How to Fix Problmes with CSS Float Elements in IE, FireFox, Safari, etc

You may have discovered a powerful little css attribute called “float” and have dreamed about all the different elements you can make stick to the right side of the page or containing element. Then you go to implement it and … Continue reading

Screwball Tees, funny t-shirt site, is alive!

I’m pleased to announce that ScrewballTees.com, my work in progress for the past couple of months, has finally launched! The site was launched on April 9th with 3 completed t-shirt designs (which I’ve been proudly wearing all over town), printed … Continue reading

Starting to Add Google Checkout (as paypal alternative) To Accept Credit Card Payments

I’m working on adding Google Checkout to a site I’m building. If you have ever worked with Paypal API there is a good chance you have run into some trouble and maybe even have come to hate the process. Although … Continue reading

Facebook Soars While MySpace Wilts

I didn’t find it at all surprising when I read “Facebook Hockey Sticks, MySpace Languishes” over at techcrunch.com.  Facebook now has about double the number of active users as Myspace.  Even more disconcerting for Mysapce, their number of active users … Continue reading

Running multiple versions of IE on Vista

If you are a web developer you are going to want to test your website on multiple browsers, including multiple versions of Internet Explorer (IE).  Generally speaking, you should have your websites work for IE6 and higher. I recently began … Continue reading

Promoting Yourself as a Freelancer on the Cheap

I recently found myself without any paying clients for the first time in a couple years and had to think about how to find more work. If you are a freelancer like myself, you probably don’t have a lot of money to market yourself with. Here are a few ideas to do it free or cheaply. Continue reading

Extra Space in Firefox

recently encountered what appeared to be a css and/or html display problem that caused extra space to appear at the bottom of my links and was solved by Continue reading

Hello world!

As you can see I have set up a new wordpress blog.  This will be my contribution of documentation in the endless world of questions and answers within the realm of web development.   I’ll be updating this as freqently … Continue reading