This blog is published using the iBlog client, an easy-to-use OS X application that makes uploading static pages to the .Mac server simple. iBlog version 1.x has been around for a few years now and despite a number of updates its basic feature set has remained relatively static. However, version 2.x is now in development and promises to add some of the features requested by users in the small but friendly community Forum. Mac fans can now choose from an increasing range of blogging software, and here I take a quick look at ecto, a seemingly popular and well-regarded client.
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Trying to please everyone is an ambitious aspiration for any web designer. Do you please most of the people most of the time, or some of the people all of the time? As described previously, I use a chuck of JavaScript called StyleSwitcher to offer readers of this blog (all two of them) three alternative ways to view the site: single column, fixed-width, and widescreen. Now that web surfing on a PDA using WiFi is a reality, how can this be fine-tuned to ensure those with small screens are automatically offered the "lite" single column view? The answer, perhaps unsurprisingly, is provided once again by JavaScript.
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In this Alertbox Nielsen gives his personal opinion on what he considers the top 10 design mistakes that affect the usability of weblogs.
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Now here's a good idea: offer a free set of ready-made blog templates (see Google's Blogger), then make it possible to write, edit, and publish posts from within the ubiquitous Word processor everyone loves to curse. A new toolbar for Word (Windows only) has been released that could help more of the mildly curious get blogging from a position of familiarity.
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On the one hand there's iBlog, a "rough edges" application that reads RSS feeds and generates a blog composed of static web pages with no add-on tools (commenting, counters, search, etc.). It has a small user base and limited on-the-ground support but it is supremely easy to use. On the other hand, there are a number of "specialist" applications that have cared out a niche, integrating with well-established and comprehensive server-side solutions like WordPress and Movable Type. Frustrated by iBlog's inconsistencies and poor support for web standards, the time has come to consider making the transition to an alternative solution that meets my expectations. Here, I look at WordPress...
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Are you prepared to throw away the default iBlog templates and stylesheets to build from scratch? Here's how you might do it using version 1.4.1.
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