‘Scripting’ posts
Tuesday, April 21st, 2009
Glitchy and jumpy jQuery/jCarousel animation
I came across a particularly bizarre bug when working on the new Fluke website. It seemed to appear from nowhere mid-project and manifested itself in a rather odd animation glitch.
I had set up a couple of jCarousel arrays and found that one one page (which had it’s won unique styling) the carousel animation seemed to glitch, dragging the background with it in a jumpy, jaggedy manner.
Monday, August 18th, 2008
Tracking javascript events with google analytics
One of the key things I want tracked on my website is those who click on the rss icon and add me to their feed reader. When someone actually clicks on subscribe – hey that means that they like what they have seen and want to read more. I am humbled. I am overjoyed. I have a conversion! (more…)
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
An accessible “Starkers” Wordpress theme
When I came to putting together this blog I was really happy to find the Starkers Wordpress Theme. However with some simple additions – which can be easily implemented – from high contrast layouts and access keys to skip menus – we could make a massive difference in terms of accessibility to all sorts of users. This is the concept behind the creation of an Accessible Starkers Theme. (more…)
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
Larger, more useable click areas using clickBox
Enlarging the click area of an element has obvious benefits for a person using your website, making it easier to get from one page to another without having to target small links with their cursor. Using this simple DOMscript we can easily make our click areas much bigger and easier for people to click.
From both a marketing and usability point of view it is always important to make sure that people using your website can get from A to B as easily as possible. (more…)
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
Making google analytics unobtrusive
Whenever I implement a new tracking script it always strikes me how obtrusive the scripts tend to be.
They tend to put the script either at the start or the end of the document body, and they tend to use nasty document.writes. I love google analytics but sadly on this count it is no different. In this article I look at implementing google analytics in a less obtrusive way. (more…)
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last.fmI work and play at TUI Ski where I spend my days endeavoring to craft delightful interactive experiences. At home I like country pubs, listening to the eclectic delights of French radio FIP and am daddy to a clutch of cheeky little monsters. Any opinions expressed here are mine and do not represent the opinions of any company I work for.. Powered by WordPress | Entries (RSS) and Comments (RSS).