Bacon Blog

Using HTML 5 to create magic!

2010-11-19T05:38:00Z

As many of you know by now the band Arcade Fire has released their new album "The Suburbs." After seeing them on Saturday Night Live last weekend I thought I'd go check out their website and when I did I found one of the most creative uses of HTML 5 thus far. Keeping in mind that the HTML 5 specification is far from complete we are beginning to see new sites popping up daily using the language. These sites are starting to push the envelope on just what can be done with HTML, CSS, and...(read more)

It's true, you can use CSS3 Today!!!

2010-05-06T07:21:00Z

Even though the CSS3 specification is no where near complete this does not mean that we can't begin to take advantage of some of its features right here and now. There are some really nice properties available to us Web Designers in the new CSS3 spec such as the border-radius command, non system font embedding, image-less background gradients, and text rotation amongst many others. Most Web designers have been reluctant to use these new CSS3 properties due to thier minimal and inconsistent browser...(read more)

Organize and Structure That Darn CSS!

2010-05-06T07:18:00Z

As Web designers we tend to believe that we work best in a chaotic format. We speed through the design process placing objects where we think they need to be placed and then rapidly modify and tweak their appearance until we are pleased with the outcome. During this design process rarely do we take a step back from our work and ask ourselves if this is the most efficient method or if can we can reorganize and help with future management of our code? CSS management tends to be very difficult as projects...(read more)

Microsoft .NET Framework Unhandled Exception

2010-01-15T07:15:00Z

A couple of months ago I started getting a Microsoft .NET Framework Unhandled Exception error every time that I would boot my laptop. I looked at the details and then began copying bits and pieces of the error message and performing google searches on them. I came across numerous "possible" solutions and tried many different ones to no avail. I knew the issue was with something that was running at start up that no longer existed so I cleared all programs from my startup directory and still...(read more)

Spam! Spam! Spam! Lovely Spam! Lovely Spam!

2009-12-15T07:01:00Z

In this case I'd have to strongly disagree with the lyrics from Monty Python's 1972 "Spam Song". Spam is in no way lovely. I launched this site on Telligent's Community Server 2008.5 Express Edition only a mere 1 1/2 months ago. Nearly one week after the launch I began noticing that there were quite a few new users joining my site via my email notifications. This prompted me to look into the matter a little deeper and I found that the users, all but my girlfriend, we spammers...(read more)

Flash... Who Needs It Now That We Have jQuery?

2009-12-14T08:14:00Z

More and more as I develop, design and attempt to build rich user interfaces I feel the need for Adobe Flash slip further and further away. And as I continue to learn more about jQuery I find that it is possible to accomplish nearly anything that I once believed that I "needed" Flash for simply by use of jQuery plugins or by extending the jQuery library. This use of jQuery over flash can be very beneficial to our sites and their end users on so many different levels. Perhaps the most important...(read more)

Graffiti = Content Made Open Source?

2009-12-13T19:44:00Z

Telligent , the company that brought us Community Server (now known as Telligent Community) have also been offering an Asp.NET content management system named Graffiti CMS since 2007. In this case the "CMS" does not stand for "content management system", but rather "Content Made Simple" and the developers at Telligent designed Graffiti with this princlple in mind. It is a powerful, easy to customize, easy to manage platform, however, with Telligent narrowing their focus...(read more)

CSS Simplified... I'm your Huckleberry

2009-11-24T06:10:00Z

So, as I mentioned in a previous blog post I am taking a class on jQuery started by my boss, Justin Couto of Couto Solutions . Well, it just so happens that he wants me to take the reins in the first meeting since jQuery relies on bits and pieces of css. As he pointed out this would be a good opportunity for me to develop a series of short tutorials providing the basic fundamentals for proper css structure. Below you will find the outline soon to be followed by the tutorials. I do, however, feel...(read more)

Uncle Bacon Lives!!!

2009-11-20T06:39:00Z

It's been quite some time since it was conjured up, but after many solid hours spent designing, planning, coding, testing, re-designing, re-planning, re-testing, re-re-testing, re-re-re-testing and a little help from Couto Solution's Telligent Community Server Hosting the site lives and breathes! Uncle-Bacon.com is a site that I, Brian Treese have created to show a few projects that I've created for various reasons outside of my current workplace at www.CoutoSolutions.com as well as a...(read more)

A Class with Couto

2009-11-16T03:54:00Z

Yep, it's that time, time for another "Class with Couto." This go around the topic is jQuery and I'm pumped. I've been very interested in jQuery for some time now and I lunged at the opportunity to to dive into the inner workings of a framework that provides endless possibilties for Web user interfaces. Beginning this week we will begin working through the book "jQuery in Action" written by Bear Bibeault and Yehuda Katz. "jQuery in Action is a fast-paced introduction...(read more)