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This is a template for HTML5 pages, I think this is the first technological upgrade in mark up language that I will be actively involved with while it transitions.
This layout is very simple, it uses header, section, footer, aside, nav, article, & figure tags as well as the google js and minor CSS styles needed to make it work cross browser. It also has some notes I collected while reading up on said tags. This is the first draft, but I will use it from here on out to get myself going, HTML5 style. I just want a simple, clean starting point to learn from, I felt other sites were making templates that were over complicated. It has no styles, except one, but it’s pretty self explanatory. Hope it helps you too!
I chilled with a friend recently who specializes in SEO, dare I say he is a SEO ninja. Anyways, I took notes on one rant he went on on free ways to boost a sites SEO, especially if your demographic is local and select.
Sign up for web hosting for 10+ years – Spam sites pay for hosting for one year periods. If google sees you are only paid up for a year, it questions your site.
Get your business on the free directories
- Google maps & Google Coupons
- Yahoo! Directory
- Yellowbook
Take advantage of Facebook Fan pages – Free, and word of mouth is the best advertising and you can be super specific about the demographic you focus the page towards.
UPDATE: we should also add Bing to the registry list!
I learned about a new annoying issue when using tables and images in IE6 & IE7.
I was working on a email newsletter that is primarily images, except for a small box of body text. I viewed the page in IE7 & IE7 via IE Tester and I was getting a gap under each image that butted against the cell aka td. I tried playing with cellspacing, cellpadding, margin and padding for the cell, links and images. Nothing worked, still had the gap. I did a little research and found out why.
When I code tables and just in general, I like to put the closing tags on their own lines, makes it easier for me to read. Apparently IE6/7 will add a 1px gap after your image if you don’t close the cell/td on the same line as the image. Simple and annoying. Thanks again Microsoft and Internet Explorer.
I tested in these browsers because they are the closest to the good old email apps that treat code like it’s 1999. On a further not, here are some good anti-IE6 websites to check out.
Or maybe the title should be “Hey, I made that?!”. So, I know I’m supposed to be mad, but a website totally poached some of my old work from a former employer. I’m not mad, I’m actually amused and a little honored.
I worked as a “Interactive Web Designer” for a company that sold Microsoft Exchange a while back and created all sorts of fun flash animations. I was proud of how many of them turned out, and now I know others feel the same! In fact, my former employee still uses almost all the flash animations I created for them except the ones where the content became out-of-date.
I was hands on with most of the site, pretty much owning certain sections. One section I built is the “What is Microsoft Exchange?”. Each page has it’s own animated explanation, simplified for the layman. Here, check them out:
Anyways, I’m sure if I was actively involved emotionally and creatively, I would be irritated that someone would just outright steal my work. But I’m not at all, is that bad?
It doesn’t really matter, the new site will get a cease and desist letter any day and it will all be removed. But I guess I will have to add the new company to my list of freelance projects.
Special thanks goes out to Jason Fleitz for passing this on to me. I thought he was sending me a joke because the companies name is something I like to say after a good joke. For this instance, we’ll call them Heyo!