A short and personal history of building web pages.

TL;DR This is my journey, shared so you can learn from the mistakes I’ve made, from HTML vomit to clean(er) responsive and progressive web pages, built on frameworks of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript5. Done in the hope that you aren’t making then same mistakes. Continue reading A short and personal history of building web pages.

James Signs, built as a custom Ruby on Rails CMS site

Newly launched is the web site of Toronto based http://www.James-Signs.com, a designer and manufacturer of signs and graphics for a variety of applications for both standard stock-type signage and accessories but also catering to the individual needs of a diverse Continue reading James Signs, built as a custom Ruby on Rails CMS site

a preamble to Building a Cascading Drop Down Selection List for Ruby on Rails with jQuery Ajax

This is a preamble to the last years post Building a Cascading Drop Down Selection List for Ruby on Rails with jQuery Ajax, In part because I’ve realized that people where are lost without some basic setup I assumed as Continue reading a preamble to Building a Cascading Drop Down Selection List for Ruby on Rails with jQuery Ajax

Adding a “loading” image to (just about) any form on submit, with jQquery

under the category of the simplest thing that will actual work, I wanted to have one of those nice animate swilling icons running after the user hit the submit button so they knew that something was really happening. The core Continue reading Adding a “loading” image to (just about) any form on submit, with jQquery