http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk The Revd Gareth J M Saunders' weblog Mon, 12 May 2008 07:11:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Screenshot of the new code, with debugging background colours (greys) showing. I've spent much of today working on an XHTML/CSS code rewrite for the University of St Andrews website. Based on feedback from staff and students, having used the site for the best part of the last year and the desire to ... http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2008/04/22/the-pastoral-issues-of-wrestling-with-ie5win/ I've got to a point working on my current Website design project where I'm needing to test the code in a variety of browsers keep track of which browsers still have issues with the code Toolbar So I took my own advice and created a new toolbar which I now have as part of ... http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2008/04/09/testing-browsers/ Today (Wednesday 09 April 2008) is CSS Naked Day. Which is why the page design has disappeared and you're currently looking at fairly plain, old school web page. Unless of course you're reading this in your RSS client of choice. The idea behind this event is to promote Web Standards. Plain and ... http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2008/04/09/css-naked-day/ One of the smaller Web projects that I've been working on over the last few months is a new website for my parents-in-law, Peter and Dorothy Neilson: Sacred space at Linne Bheag. Weebly It's built using Weebly, which is a really simple to use content management system. Weebly is wonderfully easy to use, ... http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2008/04/08/sacred-space-at-linne-bheag/ Jill Bolte Taylor: My stroke of insight Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor had an opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: One morning, she realized she was having a massive stroke. As it happened -- as she felt her brain functions slip away one by one, speech, movement, understanding -- she studied ... http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2008/04/06/jill-bolte-taylor-my-stroke-of-insight/ Fife on wheels I can't remember ... much actually! No, I can't remember any other new year where I've been clobbered with quite so many bugs as this one. I seem to have had at least one new stomach bug or virus each month. Some months I was greedy and ... http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2008/04/03/fife-on-wheels-scotland-on-rails-gareth-on-twitter/ How can it be the end of March already?! It's not just me, is it? Easter felt infeasibly early this year. I happened before the clocks went forward (from GMT to BST). In fact, it happened before it had even stopped snowing! And now that Easter is passed, Jesus has ... http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2008/03/31/the-last-three-months/ Ah ... the delights of developing websites on a PC with three monitors. Here I've got my code in the middle screen, Firefox 2.0.0.12 on my left and on the right: IE6 (top) and IE7 (bottom). Of course, if I had four monitors then I could have had my Windows Live Messenger ... http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2008/03/21/the-delights-of-three-monitors/ A nice and friendly way to begin a presentation. About 10 months ago we launched a new website for the University. Over the last few weeks we've been hosting a number of feedback sessions inviting folks to comment on what they think works, what doesn't work, what could be improved, and giving ... http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2008/03/19/meeting-the-students/ The antibiotics appear to be beginning to work, although I'm predictably now feeling a little rougher around the edges and more tired. But nothing that a handful of pills and a month in bed won't fix! Sadly, that's not going to happen though. Job satisfaction Work is incredibly busy just now. (When ... http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2008/02/13/projects/