Category Archives: Webmastering

Learning about SALT

Posted on April 1, 2003 by Pace Arko

So the other day, on one of my jobs, I get a sales pitch from a company telling me that they’ve built some development tools that work with stuff called SALT. I am skeptical, so I do some research and … Continue reading →

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Hofstadter's Title

Posted on March 26, 2003 by Pace Arko

Anyway, I’ve been busy this last week with work, mostly adding a bunch of content to Blinksoft and doing some network administration for a doctor’s office, so I haven’t really had time to post here. Work on the Greymatter update … Continue reading →

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My own mod of Greymatter

Posted on March 12, 2003 by Pace Arko

Well, it’s a work in progress. After removing some bugs that people have found, plus the ones I already knew were there, I think it’s ready for prime time. Feel free to try it out (If you want to look … Continue reading →

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Back buttons, client-side and server-side code

Posted on December 30, 2002 by Pace Arko

The PHP interpreter works thanklessly. Here are some tips for writing PHP code that reduces server load. Some good tips on how to build DOM-compliant menus. Quick, simple Web usability for the masses. Doing drop shadows the right way with … Continue reading →

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Vibrating wires, teeth from stem cells and Web accessibility

Posted on December 13, 2002 by Pace Arko

A fellow over at Evolt offers advice on including accessibility in web design. Tissue engineering takes a big step forward–scientists grow teeth from stem cells. In as yet unexplored area of classical mechanics, a wire stands on end, held upright … Continue reading →

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Web accessibility, virus throttles and QC errors

Posted on December 9, 2002 by Pace Arko

The W3C site undergoes a redesign that is XHTML strict. The error rate in quantum computing could pose a barrier to its practicality. Joe Clark drops Web accessibility science on the clueless at Slash. Bright sparks over at HP invent … Continue reading →

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User defined CSS and accessibility, why IE 6 still sucks

Posted on December 2, 2002 by Pace Arko

Argh! Why can’t IE 6 support this? table, tr, th, td, thead, tbody, tfoot { display: block !important; } * { position: static !important; float: none !important; left: 0em !important; right: 0em !important; top: 0em !important; bottom: 0em !important; } … Continue reading →

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Using search engines to enforce accessible markup

Posted on November 30, 2002 by Pace Arko

I just had a good idea. Why not put a few modules of code in Google (Or name your favorite engine.) that parse the spidered pages and checks them for DTD and CSS validity? Then people could compile search results … Continue reading →

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Accessible data tables

Posted on November 22, 2002 by Pace Arko

If, like me, you are in the vanguard of the Semantic Web revolution, if, like me, you believe in web accessibility, then layout tables are anathema. On the other hand, using table markup for what it was originally meant to … Continue reading →

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Backlinking, is there are better way?

Posted on October 31, 2002 by Pace Arko

Happy Halloween! Anyway, while reading the redesigned Blogdex, I came across an article about backlinking and web logs. This interested me so I figured I’d add a little heat and noise to the conversation. So far as I know, there … Continue reading →

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