Using CSS is a better way to create printable versions of your web pages. CSS eliminates the costs and complexities of creating separate printable pages or using PDF output. You can make your site more useful for users by creating a separate print CSS that will make printing your pages a good experience for your users. I'll show you how to do that in this blog post. [More]
Mar 30, 2010 • by Donovan Myers
Recently, I was asked by one of our credit union clients to come up with a way to make one set of input fields required if a particular radio button was checked and another set of input fields if the other radio button was checked. That would be just a simple JavaScript form check, however we also wanted to use CSS to visually let the user know that the field had just become required by making the text bold as well as adding a red asterisk (*) to the beginning. [More]
Mar 23, 2010 • by Donovan Myers
Learn how to dynamically change CSS styles on your website using our CSS Style Switcher. [More]
Mar 18, 2010 • by Donovan Myers
Our inboxes are becoming increasingly more difficult to manage. Even if we have the best spam blocking in the world, we're still getting more and more legitimate emails every day. Credit card statements, payment due notifications, Amazon.com order confirmations, shipment notifications, and Facebook updates just to name a few. Pruning your inbox in this day-and-age could take hours. [More]
Aug 23, 2008 • by Donovan Myers
Last week I had the displeasure of applying for a new credit card and it's accompanying 0% balance transfer offer on the Internet. Now, I can't say that the whole process was horrible - and don't worry, everything worked out in the end - but one single thing could have made the process a lot more enjoyable:
Confirmations!
Read on to hear about my experience.
Step 1 - Applying for the card
I filled out the usual information and supplied the code from my printed application. So far, nothing out of the ordinary.
Step 2 - Application approved, submit transfer requests
Rather than giving me a confirmation screen that told me my application was approved, I was taken directly to the balance transfer request input screen. I never received an email confirmation to my application's approval.
This is not an actual screen shot, this is an artists rendition of the form.
So, I ventured forward... [More]
Aug 23, 2008 • by Donovan Myers
