Invisible Inkling

Ryan Sholin on the future of newspapers, online news and journalism education.

All About web-design

Get naked for the day

April 5, 2007 – 7:39 am

It’s CSS Naked Day.
Strip off those stylesheets and show the world the clean, semantic HTML you’ve been hiding deep inside, in your inner being, under all those layers and background images.
Oh, but could someone please remind me to turn the styles back on tomorrow morning?
Thanks.

Obligatory post explaining the redesign of this site

March 7, 2007 – 10:27 pm

For those of you keeping score at home, this is the sixth different design I’ve used, if we start keeping track back at Blogspot in 2005.

Surprises/No Surprises

December 28, 2006 – 7:45 pm

Back from vacation and the first day back at the office, here are a few quick reviews and observations:
Surprises

Casino Royale: Best Bond ever? Maybe. Certainly a re-invention of the formula, with actual character development and relationships. Frankly, it was awesome. I was marking out the whole time. “OMG he ordered the drink [...]

Unexpected browser/resolution combinations

November 22, 2006 – 7:55 am

I’ve been tweaking the design of this site, doing less and less testing in IE6, but yesterday I saw something I hadn’t thought of. Wish I had a picture, but you’ll have to imagine it for now:
Some editors and page designers keep their monitors oriented vertically, instead of horizontally. Combine that with IE6, [...]

Web hosting help

September 18, 2006 – 3:44 pm

Dear readers — both of you — I’ve got a simple question.
Which web hosting company do you use, and which do you avoid?
I’m working on a design project for a friend/client (!), and this is the first time I’m striking out on my own and paying for server space somewhere with someone else’s money, so [...]