http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/ en Copyright 2009 2009-09-30T15:53:24+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/the-web-and-publishing http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/the-web-and-publishing#When:16:21:32Z The Internet The net has made a profound effect on the world and businesses. 15 years ago it would have been almost impossible to break into the book industry without the social and communicating power of the web. In that time and because of this self publishing has become available, this allows small yet talented businesses and in most cases sole authors to reach millions of people that previously were uncontactable and immune to their permission. In the web design world there is A Book Apart Books which are phenomenal book for web designers. Other businesses such as JJ Books are able to promote their message and sell their books using prijt on demand services. This means that all their hard work pays off and the publishing agency doesn’t gather up the majority of the book once they become profitable. 2011-10-04T16:21:32+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/internet-explorer-background-images-not-showing http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/internet-explorer-background-images-not-showing#When:14:29:23Z Internet Explorer can be a real pain as we all know. The below is a fix for Internet Explorer 6/7/8. I found this problem many years ago but coming across again today thought id post it up, as imagine its not only me that’s come across this. .blog-listing-content a { background: url(/images/sprites.png)100% 2px; } The problem with this? Well there’s not a space between the ending bracket and the horizontal background position The fix? .blog-listing-content a { background: url(/images/sprites.png) 100% 2px; } NOTE THE SPACE Web Design, 2011-07-02T14:29:23+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/web-developer-looking-for-a-job-in-aberdeen http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/web-developer-looking-for-a-job-in-aberdeen#When:17:48:32Z Due to increased workload we are hiring. We are looking for a freelancer based locally in Aberdeen, who has experience and skills in php/ mysql and jQuery. Competence in Magento, Expression Engine and WordPress would also be ideal. Good communication skills a must. You don’t need to have worked on Twitter and we’d rather have someone that is willing and super keen to learn than someone who has been at the same level for years. If interested please send your personal url and a paragraph in which describes what makes you different.  info@mediasurgery.co.uk Business, 2010-12-01T17:48:32+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/city-centre-office-in-aberdeen-for-rent http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/city-centre-office-in-aberdeen-for-rent#When:12:35:36Z We are aware of office space in Aberdeen city centre. Its clean, secure and very central. Would suit a small business with 3/4 employees. Internet is available and very reasonable rates for electricity etc. There is a kitchen area and reception,also access to large training room. Reception facilities are also available at very reasonable rates. The image above doesn’t really do it justice, well worth a look if you are looking for something central in Aberdeen. £100 a week. Business, 2010-10-12T12:35:36+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/flv-controls-not-showing-in-flv-playback http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/flv-controls-not-showing-in-flv-playback#When:11:41:26Z A very quick post today but this might be helpful to fellow Flash’rs. I couldn’t get the controls of FLVPlayback to show when uploaded on a live server. After an hour or so of looking for the solution, i worked it out. The skin / controls are published in its own .swf, that is quite straight forward. What you need to do however, is place the MojaveExternallAll.swf ( in my case, but can be any skin ) in the same directory as the file producing the swf code. This was showreel.php found in the root directory. By simply moving your skin file in there ( the root directory), will solve the problem and the FLVPlayback controls will now show. This is because of the way SWF Object works. There is a method that you can edit the component file, but for the sake of one tiny .swf file in the wrong directory, i dont think its worth the hassle. I hope this is helpful, if anyone is having the same problem. 2010-10-05T11:41:26+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/web-design-contract-download http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/web-design-contract-download#When:16:58:39Z Now its our turn to give back to the fantastic web design community, that has helped us with blog, posts, tutorial, tools and the like. Please share this contact with others and help out other web design firms. Spread the love. Download the contract in zip format, right click, save as 2010-09-30T16:58:39+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/jquery-and-sifr-error-in-ie7-internet-explorer-7 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/jquery-and-sifr-error-in-ie7-internet-explorer-7#When:14:50:18Z Quick post today but may help save someone a bit of time debugging and back tracking with code. When using a combination of Sifr ( replacing fonts with a Flash and Javascript combination ) and jQuery ( Javascript codebase which can be built upon for numerous web coding uses ) there was a problem. The code animations and display worked fine but Internet Explorer was throwing up an error. Firefox and other browser were fine. All very easily sorted by simply linking to the Sifr code, after linking to the jQuery code.   Web Design, 2010-09-30T14:50:18+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/should-i-use-tables-for-layout http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/should-i-use-tables-for-layout#When:14:46:16Z Here we are in the year 2008 and some design agencies seemingly don’t know the answer to the question! http://shouldiusetablesforlayout.com/ Benefits of CSS:: Faster loading pages Easier to update the whole site Accessible – making the site available to all Content picked up easier by search engines The list could go on… Cowboy builders use tables for building websites.   Web Design, 2010-09-30T14:46:16+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/what-to-do-when-gmail-is-down http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/what-to-do-when-gmail-is-down#When:14:44:57Z Google’s email service also known as gmail has now been down for over an hour. Its 11:49 UK time here. Here is a quick review of whats good and bad about it. Good: Can run multiple pop3 and imap accounts through it, all located in the one single interface Search facility is fantastic, find anything in seconds iPhone access- works a treat on the iPhone Speed – its usually lightening quick to load and read Web space – it now has 12GB of space – iv only used 12% of that with many large files Its a free service Even the ads can be useful, iv seen me finding some great sites and articles from the ad links Bad There really is only one bad thing i can say about and thats the downtime im suffering from right now. Iv used gmail for over 2 years and apart from the occasional “service is down” message its worked a treat. Ill add the ads in here as well as for the good. They do take up a little bit of screen space but its a minor bad point. 12:13p: You can get your gmails through your mobile such as iPhone. It seems only the web interface is down for now. What do you love about gmail? Is it worth it even with todays downtime?   Business, 2010-09-30T14:44:57+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/wordpress-cant-login-after-upgrade http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/blog/view/wordpress-cant-login-after-upgrade#When:14:42:20Z After updating to Wordress 2.7.1, on one of our sites i couldnt seem to log in. The page seemed to refresh and not do anything. Here are three things to try to solve the problem.   1. Clear your cookies   2. Clear your cache   3. Rename the plugin directory ( /wp-content/plugins) to something different Web Design, 2010-09-30T14:42:20+00:00