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What is user experience?
Posted in Opinions | Tags: onboarding, usability testing, user experience
This is a question people frequently ask me. What is it? What do I do at work? It seems that very little people have heard of let along understand what user experience (UX) and information architecture (IA) mean. These are little known subfields within web design and development that are nonetheless extremely important. I’m going [...]
Code snippet: Iterate slideshow counter without if/else statements
Posted in jQuery | Tags: code, javascript, snippet
While scripting a jQuery slideshow gallery, I thought of a way of iterating the counter without needing to use an if/else statement to hard reset it to 0 when it reaches the end of the array. Then do something similar to step from the last slide back to 0. Nothing fancy with this snippet at [...]
Looking at the lack of privacy protection in social network Ads systems from a research perspective
Posted in Opinions | Tags: anonymity, Facebook, LiveJournal, MySpace, privacy, research, social networks
Along with all the latest news about Facebook’s new privacy policies came this article from The Wall Street Journey on Facebook and MySpace now correcting a privacy loophole in their ads system. To summarize, apparently many of the social networks including Facebook, MySpace, LiveJournal, Hi5, Xanga and Digg used to (or are still) attaching username [...]
jQuery nav elements that follow mouse movement
Posted in jQuery | Tags: code, demo, jQuery, mouse, navigation, slider, snippet
I worked some more on the mouse tracker snippet from yesterday. I managed to smooth out the mouse following animation plus added an end animation that moves the nav button back to the middle after the mouse leaves the slider div. There it is in action: Mouse Track 2 Demo. Again, you need jQuery 1.3 [...]
jQuery mouse tracker snippet
Posted in jQuery | Tags: code, demo, javascript, jQuery, learning, mouse, mousemove, snippet, webdev
While I was doing some script work for a client, I came across the nifty jQuery mousemove property. As this tutorial explains, you can bind the “on mouse move” event and track the pointer position as it moves across the screen. Note: This requires jQuery 1.3. The latest version of jQuery apparently doesn’t work! This [...]
Hack fix for WordPress 2.9 not displaying full text RSS
Posted in WordPress |
I got a FaceBook comment today from my classmate Steve asking for the URL of HTML2WordPress. I thought I set my WordPress blog feeds to full text, but it was displaying excerpts instead. I’ve gone back to check on my Reading Settings and sure enough, it was set to full text. Yet it’s still displaying [...]
HTML 2 WordPress goes live
Posted in WordPress | Tags: howto, html2wp, learning, screencast, tutorial, webdev, wp, youtube
I am happy to say that HTML 2 WordPress is now up and running. This is an e-learning site that teaches you how to turn your HTML layout into a WordPress theme using video screencasts. I still can’t believe that I managed to get this completed ahead of schedule. If you are a beginner and [...]
More screencasts for HTML 2 WordPress
Posted in WordPress | Tags: header, howto, html2wp, learning, screencast, sidebar, template, tutorial, wp, youtube
I’ve uploaded 2 more screencast tutorials on YouTube. Continuing on from the last set. These two covers how to modify the header and sidebar wordpress files. I’m going to put all of these tutorials together, along with written descriptions, on my e-learning site HTML 2 WordPress. That’s scheduled to launch at the end of the [...]
HTML 2 WordPress video screencasts
Posted in WordPress | Tags: howto, html2wp, installation, learning, screencast, security, server, tutorial, webdev, wp, youtube
I’m in the process of creating screencasts for a new e-learning site as a school project. The site is called HTML 2 WordPress. A how-to guide for converting a HTML layout into a WP theme. The first 3 tutorials are finished and uploaded on YouTube. So check them out. This is my first time recording [...]
WP crash course day 8: SEO plug-in madness
Posted in WordPress | Tags: analytics, google webmaster tools, Google XML SiteMaps, HeadSpace, learning, plugins, seo, sitemaps, wp
Today I was looking at new plug-ins for WordPress and I ended up finding a new one for SEO that seems to work like a charm. I’m talking about HeadSpace2 SEO. It allows you to customize titles, meta descriptions and keywords for all your pages using one simple interface. It also adds additional widgets to [...]
