Check out my new web design portfolio at : www.dynamicguru.com/mujtaba/ . This time i ‘ve chosen light colors, mainly #eee for background and #09f for various visual elements . It is a single page site and is again powered by jQuery . I’ve tried to keep things as simple and to the point as possible, no more lengthy “about me” or boring portfolio page. The site was designed and developed in just 2 days.
Here is a look at whats behind it :
- A jQuery UI powered “content slider” for showcasing my works
- Table-less css based grid layout
- Ajaxified contact form
- css3 rounded corners (for browsers that support it)
- Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict
This is year 2009 and not 1999, it is now time to move a step forward and shun internet explorer 6. Instead of trying to make your site work in internet explorer 6 and waste your precious time you should now consider to politely ask your ie6 visitor to upgrade. There are many ways to do so, but the simplest one i could come up with was using a css hack to display a particular div in ie6 and hide it in other browsers. The trick is to use ie6’s interpretation of _display as display .
Here is the code :
// CSS
#ie6_only {
//Hide it from good browsers
display:none;
//only ie6 will interpret it as display! others wont
_display:block;
}
// XHTML
<div id="ie6_only">
Your notice to ie 6 users here
</div>
Thats all! quite simple, isnt it? much simpler than using javascript or php to detect the browser and take action accordingly.
However you should position the div at such a place and in such a way that it is clearly visible.
You must also be polite in your notice and here is one example :
Dear visitor!
You are using an outdated browser that is not compatible with web standards,
You must consider upgrading to a different browser or a newer version of Internet Explorer to improve your web experience and enhance your online security and privacy
ThankYou
Further, you may consider becoming a supporter of NET magazine’s anti-ie6 campaign at http://www.bringdownie6.com
Here is just another rocking dark wordpress theme by me , which was downloaded 300 times during the first 20 hours of going live! The theme has a sleek and dark look with some nice eye candy jquery effects on the left sidebar.Give it a try!
Click here to download this free wordpress theme
If you are among the frequent visitors to my blog you will notice that i changed the blog theme today, this new theme is my own creation and the best part about it is the effects on the left sidebar, hover over a link to slide it towards right and click on a link category title to see it slide up, all thanx to the powerful jQuery.8) If you like the theme or want to point out a bug , drop a comment using the form below.
The web portfolio of Mujtaba Ahmed
Today i’ve launched my new website and my first web portfolio.
You can check it out here: www.dynamicguru.com/mujtaba/ .
The site is one of my best works till date and is the first site of mine to use ajax and is powered by jQuery. The site uses awesome jQuery effects for page transitions. Also it has validated XHTML 1.0 Strict markup. Check it out and tell me in the comments what you think about it?
