Double-u double-u double-u is one of the few things you can say much faster if you say it in German (just say “v v v”). I’m German, so I continuously strive for efficiency (nah, possibly I’m just lazy), which is why it annoys me that I still have to type “www” in front of some [...]
Update: Heise made some modifications while I was writing this post, so not everything below still applies.
It’s summer time in Europe, many people are on vacation, others are distracted by the Olympics - if you were planning something outrageous, now might be a good time to get away with it. No, I’m not talking about [...]
First time I noticed this: The div with the logo and the language selection div below have a 10px solid left border in blue (matching the background color) and a 1px white bottom border, which leads to a nice gradient in Firefox 3:
Nice, though I wonder if this behaviour can be influenced. In IE, Firefox [...]
Does Expression Web (version 1 or 2) add tags (”lang spans”) to everything you type in design view? It nearly drove me crazy with this behavior and the many language-related options in different menus, but after I figured out what was going on I actually came to appreciate this feature (when working on multilingual sites).
After installing Expression Web (version 1) and the German language pack on my new PC running the German version of Windows Vista (Home Premium x64), my previously English Expression Web suddenly displayed the user interface (UI) in - you guessed it - German. I’m not sure if the language pack or the operating system is [...]
The problem: Multiple domains hosted on one server needed access to the user’s session data. In my case, various shopping domains were sharing one (SSL-enabled) domain where the users could place their orders.
The solution I found was surprisingly simple: Since these domains were hosted on the same server and used the same session [...]
While preparing to move this blog (and several websites) to a new server, I went through the list of domains registered with our current provider and realized that - realistically - I won’t have the time to develop most of them before reaching retirement.
So, if you’re interested in one of the domains below, please contact [...]
Sorry for the lack of updates, but I’ve been busy learning how to use Microsoft Expression Web and updating my knowledge of CSS.
Here’s some useful stuff I found “along the way”:
Even more training videos: Other than the videos I mentioned previously, there’s also Expression Web Essential Training by Joe Marini (also viewable through Oreilly’s Safari [...]
Repeating what someone is doing in a video instead of just sitting there and watching it is a very effective way of learning. When I’m in the office, I like to use my laptop to play the video while immediately repeating the actions on my desktop PC. That’s why I was disappointed when I found [...]
With “monetize your blog / site” ads popping up all over the blogosphere, I’d just like to quickly point out that there might be side effects other than those usually associated with suddenly becoming rich. Consider what allegedly happend to MangoSauce (possibly NSFW): “Mango Sauce was penalised because I sold links through www.text-link-ads.com. A vengeful [...]