For people who are new to web publishing, you need to consider how you add content to a web page.  The biggest mistake people make is to copy directly from a word processing program, like MS Word or email, and paste directly into the web editor.  Initially, the results in the WYSIWYG editor may look good, but what you don't see is that in the HTML you've also copied over the word processing code that can BREAK your web page.

When adding content to the editor there are three ways you can do this:

1. T…

Let's dive into my favourite aspect of design, colour!

Some people are afraid of colour because they don't know what colours look good together, they have pre-conceived notions that you just don't mix certain colours (and therefore they're left with fewer colours to choose from), they think the only colours out there are the ones from their crayon box when they were a kid.

All colour stems from the three primary colours, Red, Blue and Yellow, but that doesn't mean you're stuck with viberant…

Every company and organization should have a brand identity, in other words, they should have a logo and a colour scheme that compliments it. Here are a few logo designs, let's take a closer look into what these logos are saying about their companies.

   1.      Logo 1 - Bringing IT On

     

Analysis: the typeface looks handwritten and casual, the colours are bright and bold, there is a lot of depth to the logo which gives it a 3-D look.
Verdict: this logo is FUN, FRIENDLY, and CREATIVE.

2.   …

Basically, a modal box is a window that requires some type of input from the user before they can continue (for example, click here to create a modal box). This can be useful for displaying important information (for example, if a user remains inactive for too long, a warning box will appear on your page warning you that your session will end.), or for entering information (for example, when sending a user a message, a modal box will popup, allowing you to send a message without leaving the…

Did you know that IGLOO provides logo design services? Now you do!

Every company and organization should have a brand identity, in other words, they should have a logo and a colour scheme that compliments it.

Logos come in all styles, shapes and sizes, but in the end it needs to express something that represents your company. This artistic expression doesn't have to be taken literally. Logos can communicate a feeling, mood, objects or an action…just about anything.

There are three main types of…

The IGLOO platform utilizes Mootools, a JavaCcript framework for a number of system elements (for example, at the bottom of this page, the "Subscribe" and "Email Link" use mootools to create the animation of the form "sliding" down when clicked). In this series, we will create a script that creates a "box" over a page that has html content inside of it.

First, we will go over some of the basic pieces of mootools that we will require to complete this project. For starters, let's learn how to get…

The IGLOO content editor uses a feature called HTML Tidy to clean up the code of your submitted page content. This feature helps users with limited to no HTML experience by working behind the scenes to reduce any potential problems with the final rendering of the newly crafted web page.

As with most scripts that aid users in their daily tasks they have their ups an downs.

One item that gives many users a headache is when they past in a block of code from a third party service like Twitter.

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