Comments on: Postion http://jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/ A journal of art, thoughts, and projects by Jason Beaird. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:42:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: gilray4 http://jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-477 gilray4 Fri, 10 Mar 2006 00:00:17 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-477 I chuckled at the post: I have helped a few British friends with css. I always have to "run away" from the discussion of American (trash to a Brit) English and British ("down rot goofeh" to an American) English. They Brit's always want to bitch about the prejudice of the W3C in not using the spelling "colour". I get grief as well from American friends for spellings like "harbour" so go figure, "you say potato I say pohtahtow" and my aunty takes a "bahth" every evening! Glad to see the (off topic) sub-thread, question of what others are using as text editors for writing CSS. I now have a few devout converts to <a href="http://www.notetab.com/" rel="nofollow"> notetab pro</a>. It does not seem like such a much until you start to play with editing and creating your own "clips" I chuckled at the post:
I have helped a few British friends with css. I always have to “run away” from the discussion of American (trash to a Brit) English and British (“down rot goofeh” to an American) English. They Brit’s always want to bitch about the prejudice of the W3C in not using the spelling “colour”. I get grief as well from American friends for spellings like “harbour” so go figure, “you say potato I say pohtahtow” and my aunty takes a “bahth” every evening!
Glad to see the (off topic) sub-thread, question of what others are using as text editors for writing CSS. I now have a few devout converts to notetab pro. It does not seem like such a much until you start to play with editing and creating your own “clips”

]]> By: Dan Mall http://jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-476 Dan Mall Tue, 19 Jul 2005 20:50:14 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-476 @ Jason: I feel your pain. I wish the W3C would just ante up and make "postion" an actual keyword, along with "maring" and "realtive". For a text-editor, TopStyle Pro is my app of choice. @James: If you want to reload content without refreshing, you may want to consider Flash as an alternative. Switching layer visibility would be Javascript dependent, which would mean that any user with JS disabled is out of luck. @ Jason:
I feel your pain. I wish the W3C would just ante up and make “postion” an actual keyword, along with “maring” and “realtive”. For a text-editor, TopStyle Pro is my app of choice.

@James:
If you want to reload content without refreshing, you may want to consider Flash as an alternative. Switching layer visibility would be Javascript dependent, which would mean that any user with JS disabled is out of luck.

]]> By: Jason Beaird http://jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-475 Jason Beaird Mon, 20 Jun 2005 16:59:03 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-475 Although I haven't ever created a site like that where all the content exists as layers on one page, I know it has been done. If you really want to make that work, you just need to google up or write a bit of javascript to swap out either the visibility or the z-position of the layers, similar to the way old school javascript image swapping works. That visual "hicup" is the reason frames and iframes exist, but I wouldn't go that route unless it was absolutely necessary. Best of luck, and feel free to post a link when you get it working. Although I haven’t ever created a site like that where all the content exists as layers on one page, I know it has been done. If you really want to make that work, you just need to google up or write a bit of javascript to swap out either the visibility or the z-position of the layers, similar to the way old school javascript image swapping works. That visual “hicup” is the reason frames and iframes exist, but I wouldn’t go that route unless it was absolutely necessary. Best of luck, and feel free to post a link when you get it working.

]]> By: James Lemaire http://jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-474 James Lemaire Mon, 20 Jun 2005 11:05:47 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-474 Hi Jason, I'm designing a website using CSS layout for the first time. I have a simple design which is wrapped in a #container centered on screen. I want all of the site's content to display within one section (window) of the main design. My question is: If the site's content in made up of div #layers, what need is there to navagate to separate HTML pages? I was told on a Macromedia forum that it would be a nightmare to have a single home page with all your content as #layers... But how else would you do it if you didn't want the main site container (design) to be reloading every time you navigated? ( I just want the content window to change, with no visual "hicup" of the main header image/navbar/etc)... Any help would be much appreciated! JL Hi Jason,
I’m designing a website using CSS layout for the first time. I have a simple design which is wrapped in a #container centered on screen. I want all of the site’s content to display within one section (window) of the main design.

My question is:
If the site’s content in made up of div #layers, what need is there to navagate to separate HTML pages? I was told on a Macromedia forum that it would be a nightmare to have a single home page with all your content as #layers… But how else would you do it if you didn’t want the main site container (design) to be reloading every time you navigated? ( I just want the content window to change, with no visual “hicup” of the main header image/navbar/etc)… Any help would be much appreciated!
JL

]]> By: Jason Beaird http://jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-473 Jason Beaird Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:34:45 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-473 That looks cool... On my PC, I've completely replaced the Windows Notepad with <a href="http://www.flos-freeware.ch/notepad2.html" rel="nofollow">Notepad2</a>. It's actually a <a href="http://weblogs.asp.net/rweigelt/archive/2004/08/12/213085.aspx" rel="nofollow">crazy task</a> because Windows will restore notepad.exe if you try to change it. Silly Micro$oft. I'm doing most of the work for my new job on a mac though, so I won't be able to use Programmers Notepad. BBEdit is a good text editor, but I still prefer (Adobe?) Dreamweaver over it for some reason. That looks cool… On my PC, I’ve completely replaced the Windows Notepad with Notepad2. It’s actually a crazy task because Windows will restore notepad.exe if you try to change it. Silly Micro$oft.

I’m doing most of the work for my new job on a mac though, so I won’t be able to use Programmers Notepad. BBEdit is a good text editor, but I still prefer (Adobe?) Dreamweaver over it for some reason.

]]> By: bojan http://jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-472 bojan Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:16:10 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-472 I always use Programmers Notepad, a free editor which you can find at www.pnotepad.org. I always use Programmers Notepad, a free editor which you can find at http://www.pnotepad.org.

]]> By: Jason Beaird http://jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-471 Jason Beaird Fri, 10 Jun 2005 18:30:44 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-471 I've been using Dreamweaver lately for writing my xhtml/css, and it does syntax highlighting and even offers a dropdown of options after I've entered a valid css property, but somehow I still get it wrong. So what're you guys writing your css in these days? I’ve been using Dreamweaver lately for writing my xhtml/css, and it does syntax highlighting and even offers a dropdown of options after I’ve entered a valid css property, but somehow I still get it wrong. So what’re you guys writing your css in these days?

]]> By: bojan http://jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-470 bojan Fri, 10 Jun 2005 16:00:52 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-470 Good luck with your new job! About the wrong spelling of "position", don't you use a program that colors the syntax for you? Good luck with your new job!
About the wrong spelling of “position”, don’t you use a program that colors the syntax for you?

]]> By: Jason Beaird http://jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-469 Jason Beaird Thu, 09 Jun 2005 19:26:01 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-469 A storyboard IS basically a wireframe. We start with a Flowmap which we build in <a href="http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnigraffle/" rel="nofollow">OmniGraffle</a> that is part flow chart, part sitemap that just defines the site hierarchy. We then move on to the storyboard (also created with OmniGraffle) which, in my opinion, is like a less detailed version of JSM's <a href="http://www.jasonsantamaria.com/archive/2004/05/24/grey_box_method.php" rel="nofollow">Gray Box Method</a> (...a wireframe). Once that is approved, we do a Photoshop comp and then on to the site design. A storyboard IS basically a wireframe. We start with a Flowmap which we build in OmniGraffle that is part flow chart, part sitemap that just defines the site hierarchy. We then move on to the storyboard (also created with OmniGraffle) which, in my opinion, is like a less detailed version of JSM’s Gray Box Method (…a wireframe). Once that is approved, we do a Photoshop comp and then on to the site design.

]]> By: Greg http://jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-468 Greg Thu, 09 Jun 2005 15:04:32 +0000 http://beta.jasongraphix.com/journal/postion/#comment-468 How is a storyboard different from a wireframe? I've never heard of a storyboard being used in webdesign. Please share, if possible. How is a storyboard different from a wireframe? I’ve never heard of a storyboard being used in webdesign. Please share, if possible.

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