Tag: web

Zooming with responsive design

Discovered something new tonight.

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1">

is a lot different than:

<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">

When I started building out a responsive site for our organization, I ran into some snags with font sizes and such and kept running across “be sure to include” the top line of code when working with responsive design.

No one gave much explanation – just said it was needed.

You may have already figured this out – but it’s the last two attributes that make the biggest difference.

As I understand it now, initial-scale is the scale the site initial loads with.

Maximum-scale is the maximum size the user can scale the site to. So if you set a max of 1 – well there will be no pinch and zooming on your site.

Or if you set it to 2, 3 or 10, etc – that’s the max zoom a user can use.

So do us all a favor and leave that last bit (maximum-scale=1) off. Don’t limit your users. Let them navigate however they feel best.

All 50 states in alphabetical order

Because you never know when you might need them…

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

And don’t forget Washington D.C. 🙂

Help! People can’t find us on the web!

Last week I went searching for a particular business and despite the power of Google and Bing – I couldn’t find a current business location or definitive phone number.

The best I found was a P.O. Box listed on an assocation website.

When I finally tracked someone down, I mentioned the problem and they said, “Yeah – we’re working on it.”

I know technology and the web can be daunting at times, but in this age of fast paced connections, having any presence on the web is vital — and having correct information on the web is even more vital.
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Help share St. Peter’s Brewery

With the release of St. Peter’s Brewery just around the corner (you’ll be able to purchase the Amazon Kindle version on Dec. 1), I’d love to get your help in spreading the word about the book.

There are a couple of ways you can help spread the word about St. Peter’s Brewery.
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Monday Briefs

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highlight(s) of the week ::
While I’m not sure it was a “highlight” of the week, death came as a friend on Tuesday morning for my Granddad. As a result I did get to spend some good time with family, including hanging out with my cousins on Thursday night and my sister and her husband Friday night. The circumstances surrounding us weren’t exactly what we would have chosen, but it’s always nice to get a chance to spend time with family.

Also, received a random (late) birthday gift from some co-workers. Not at all expected, but a very nice gift from some folks I have worked with recently on the African American Read-In.

quote i’m digging ::
“Going to church… I was very young kid… and this was a high Anglican church and this was my first encounter with God’s house. It was very strange. It was a mystical, peculiar almost magical experience going into this beautiful church and wondering why God had such strange taste in music….” on this week’s (upcoming) podcast

music i’m digging ::
I downloaded a copy of So Elated’s album last week in preparation for an interview on Friday with Ben Thomas. Really enjoying the album, especially the song “Open My Heart with Knives.”

God of love please give me peace / Please destroy all of our enemies / Help the rest of the world to learn to live like me / Tear down the temples that worship differently / Hold my hand and make me yours / Grant me power, sex, money and a brand new car / I know I shouldn’t worship all of my stuff / So I’ll ask that you’d please do it in the name of love

work update ::
The position I applied for with DCCCD is still progressing forward. I have an interview today at 1:30 p.m. so I guess I did OK on last week’s test.

freelance work ::
Learning more and more PHP and how it can be used in web development. Did some back-end work on a couple sites over the weekend to make my job in easier in the future.

gym/weight update ::
I think Laurie and I have decided we may try a 20 mile bike ride in Dallas on the first weekend of April. We rode 15 miles last week from Red Oak to Waxahachie. Not too bad, except the chip-and-seal farm-to-market road was a bit bumpy. And I think we both decided we need new seats before we try any serious rides.

looking forward to ::
Hmmm… not sure at this point. Would like another day off without other things coming up, but I’m pretty content as is.

i am second

I saw an interesting billboard on the way to work today. Very simple black and white photo of a guy with dread locks and the words “i am second” and “iamsecond.com“.

Checked it out when I got to work. Great quality site with some great content.

Check it out. What do you think? What would your story be?