http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk/ en Copyright 2012 2012-05-17T16:24:01+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//launching-an-expressionengine-site-check-list http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//launching-an-expressionengine-site-check-list#When:16:24:01Z When that launch day comes there are numerous things you want to check with the website and here are a few for ExpressionEngine in particular. 2012-05-17T16:24:01+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//white-screen-of-death http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//white-screen-of-death#When:15:56:40Z The white screen of death with ExpressionEngine can be frustrating but by following some simple steps it can usually be resolved and quickly. 2012-05-15T15:56:40+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//welcome-expressionengine-2.5 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//welcome-expressionengine-2.5#When:16:42:22Z Today welcomed ExpressionEngine 2.5. After the hurray of this cookie issue with European law as we previously wrote about, 2.5 was delayed for a prolonged period of time. 2012-05-08T16:42:22+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//responsive-web-design-mobile-design-with-expressionengine http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//responsive-web-design-mobile-design-with-expressionengine#When:15:54:20Z Mobile is absolutely huge and thats juts going to grow. By mobile we of course mean mobile devices such as Android, iPhone and event tablet devices such as the iPad and the Samsung Galaxy tab. When dealing ExpressionEngine a lot of people question what it takes to get a site working well on mobile? 2012-05-06T15:54:20+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//ee-cookie-law-and-expressionengine http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//ee-cookie-law-and-expressionengine#When:11:06:47Z Why has this been legislated in the first place? Did some devil in some back office in Brussels when he was having bad day just dream it up to become famous or draconian? No, it's a privacy issue. This is what its based on, they have decided for us that third parties should not gain details about users. The question really is however what that information is. If your website is going to be tracking and kinds of personal information used, sent and sold then you might have a problem. 2012-04-28T11:06:47+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//embeds-versus-snippets-in-expressionengine http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//embeds-versus-snippets-in-expressionengine#When:17:12:47Z ExpressionEngine is very flexible system with so many different ways to build the same thing. A plethora of extensions make it into an incredibly powerful framework which can do many many things. Even when we are building up templates there are numerous ways to go. With the launch of EE2 after years of delay along came snippets. 2012-03-05T17:12:47+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//extension-to-improve-the-control-panel-notification-system-beta-testers-wa http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//extension-to-improve-the-control-panel-notification-system-beta-testers-wa#When:13:52:04Z Small ExpressionEngine extension to improve the very subtle notification system. 2011-10-18T13:52:04+00:00 http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//the-web-and-publishing http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//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//internet-explorer-background-images-not-showing http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//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//categories-super-clean-urls-and-optional-sub-categories http://www.mediasurgery.co.uk//categories-super-clean-urls-and-optional-sub-categories#When:16:06:43Z Learn how to improve the url structure of category sites. This tutorial also shows how to build a robust category system whether sub categories are or not used. 2011-03-26T16:06:43+00:00