Moving away from ‘old faithful’ - the pixel, has been on the cards for a while now. It was probably the realign of SimpleBits and the accompanying blog post that caused the change in thought.
I’ve been smoking for nearly half my life.
Nearly. Half. My. Life.
Steadily, over the last year I was enjoying the addiction less and less and after a previous failed attempt to quit, I wanted to make sure this time was for good.
Yeah, I know what you’re thinking… Iain has developed a nasty habit and needs to go to rehab.
Nah, I haven’t lost it, I’ve only just got started. Today I just got my application back from EllisLab and I’m over the moon to be part of the ExpressionEngine Professionals Network. Go me.
I think I’ve found the holy grail of Content Management Systems for average joe coders such as myself. If your down and dirty with plain old html and dabble in php - then given a couple of weeks of tinkering, you can have a full blown dynamic website that knocks the socks of anything you’ve done before.
I’ve always found typography in my site designs to be a sticking point, inconsistencies accross large sites, lack of flow and general hacks to make stuff look right for a quick fix are generally my faults when it comes to site design
Microsoft has brought out a great little tool for synchronizing folders and backing up data. Its called Synctoy and is a free download from the Microsoft website.