Risk Assessment
As part of building our magazine we undertook a risk assessment to make help identify and address potential problems and issues. In this post, learn about the basics of risk assessment [more…]
By Kate Phizackerley
Browser Compatibility – Pseudo Elements
(This is an article for HTML/CSS newcomers.) When building Egytpological we took the decision that: we wouldn’t support IE6, and would support IE7 and IE8 for functional essentials (while pushing the design further in better browsers) The attached table gives some clues as to why this is necessary. It shows browser compatibility for pseudo elements. […] [more…]
By Kate Phizackerley
Adding Halos (Opaque Children of Transparent Parents)
One of the most difficult aspects of the design was adding the transparent halos around blocks using the CSS opacity settings. This is difficult to do in pure CSS because opacity is inherited. A white backgound placed on a transparent parent will itself be transparent even if its own opacity is set to 100%. The […] [more…]
By Kate Phizackerley
Akismet Spam Defender / Site Status
Akismet is one of two plugins which come as part of the standard WordPress build (as at version 2.9.1). The second is Hello Dolly which has no purpose and can just be deleted. Akismet, though, is an essential plugin in the fight against recognising spam comments. The advice is very simple: implement it immediately. One […] [more…]
By Kate Phizackerley