Update 12/2011: YouTube is now embedding with iframes so you'll need to add ?wmode=opaque to the end of the video url in the iframe. For example: https://www.youtube.com/embed/2TmfGoJEgwg?wmode=opaque Original Post Starts Here...... Javascript menus which drop down from the main navigation menu (mouse over "About" on this site to see a single item dropdown as an example) have a nasty habit of getting layered behind an embedded video. I haven't tested this fix on all videos but if you're ... Read More →
Work Faster with Keystrokes on Windows and Mac
It's surprising to me how many people who spend a considerable time in front of a computer (don't we all these days) rarely if ever use keystrokes. It might be the #1 habit (maybe #2 after getting them to switch to Firefox or anything but IE) that I would break in most computer users. If you don't use keystrokes then I encourage you to learn the most common basic keystrokes listed below to speed things up and make it easier on you while working. The following list is by no means comprehensive ... Read More →
5 CSS Tips for Cross Browser Compatibility
Despite the fact that the death of IE6 is upon us getting CSS based websites to work across browser is still a dirty job, so much so I sometimes with Mike Rowe would cover it as a gag episode. Even when IE6 finally does die, there are still issues to be had with IE7+ vs. FireFox, ... So to help things along I'll give you 5 things I always do by default to help build my sites to look good on all browsers right out of the gate. This doesn't mean that more tweaking isn't sometimes required but ... Read More →
Anatomy of an HTML Tag
This article is intended for anyone who needs or wants a simple primer on HTML. If you know HTML at all this will be too remedial for you but if you don't this will help you understand the basics and provide you with a foundation for more research. The only assumptions I make in this article are that you understand that you write HTML in an editor of some sort (notepad, dreamweaver, the WordPress HTML editor) and that HTML is rendered or interpreted and displayed by a web browser. HTML stands ... Read More →