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Google Stops Chasing Waterfalls

November 1, 2017November 1, 2017 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

At some point it seems that Google Maps stopped chasing waterfalls and in the process stopped sticking to the rivers and lakes (and streams) that they’re used to and pretty …

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How To / Smart Design / Web Design

How to Turn Off Automatic Sound on Facebook Videos

August 27, 2017August 27, 2017 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Did you recently receive this rather helpful message from Facebook’s mobile app? “We’re always working to make Facebook a better place to watch videos. That’s why videos now play with …

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Web Design / Your Pal Drew

Not Quite Dead Yet!

June 29, 2013June 30, 2013 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

I wonder how long it takes for a blog to go without being updated before it becomes labelled as being dead, because 16 months have passed since my last post …

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How To / Web Design / WordPress

IE7 Phantom Floated Image Bug

April 30, 2008May 1, 2008 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

I discovered a rendering problem of my website while viewing it on Internet Explorer 7 (IE7): floated images were leaving big chunky “holes” in otherwise normal blocks of paragraphs. Fortunately, …

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How To / Web Design / WordPress

Using WordPress Categories

April 26, 2008April 26, 2008 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

I’m helping some friends from the film industry set up a free blog on WordPress.com and have discovered stumbling blocks within the WordPress interface that flumoxes non-technical users. In today’s …

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Web Design

Safety Yellow: HUMP!!

March 20, 2008March 23, 2008 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

If pressed to pick a favorite color I’d have to go with what we here in the United States call “Safety Yellow”. If I had to guess, I’d say that …

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Drawing Board / Web Design

BridgingMethod.com

April 9, 2007March 23, 2008 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

This evening I’m celebrating the conclusion of six months’ hard labor with the launch of a new website called BridgingMethod.com. Developed by well-known Atlanta architect and businessman George Heery, the …

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Web Design

Re-Theming the Site

March 19, 2007 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Back when I switched over to WordPress from MovableType I was deep in the throes of learning PHP and CSS and pretty much cobbled together the most outlandish hijack of …

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Web Design

Selling Out To Google

July 16, 2006 - by Drewprops - Leave a Comment

Regular subscribers may have noticed that I’ve been quietly experimenting with adding text ads from Google in the sidebar, prompted by an article in Wired magazine about people who generate …

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Web Design

Introducing 2006 PiratePalooza Website

April 23, 2006December 6, 2009 - by Drewprops - 1 Comment

Zowie, I’ve had a busy weekend of posting to this blog!! This is to let everyone know that last week I quietly rolled a brand new version of the PiratePalooza …

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