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How to Export or Save Sites in Coda

October 23rd, 2008

Coda currently does not have a way to export sites like in Transmit. But there is a way to save your settings if you need to migrate your data from one computer to another. You  will need to save a file from your preferences folder.

Save the file:

~/Library/Preferences/com.panic.Coda.plist
~/ is your user name root

This info was originally found at: Google Groups | Coda User

The Future of CSS Browser Support

October 23rd, 2008

In my last article I wrote about how to control IE and really take advantage of css.

The web is looking brighter ahead.  With the departure of ie6 (eventually), the introduction of advanced css techniques with css3, and full support for transparent pngs, web design will be even more exciting than it has ever been. With a lot of limitations gone, perhaps it will become a ever-more-popular field of study for the next generation of designers.

Welcoming IE8

Enough headaches. IE6 will thankfully be something we will no long have to worry about. With IE6 finally gone we can finally do some cool things with png’s, not to mention make development time for css much more smoother.


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Forcing Internet Explorer to obey css using Javascript, CSS hacks and specific style sheets

September 27th, 2008

I know all of this has been written before, but this post has the best of the best in combating the ie6 and ie7 css issues.

Hate IE6?

I found an article that explains that this line of code can crash ie6:


< style >*{position:relative}< /style >< table >< input >< /table >

I have not tried this out. But I have one question: What in the hell was this guy doing to discover this? Either some really bad code or his page was fragmented some how.

How can I make IE6 behave like a normal Browser?

Enter Dean Edward’s IE7.js

This lightweight javascript library forces internet explorer 6 to accept a number of css selectors that standards-compliant browser allow.

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Custom Top Level Domain Names

September 15th, 2008



ICANN voted to allow custom TLD’s ( Top-level Domains). Vista is unrelated, but you get the picture. This happened back in June. Looks like they could cost anywhere from $50,000+ or $100,000+ . Now anyone with enough money and resources can create their own custom domain extension. You can see where this can get very chaotic especially for company branding. This forces companies to register these before cyber-squatters get to them. I just don’t know about this. It’s not like an average person can afford these.

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Wordpress Vector Logos and Hi-Res Graphics Download

September 10th, 2008
Wordpress Logos

Wordpress Logos

Wordpress recently placed all of their logos, buttons and color palettes online available to download. These are the full vector Wordpress logos. Something you don’t see everyday.

View the Official Wordpress Logos page

A List Apart’s Annual Survey

July 29th, 2008
A List Apart Annual Survey

A List Apart Annual Survey

A List Apart is conducting its annual survey for web professionals. It’s about 38 questions long. If you care about the checking the results out, take the survey.

Web Typography Slides

July 23rd, 2008

From one of my favorite web designers- slides from Jeff Croft’s speech at the the 2007 webmaster jam session.

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Visit Jeff Croft’s site.

jQuery Widget and Cheat Sheets

July 22nd, 2008

I have to admit I’m biased when it comes to jQuery. Let’s face it, write less, do more, it’s as easy as that. if you’re a CSS coder or designer, jQuery is awesome. It’ feels natural calling a class name or an id just the way you would writing a css rule. There is really no excuse not to add behavior to your site, expecially since the advent of jQuery.

So what do I have for our jQuery lovers today?


A jQuery Widget for Mac

jQuery Widget

jQuery Widget

jQuery Cheat Sheets

jQuery Plugin and Tutorials List for Web Designers

June 12th, 2008

So I have been building this large list of jQuery links for sometime now and it will continue to be updated on my urls section. But here it is:

JQuery Plugins and Tutorials:

How to generate a favicon icon for IE7 and gecko browsers

May 31st, 2008

Recently I had an issue trying to get a certain favicon to show up in IE7. It turns out the favicon.ico file I was using was not valid! Now I can’t remember where I generated it from, there are a number of sites out there. So here’s the steps you need to take to create a working favicon in ie7 and other modern browsers.

To set up a favicon on your site:

  1. Create a 32pxX32px or 16pxX16px gif of the image you want (I usually go with 16). Favicons usually work best if they are squared-out.
  2. Next go to http://www.chami.com/html-kit/services/favicon/ ( or any other site, but I find this one created the valid one I needed to get it working in ie7)
  3. Next add this line of code inside the <head> tag of your site:
    <link href=”http://your-website/images/favicon.ico” rel=”icon” type=”image/x-icon” />
    <link href=”http://your-website.com/images/favicon.ico” rel=”shortcut icon” type=”image/x-icon” />
  4. Next you will want to validate your icon here: http://www.html-kit.com/favicon/validator/
  5. Be sure that if your updating an icon or replacing one that you clear your cache: Clearing ie7 cache instructions found here: http://help.isu.edu/index.php?action=knowledgebase&catid=38&subcatid=64&docid=1015