Businesspatron.ca: The Blog

Businesspatron.ca Launches Version 0.2

Joel — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:49 +0000

I have finished my design and usability review. I uploaded the site's new look late last week, but that's not to say it is written in stone. It remains a work in progress. I would still like to hear your comments on the look and feel of the site,

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Three ways to Optimize Your Website for Text-Only Browsers: Part 3 Images and Text-Only Browsers.

Joel — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:59:25 +0000

In today's tutorial I'm going to show you a few ways to deal with images when optimizing your website for text-only browsers. The basic rule of thumb...

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Three ways to Optimize Your Website for Text-Only Browsers: Part 2 Writing Logical HTML Code

Joel — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:58:53 +0000

Today I'm going to show you a few strategies to arrange your HTML code so that it can be easily understood in a text-only browser.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Three ways to Optimize Your Website for Text-Only Browsers: Part 1 Download and install Lynx on a Mac

Joel — Sat, 17 May 2008 20:36:27 +0000

This is the first in a series of five articles on how to optimize your website for text-only browsers. I’m going to show you how to download and install the Lynx web browser on an Intel based Mac, but first I should explain why it’s important to optimize a site for a text-only browser.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Create an Image with Transparency using GIMP

Joel — Sat, 10 May 2008 18:36:30 +0000

Today’s tutorial is all about how to create a transparent background on an image using GIMP.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Displaying Text over Images with CSS and HTML

Joel — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:07:11 +0000

Today I want to share a simple method for displaying text on top of images using CSS, HTML.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Beta Testers Wanted

Joel — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 19:00:45 +0000

Now that I have a working web directory up and running I am going to take a break from PHP to do a thorough design and usability review.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.

Welcome

Joel — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:56:54 +0000

Hello there and welcome to businesspatron.ca. What you see here is the first few steps in the development of an open source web directory package. I am looking to create a simple, but powerful way to create and access hierarchical lists of information and links.

Original post blogged on b2evolution.