Archive for January, 2009

Code

Dreamweaver – use nested templates to refactor shared markup

I mentioned last month that we use Adobe Dreamweaver to assist in the maintenance of content pages on the bulk of web sites in our portfolio. Our largest site has around 10,000 HTML pages plus 5.5 gigs of word docs, spreadsheets, PowerPoints, podcasts, and various other attachments. A few years ago I introduced my team [...]

Design

NYT does it again – think of the possibilities…

Once again, the New York Times website has used a Rich Internet Application (RIA) to explore and clarify a complicated amount of data; imagine the promotional possibilities if we did the same? A UX colleague recently delicioused me a link to a page on the NYT website called Calculate Your Financial Comeback. Much like the [...]