The Web Design Stuff

I'm a bit partial to (read: comfortable with) PHP and MySQL as the basis for my sites. I'm migrating more toward CSS instead of tables, and in fact, this site is a testbed for all kinds of goofing around. Enoy the following links -- they're places I've found to be great receptacles of useful knowledge.

PHP Resources

Some interesting proximity calculations using ZIP codes.

MySQL Resources

MySQL Resources will be here, though there's nothing there yet...

CSS Resources

Check out the masterful CSS in the Zen Garden, grasshopper.

Really impressive CSS-only image map usage by Stu Nicholls at The CSS Playground.

See a fun CSS trick for delivering punch lines on my jokes page.

AJAX Testing

A couple of AJAX Tests are here. Really simple stuff at this point.

Graphics Resources

GD Library graphics test page is here...

Vertical Textbar Generator is here...

Utilities for converting RGB to Hex and Hex to RGB are here...

Accessibility Resources

Color and Accessibility article with links to various color blindness filter sites.

Browser Tips and Tricks

A brief explanation of how to save passwords in IE 6. A lot of people have been asking me lately...

About the layout

This page, at least, is rendered using CSS and HTML, with content and layout completely separated. As such, this page will render just fine on older 4.0 browsers, though it will look boring as heck. It looks really good in something more standards-compliant, though.

This is the most elegant technique and perhaps the most sought after layout: a 3 column page with a fluid center column. Easy to understand, easy to implement. The sweet CSS came from Rob Chandanais of BlueRobot.

A little bit of lorem ipsum...

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Li Europan lingues es membres del sam familie. Lor separat existentie es un myth. Por scientie, musica, sport etc., li tot Europa usa li sam vocabularium. Li lingues differe solmen in li grammatica, li pronunciation e li plu commun vocabules. Omnicos directe al desirabilit‡ de un nov lingua franca: on refusa continuar payar custosi traductores. It solmen va esser necessi far uniform grammatica, pronunciation e plu sommun paroles.

A nice format for code examples...

   #centercontent {
   background:#fff;
   margin-left: 199px;
   margin-right:199px;
   border:1px solid #000;
   voice-family: "\"}\"";
   voice-family: inherit;
   margin-left: 201px;
   margin-right:201px;
   }
   html>body #centercontent {
   margin-left: 201px;
   margin-right:201px;
   }
   

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The Good Stuff

Japan Stuff is here, though the content is still limited.

Barbershop Stuff contains links to great resources for four-part Barbershop-style harmony. Nothing at all to do with cutting hair...

Unigraphics NX Stuff will be here, though there's nothing there yet...

Web Design Stuff is here, though the content is still limited.

LDS Stuff is here. Articles and content regarding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Fun Stuff is here. Humor and games -- stuff to make you laugh and/or burn inordinate amounts of time.

The FAQ is here. Organized questions, random questions, more coming later, of course...

Photo Gallery is here.

Why is Taylor always smiling?

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He loves his family...

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He loves his faith...

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He loves his music...

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He loves his work...


He loves knowing smarter people...


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