Gabe Harris

Times are changing

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

And so is my site. Don’t try to use the contact form in the footer yet, it won’t get you anywhere. The contact form should work now! I’m using some CSS3 and HTML5, and WordPress (still), and jQuery (still), and the 960 Grid System. I have also drastically simplified the site, and cut out a lot of garbage. Most of the garbage is still available if you dig around, it’s just not blasted in your face like it was before. I got tired of all the nonsense I see all over so many sites, I really wanted to let content be the focus of the new design. Additionally I decided that font-replacement JavaScript is trash, so I’m using the @font-face technique. And I have completely abandoned trying to make the site look the same in all browsers. I have a script that should do some magic if you’re running an older version of IE (but I’m not checking what it actually does), the site is really designed for Chrome or Firefox (I’m guessing Safari looks similar to Chrome.)

BTW, if you want to “social bookmark” anything, you know how to do it, I’m not putting 497 icons all over the place to do it for you.

I like the new design, I was looking for something more “serious” feeling (maybe an effect of the 73 feet of snow we got this winter?)

Also left to do is to make some sense of a mobile version of the site. I haven’t looked at it on a mobile browser yet, but I’m guessing it could use some help.

I hope you enjoy the new site!

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The Argument for HTML 5 and CSS3 – NOW

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

A few months ago, I did a post about CSS3, and I was not sold on it at the time. I agreed that the possibilities it presented were useful, but the browser support was lagging too far behind to begin using it. We live on the web, and times change quickly, and I’ve changed my opinion. I’m flexible, I want to grow and adapt and do what makes the most sense. Keep reading…

• tagged: browser, css, design, development, html, web browser, web development
• categorized: css, design, development
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Free Twitter Icon: Over-Tweeted

Monday, February 8th, 2010

Couldn’t resist making a Twitter icon. And it is a little tongue-in-cheek, because that’s how I get down. This guy gave it his all, but he just couldn’t keep up with all the # and @ and DM and RT lingo. Feel free to use this icon however you would like. The zip file includes a psd, a png, and an ai file, so you can tweak it and really make it your own. Enjoy.

Here is the free download (.zip file).

• tagged: download, free, icon, twitter
• categorized: design, illustrator, photoshop
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