KEVINLEARY.net » Blog http://www.kevinleary.net/blog Ramblings on web design, front-end development and user interaction Mon, 01 Sep 2008 17:22:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en True Seperation of Presentation & Content with XML Web standards books praise the idea of separating presentation from content. Unfortunately doing so is harder said than done in the professional world. When I begin working on a re-design I usually find myself spending countless hours re-formatting content, so what's the point? If a client wants specific information laid ... http://www.kevinleary.net/blog/2008/08/26/true-seperation-of-presentation-content-with-xml/ Testing page load speed with Firebug The more I find myself using JavaScript, the more I begin to worry about the weight of my pages. With the use of jQuery, much that was tradiotionally server side can now be handled on the client side with JavaScript. So how does one go about measuring the time it takes ... http://www.kevinleary.net/blog/2008/08/24/testing-page-load-speed-with-firebug/ External JavaScript on Demand with jQuery.getScript() I find myself using JavaScript more and more often in my work. As work on a particular site grows, I find that too many external scripts begin to pile up in the <head> section of my document, eventually effecting performance. Thanks to jQuery's $.getScript method, I've found an elegant solution ... http://www.kevinleary.net/blog/2008/07/28/external-javascript-on-demand-with-getscript/ AJAX, XML and Internet Explorer While working on the KMC Partners website I stumbled upon a cross browser issue using jQuery's AJAX $.get() method to load and parse XML data. It seems that if you are using AJAX to load an XML file with UTF-8 character encoding, it will fail in both Internet Explorer 6.0 and ... http://www.kevinleary.net/blog/2008/07/02/ajax-xml-and-internet-explorer/ Graffiti Street Art flickr Photo Pools Atlanta Graffiti London Graffiti Brooklyn Graffiti Toronto Graffiti Graffiti Street Art Famous Artists Banksy Graffiti Great Articles 3 Amazing 3D Graffiti Artists: Street Painting and Sidewalk Chalk Art Incredible shots of 3D street art that will boggle your mind. Turning River Street into a river "Turning Riverstreet into a river" is the largest 3d-street-painting ever done. About 280 m² ... http://www.kevinleary.net/blog/2008/05/20/graffiti-street-art/ Working with Dreamweaver Site Files (.STE) When connecting to a new project via FTP I will occasionally come across .STE (Dreamweaver Site File) files being used as a means to store FTP username and password information. The FTP password is always encrypted in these files. This causes problems because I do not use Dreamweaver to build ... http://www.kevinleary.net/blog/2008/04/15/working-with-dreamweaver-site-files-ste/ jQuery Safer Mailto Links Plugin Recently I realized that jQuery plugins are the way to go for building re-usable, modular code snippets. As a result I have revisited the jQuery Safe Mailto's function, building a jQuery Plugin to replace it. Working Example info[at]kevinleary[dot]net Download jQuery Safe Mailto Plugin JavaScript (.js) jQuery Safe Mailto Plugin ZIP (archived) XHTML seen by Spam Spiders info[at]kevinleary[dot]net All ... http://www.kevinleary.net/blog/2008/04/13/jquery-safe-mailto-links-plugin/ Create your own ring tones What you need Cell phone with MP3 ring-tone support CD or MP3 of the song Method of transferring the ring tone from computer to phone (USB, Bluetooth, e-mail, instant message, etc.) Audacity How to do it For the purpose of this tutorial, we'll assume that you have a good quality .mp3 file of the song you ... http://www.kevinleary.net/blog/2008/03/31/create-your-own-ring-tones/ 2008 Apple MacBook Pro… So I finally saved up enough to buy a new MacBook Pro. I'll be curious to see how this "Multi-Touch" business works. I'll plan on giving a write-up once she arrives. Software I'm hoping to step up the workflow using the following web development software I've found to best suit my needs. ... http://www.kevinleary.net/blog/2008/03/25/2008-apple-macbook-pro/ Improving Workflow with Shortcuts Taking advantage of shortcut keys can save valuable time, speed up your workflow and increase productivity. I've put together a list of links to shortcuts and cheat sheets for the various applications and tools I frequently encounter. Please let me know if I'm missing out on anything extraordinary (because I ... http://www.kevinleary.net/blog/2008/03/25/improving-workflow-with-shortcuts/