow never comes and kettles never boil when watched, the only way to approach things should be ‘what can I do now’ not ‘when can I do it’.
WPMS the product formly known as WPMU
Most are probably aware that WordPress Mu is looking like it’s going to become WPMS (WordPress Multi Site). The news was broken over at WPMU.org. This left me a bit puzzled in my simple designer head though as to the why.
Annual review: 2009 the rollercoaster year
As is traditional this time of year I’m going to do a bit of a yearly round up. I’m not going to do a ‘most liked’ or anything really here more a reflection on 2009 which was probably one of the wildest rides I’ve had in a while freelancing. It had some ups and downs and has been ended on an insanely high point that looks like to continue into 2010.
The Press family wallpapers
A little Christmas present from me to you are these wallpapers. There are 4 of them: a BuddyPress, WordPress, WordPress Mu and all 3 combined version. They use a simple wooden background. Feel free to use them how you want they are all available in 2560×1600px so should suit most screens. Each wallpaper has a simple slogan and the logo.
Javascript noscript the nice method by adding and removing classes
One of the problems with JavaScript is you can’t say if the user has it on or off. To make your code truly accessible personally I think chucking a ‘JavaScript isn’t enabled update your life’ message using the html tag noscript simply doesn’t cut it. I don’t like the notion of having a lesser experience just because you’ve not got a scripting language turned on where you may have a good reason to have it off. Enter then the friendly way of showing alternative content if JavaScript isn’t enabled. For this we’re going to use JQuery as our libary to make use of the addClass and removeClass functions. You can of course adapt this method to suit other libaries or pure JavaScript the principles are just the same.