Jeff Brown Designs...
websites while focusing on web standards, usability, and accessibility. We are a web development firm based in Frederick, MD. Our innovations utilize XHTML, CSS, and web programming languages to create clean, sleek, standards based web sites that maximize usability and accessibility.
Ultra Sexy List
WASP Email to Mailer’s Employer’s website to Link on Employer’s website brings me to Refresh Seattle.
I love their 2008 Speakers list styling. (scroll down, green bg, red header)
Rollover a list item.
Super sexy! Great Job!
We’ve Changed Our Name
We have changed our business name! Our new name is Jeff Brown Designs LLC. We’ve done this for many reasons but we feel this is a positive step in the right direction for us. We are rebranding as well, however in the mean time we’ll be leaving that clunker of a logo up there. Thanks.
Do you need world data in XML format?
A client of mine, a travel agency, required a sort of country profile for each country in the world. One requirement for this section was that a map be displayed of the country with the country’s capital highlighted.
After gathering more requirements I knew Google Maps API was the answer. Before I began coding I started looking for some world country meta-data, anything I could find.
I did find a few helpful things. Keep in mind that what I needed was:
- Country Codes (Each country has a unique identifier)
- Flags
- Capitals
- Lat and long of each capital
Why iGoogle has changed my life
I am slow to change. I like to convince myself that I am an early adopter however my role is more conservative. I watch the early adopters and make my decisions depending on the feedback I receive from them.
However, after watching and learning from some former co-workers I bought into the Google way of life. Now I watch the google blogs closely. I don’t wait for feedback anymore, I jump right in.
Google Maps API and iGoogle have changed my life. I really enjoy working with Google Maps. I think it is awesome how I can show some data with it’s geographical location (see Edufinder post). However, the focus of this post was meant for iGoogle
Warning: You may be coming down with classitis or divitis
And it’s lethal. Yep, it will kill you. Ok, lie numero uno.
What is classitis and divitis?
Classitis is the overuse of the class in your mark up and Divitis is it’s division counterpart. Or more simply put, using class or div when not neccessary.
Huh?
Well, usually after we (developers) learn about CSS, containers, and classes we load up our markup with these “snags” by which for us to “hook” our markup with some CSS. Take a look.
