Category Archives: Webmastering

Tips on how to create accessable javascript

Posted on July 23, 2006 by Pace Arko

So in this world of hype about AJAX, how do you design client-side scripts so they actually enhance accessibility and degrade gracefully when scripting is turned off for accessibility reasons? Let’s think about how to make AJAX work with screen … Continue reading →

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Movable Type 3.31 and Ubuntu 6.06

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Pace Arko

So there’s been a lot of extensive, yet subtle change over the last few weeks here at the mighty, mighty Farlops Industries: After a period of stasis for 7 months, I moved all of my site’s legacy content into Movable … Continue reading →

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So what's the hold up?

Posted on December 21, 2005 by Pace Arko

So I’m working transferring nearly all of my site pages into MT3.2 and abandoning GM and the Google search form entirely. Most of this migration is being done on my test server and it’s not ready for primetime yet. This … Continue reading →

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A few links and a rant about Web applications

Posted on September 9, 2005 by Pace Arko

First: Nice ways to style data tables. Nice ways to style forms and marginally improve their usability. Recently I’ve been reading much about AJAX, treating pages as applications, rich interactivity, and hype about the top ten tools of Web 2. … Continue reading →

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Problems with print media style

Posted on August 24, 2005 by Pace Arko

My redesign continues as I merge some of the very detailed usability suggestions given to me by Greg Lowney. In the process of exploring these issues, he discovered some major problems with the way Firefox, Opera and Internet Explorer handle … Continue reading →

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Taming those pesky SWF files

Posted on August 17, 2005 by Pace Arko

This one is primarily for my benefit. In my line of work, I spend a lot of time converting proprietary file formats to other, usually open, formats. This I try to do without actually having to buy any software. Why … Continue reading →

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Gutless search solutions

Posted on August 13, 2005 by Pace Arko

So I’ve inserted a site specific Google search form on most of my pages. Since I have a lot of legacy content built with other tools and no easy way yet to incorporate it into my current CMS without breaking … Continue reading →

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New layout

Posted on August 12, 2005 by Pace Arko

So what do you think of this new layout? Yeah, it’s still very simple; I said it would be simple. It should be easier to read and easier on the eyes. The masthead image is something Jean-Charles Marteau generously allowed … Continue reading →

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To avoid meaningless divisions

Posted on August 7, 2005 by Pace Arko

There are a lot of beautiful and clever things you can do with CSS but, because of poor support in the browser that most people use, some of these things require that you insert DIV elements in markup that serve … Continue reading →

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Internet Explorer 7, First Beta

Posted on July 29, 2005 by Pace Arko

Well, everyone else is talking about it and, me being a webmaster, I really should say something but, I really don’t have much because I’m not a MSDN subscriber so, I can’t get a legal copy. Today, I’ve been reading … Continue reading →

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