Want to have a contact form open up in an overlay window and submit using ajax in WordPress?
I did too. It sounded simple enough, but like most webby things it was a right palaver to get it all working properly.
Step by step instructions below.
I hope it saves you some time, but if you know a different or better way, please let me know. Continue reading
I’m redesigning my website. I want to add more texture and subtlety and tighten up the typography. Here’s where I’m at right now. You like?
Inspired by the post When Visual Style Gets In The Way, I sat down for an hour and worked on these designs for the iPhone’s Voice Memo app.
I wanted to increase the user feedback, make the interface easier to understand and ditch the 50′s microphone. I like labels on my icons and wanted to exploit the crisp display on the device.
Monitoring audio levels - the default state on opening the app
Recording a voice memo
Do you think it’s an improvement?
[Updated 26 Oct]
I’ve been working on setting up an ecommerce site for a client using Big Commerce. As ecommerce solutions go, it’s pretty good – I’ve worked with significantly poorer software that’s for sure.
Customisation is limited on the hosted version, but there’s still plenty you can do with CSS. However, one niggle for me is that it does not output any code to help you indicate to your visitors which section they are currently viewing.
Following the instructions below, you should end up with ‘class=”ActiveSection”‘ being added by jQuery to the active list item or active parent list item in ‘#SideCategoryList’ or ‘#SideShopByBrand’. So instead of outputting
it will output
1 |
when you’re browsing products in categories or brands. Wow 
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I booked a stand at the Brighton and Hove Business Show one week before the exhibition. A week in which I was flat out with client work during the day. So, I spent 24 hours over that week getting my act together. Here’s what happened…
When we’re working on a project, we often have to compare complex things – features/services/software – and work out which one is the best in the given situation. I use a spreadsheet and create a matrix. This is what you should end up with.Click on screen shots to see the next step. There’s a brief explanation of each step underneath.
Open a spreadsheet, and in A2 type Criteria and then copy and past your criteria list beneath that, one cell per item.
Select cell B1 and type in Weighting. Assign a Weighting value to each criteria. The value represents the level of importance this item has within your overall decision. It doesn’t matter what range you use as long as you’re consistent. I used the range 0.1 (not important) – 1.0 (essential).