As a UNIX / Linux bigot, I don’t use Internet Explorer much. As a web developer, I need to test as many browsers as possible. The matrix for all the possible browser / version combinations is pretty daunting already, and adding the IE 8 compatibility view to the mix doesn’t help. If your customer complains of hosed web pages, check the configuration under Tools -> Compatibility View Settings, and have him / her turn off all the check boxes at the bottom of the form. References: Microsoft Blog Microsoft IE 8 Features Wikipedia
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I think the format is a bit better. On to other things… – Changed the image to something I own – font-family: Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif; – Changed text color to black – Changed line-height to 150%
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I’ve never been entirely satisfied with the way my blog looks – it still feels “hard to read”, and I’m not sure how to fix that, except to experiment with some other two-column, fixed-width WP themes. So, the site will be undergoing some changes whilst I play around a bit with the look and feel. Thanks for your understanding. Regards, Chris “Tweaker” Lehman
Continue ReadingA New Look for the Web Site
My mostly static web site was hacked together about 5 years ago with straight HTML tags using the XEmacs editor. To say the least, it was starting to look pretty frayed around the edges, not to mention boring. My ISP doesn’t support Rails sites well – they are a shared hosting ISP, with the main mission to be as inexpensive as possible, and they do that very well. Works for me. So, I started looking around for something that could generate and maintain a static web site. I found this article on Andy Atkinson’s blog; a nice overview of 5 Ruby-based generators. Sweet! Andy wasn’t real impressed with webgen, but… Read More
Continue ReadingCompass, SASS, HAML
I’m working on a project that is using the latest Rails markup buzz, namely Compass, SASS and HAML, so it’s time to begin the learning process. Part of that effort will be to convert my personal Rails project over to Compass et. al. I found that the best approach seems to be to install all the required gems manually before doing anything else. That is: Installing HAML also installs SASS, which is pretty convenient. Then install the basic compass gem. Compass supports a few standard stylesheet frameworks: 960gs, blueprint and YUI. I’m using 960. For Rails integration, you can either build a new Rails project, or you can choose to… Read More
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