Smashing Magazine issued a challenge. I decided to accept. Why not add one more thing that will be tough to keep up with to my pile?
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If you’re only interested in my designer/developer side, then feel free to ignore this post. Otherwise, sit in and enjoy the ride as I share my wildly unique experience shopping for baby furniture at Baby Depot. It won’t disappoint.
Ah, Latham Circle Mall. Never heard of it? That’s easy to believe. Never been? Even easier to [...]
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wrote a plugin to take any string, such as {segment_3}, and strip out the “_” or “-” delimiters and set words to title case. Parameters exist to uncapitalize words such as “and”, “for” and “the”. Give it a try, it just might come in handy in a pinch.
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Just a quick update for those who follow my blog but aren’t up on Twitter (this news is so 2 hours ago). My interview with Dan Diemer on Repart-ee, the ExpressionEngine podcast, finally went live this morning.
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There are 2 main problems with the default install of TinyMCE. The first: it’s ugly, bloated and unintuitive. The second: the code that might come out of it when clients take control. Let’s get to work:
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Optimizing ExpressionEngine Sites for Minimum Load Times [Part 1]
Posted on 04. May, 2009 by Jack.
Load Optimization is a lot of little things added together for the greater good. When combined, page weight can be cut in half, or even more, with no change in functionality. Start with the lowest hanging fruit and move up to the more complex and more gritty as needed.
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So my vacation has been over for two weeks now. I’ve settled back into the fact that I’ll be working hard but have decided to try to play harder. It’s spring time, fishing and golf have arrived, and the weather is amazing. Saratoga Springs in spring is a great place to be.
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We have really seen a LOT. I mean, seriously, by day 8 we have seen everything that was on our list. It’s at this point we needed to come up with some plans…
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Today was a day of pretty high anticipation, as everyone we’ve talked to raved about none other than the Cliffs of Moher. Jen was skeptical, quite sure that nothing could live up to the hype it received. I, however, wanted it to be everything I imagined.
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We knew it had to happen at some point. No one can go to Ireland without it happening. I mean we hoped really hard, and it seemed like we were going to beat the odds but…
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I’m Jack
ExpressionEngine is my best friend as a developer. I no longer have to worry about how to fit my design into the CMS, leaving me to be as creative as I want to be, and not lose site of my strategy.
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