http://www.davidfreelance.co.uk Web developer and dog enthusiast Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:25:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In late November we were told it was going to be a warm December and hardly any rain, yet again today I am defrosting my car in spitting rain! http://www.davidfreelance.co.uk/index.php/2007/12/14/uk-weather-forcasters-they-know-nothing-its-official/ This morning I have been developing a website from a series of .psd files. The designer did something that I haven`t had to code into a website for a very long time, the navigation area had an opacity, a semi transparent layer over an image. My first thought was cross ... http://www.davidfreelance.co.uk/index.php/2007/11/09/css-opacity-across-all-web-browsers/ I have just finished reading what is probably one of the best and heart hitting stories I have ever read. For me that is quite a statement, but the story is close to my heart and expresses feelings that unfortunately I don`t have the skills to write down (as readers ... http://www.davidfreelance.co.uk/index.php/2007/11/01/the-death-of-a-beloved-pet/ What's all that about? http://www.davidfreelance.co.uk/index.php/2007/10/02/guys-with-earrings/ If you live near Derbyshire you will most likely bump into Molly and myself out walking, although sometimes Molly decides to play hide and seek. In true Where's Wally stylee, here's is our own version, Where's Molly. http://www.davidfreelance.co.uk/index.php/2007/09/05/wheres-molly/ The people (word people used loosly) behind this great country of ours need a major kick up their ass, what are they thinking approving the sale and manufacture of electric shock dog collars? Many months ago I (and many of my friends along with thousands of others) signed a petition to ... http://www.davidfreelance.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/31/electric-shock-dog-collar-approved-by-government/ As if I don`t have enough on my plate at the moment with the development of several websites on the go at the moment I have started to build a dog rescue / dog lovers website. http://www.davidfreelance.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/28/new-dog-rescue-and-dog-lovers-website-on-the-horizon/ A month or so ago Firefox updated itself to version 2.0.0.6, as a result my firefox search bar options have been missing missing google.co.uk. I use the search bar within firefox and am returned with www.google.com results. I trawled the Firefox website and Googled galore for an answer to this but ... http://www.davidfreelance.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/21/firefox-search-bar-google-bug-fix/ Many years ago we used to size text using pixels, we knew where we were with them. Tell a web browser to set the text size at 12px, voila it was done. But then the web grew up, we realised we had to start to change the way we develop ... http://www.davidfreelance.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/21/set-website-text-size-using-ems/ OK so the activation day arrived. I knew from previous experience that the modem/router would be a doddle to setup and install. Plug it in and voila, everything is taken care of for you thanks to the setup procedure by Sky to ensure even the most novice of users can ... http://www.davidfreelance.co.uk/index.php/2007/08/15/sky-broadband-my-experience-part-2/