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March, 2008  // Posts published in March, 2008

Widgets, more widgets

Widgets, more widgets

Finally, I’ve completed the first section of the re-build : the walks. All my old walks content has now been refreshed and migrated but that still left me with a couple of content gaps. And what better fillers than widgets. A quick search and I found a really good widget site, Yourminis. Now I have...

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Google maps and KML

Google maps and KML

As part of the re-build of londonforfree, I wanted to freshen up the google maps, particularly to replace the pink pin icons with actual images of the different locations on each map and make the maps more interactive. This led me to discover KML (a file format and schema based on XML) – though initially...

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Print-only stylesheets and the firefox bug

Print-only stylesheets and the firefox bug

One of the big benefits of using CSS-based design for a site is the fact that you can control the layout of printed pages. Instead of users having to print out exactly what they see on screen, you can get rid of stuff like nav, sidebars and plug-ins from pages, enabling them to print out...

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