1. Determine what data needs to be stored in the system
2. Work out who has access to each bit of data
3. Group these access rights together to give web page purpose (see 4 steps to wb page design)
3 steps to web application design
November 26th, 20084 steps to a good page design
November 26th, 20081. Purpose – Establish the purpose of the page. Is it an advert, an entry screen a showcase, functional etc. Working this out will dictate …
2. Content – What elements need/ought to be on the page? Which are important / linked etc. which will suggest…
3. Layout – Pencil and paper first. Some elements have established positions eg. ‘sign-out’, navigation, home. Others will be linked in some logical way…
4. Detail – Finally look at textures, colours and possibly type faces.
Div position relative to window rather than page
November 18th, 2008Use position:fixed rather than position:absolute to fix the position of a div relative to the browser window rather than a specific point in the page
Broken keypad on Samsung u600 – Fixed
November 3rd, 2008Inherited a samsung u600 from a relative as the keys had stopped working a few months before. Was about to dismantle it but noticed a small hole at the bottom left of the keypad.
The SOLUTION: Pressed a metal staple into the hole as suspected it’s some sort of reset switch. Hey presto – all now working fine.