Category Archives: Webmastering

Yes, CSS-based layout is better

Posted on February 24, 2002 by Pace Arko

Despite what older and supposedly wiser heads say, layout tables are evil.

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Reducing the Chance of Greymatter Script Hacks

Posted on February 17, 2002 by Pace Arko

The Greymatter script, while excellent in almost every aspect (A tip of the Farlopsian hat to Mr. Grey!), needs a little help so that, after installation, it runs in a secure fashion. For example, many of the forms it uses … Continue reading →

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More on Accessible Web Design

Posted on January 23, 2002 by Pace Arko

Every site should have a good site map. There are many reasons for this but one is accessibility: What is a user going to turn to when all your dHTML hootenanny doesn’t make any sense in a screen reader? That’s … Continue reading →

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Web Accessibility Update

Posted on December 29, 2001 by Pace Arko

Zapping around on the Web, I came across an article on improving the accessibility of web logs. Because the Farlops Industries site is built to W3C standards, I would argue that my log, Factory Floor is already AA compliant with … Continue reading →

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Why Pander to Netscape 4.x?

Posted on December 9, 2001 by Pace Arko

A List Apart has a good article this week that pretty much sums up why all the sites I build look bland in Netscape and IE 4.x (all platforms).

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Site Update Tonight

Posted on November 30, 2001 by Pace Arko

As my file server grinds through a big defragmentation, I’m updating many of my older pages, some of my style rules and removing some link rot tonight. Probably the most significant changes will be my links page as I have … Continue reading →

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More rants about page design and the server-side

Posted on October 18, 2001 by Pace Arko

I may come back to tweak this essay repeatedly in the coming months. If, in this work in progress, I get a good groove going on, I may move those parts of the essay into my developer section to exist … Continue reading →

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Added a Protest Badge

Posted on October 2, 2001 by Pace Arko

To protest the W3C’s proposal for “reasonable and non-discriminatory” patents, I have added a dark cloud over my validation badges. This means that I support W3C standards but only if they are royalty-free. The idea and badge came from the … Continue reading →

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W3C, Tool of Corporate Masters?!

Posted on October 1, 2001 by Pace Arko

What the hell? Just a few minutes ago I learned that the World Wide Web Consortium, probably bowing to pressure from some of its corporate members, tried to pull a fast one on us by submitting a proposal to patent … Continue reading →

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W3C alternative that might be better than Flash

Posted on September 17, 2001 by Pace Arko

Actually Macromedia did contribute to the SVG standard so I am hoping that it might be more accessible than the current generations of Flash, Shockwave, etc.

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