Aug 25
Social Media: Revolution or the End of Objective Reason?
Just because you don’t agree doesn’t mean it must be wrong. The above video, called Social Media Revolution is spreading like wildfire through social media circles and is being used by social media advocates as futher proof that social media is be all and end all of news, marketing and the internet in general. And [...]
Aug 24
HTML Basics: Hyperlink Syntax – Absolute, Relative and Root-relative
My new book Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 3 in 24 Hours is nearing completion (just finished final review of the first 10 chapters last night). The book is a revision of the original for the new version of Expression Web and in the rewriting process I also added some new content to help [...]
Aug 21
BCIT Class Materials
I’m teaching two classes on WordPress at BCIT Friday August 21st. Below are the key code snippets along with a zipped archive of the famous Twitter box featured on this blog and in Computer Arts Magazine. Replace the default heading with a clickable image <h1 id="blog-title"> <a href="<?php echo get_bloginfo(‘url’) ?>/" title="<?php get_bloginfo(’name’) ?>" rel="home"> [...]
Aug 17
Why a CSS Reset should be at the core of your stylesheet
The CSS Reset is a little known and often overlooked tool in web design that makes cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility a lot easier. It also ensures that you start with a clean sheet when building CSS-based web sites, whether they be single pages, static sites, WordPress sites or anything else. In my view the CSS [...]
Aug 14
A Code of Ethics for Bloggers and Social Media
As an Online Content Creator – whether it be as a blogger, a video blogger, a podcaster, a microblogger or a general social media participant – you are an important part of the wider public knowledge creation and discussion. This role carries with it a responsibility to be fair, honest and respectful not only toward [...]
