Category Archives: Webmastering

This Use of MS Proprietary CSS is Disturbing

Posted on April 8, 2001 by Pace Arko

Browsing the links to my follow Greymatter users, I can see it because I, like vast hoards of other unwashed users, have IE. I hate to break the news to you young, aspiring page designers but scrollbar-[something]: is not legit … Continue reading →

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Server trouble

Posted on April 6, 2001 by Pace Arko

It’s early Friday, and I still can’t make secure connections to the farm. Kind of annoying because I have a big content update for a friend’s site. Ah well, probably should go and get a hair cut and take care … Continue reading →

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Need to Tweak Greymatter a Bit

Posted on March 29, 2001 by Pace Arko

It still doesn’t output strict XHTML 1 so I may be fiddling with things over the next few days. Namely: Need to make certain the script outputs strict XHTML Need to make certain that script outputs ampersands, double quotes, etc. … Continue reading →

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Undocumented facts about the ACCESSKEY attribute

Posted on March 22, 2001 by Pace Arko

In my endeavor to make this site a useful place for web developers to visit, I offer some obscure information about the accesskey attribute in XHTML and HTML 4. As I gather more information, I will add to this entry. … Continue reading →

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The Obligatory Design and Usability Guru Links

Posted on March 22, 2001 by Pace Arko

Extra power to Jake and Jeff–two well known guys who battle daily for honesty on the Web. But more power still to Vince, one of the oft forgetten pioneers for good Web design. Besides he’s much funnier than the other … Continue reading →

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Making Custom Bookmark Icons for Your Site

Posted on March 22, 2001 by Pace Arko

I’ve set things so that I have a customized icon if people decide to add this site there favorites list in IE 5+. I don’t think this will work in IE 5 for the Mac but, let me know if … Continue reading →

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Little Tiny Print Sucks

Posted on March 22, 2001 by Pace Arko

This is all Microsoft’s fault. IE 3 had terrible implementation of CSS and could only support absolute font units like point (pt). Legions of web designers quickly began cranking out zillions of pages that were, and sometimes still are, damn … Continue reading →

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This Script is Now Live

Posted on March 22, 2001 by Pace Arko

Mr. Farlops is pleased! This web log is now fully operational. The mind boggles! But how about you? Is this web log hard to navigate? How is the layout of the navigational links? Is it intuitive? Is it cumbersome? Do … Continue reading →

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What's New?

Posted on March 22, 2001 by Pace Arko

Plans in the Melt Bulletin board is now retired and all links to it are certain to be dead. In coming days, we will replace this page with a Web log. Once this is in place and functioning smoothly, attention … Continue reading →

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Ancient History

Posted on December 16, 2000 by Pace Arko

Look upon what has happened to this site in it’s many incarnations! See how my skills at Web engineering and design improve! 2000 Meta descriptions and keywords added. Board still broken. More links added to Consortiums, revision of Site Map … Continue reading →

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