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Reliable Cross-Browser Testing, Part 1: Internet Explorer

leeboone — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:42:03 +0000

Via Smashing Magazine

Parsons Website

leeboone — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:32:00 +0000

The Parsons New School for Design website is well designed (of course) and has possibly the best use of flash I’ve encountered on a website in some time. Check it out yourself.

MODX Revolution Manager Primer (Part 1 – Overview)

leeboone — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:19:00 +0000

It’s no secret that I love the MODX content management system. Moving forward, I plan to build most of my sites on MODX Revolution. I have found it helpful to provide screencasts to my clients to help walk them through the MODX manager. In the interest of being proactive, I’m producing a series of screencasts that can serve as a primer to my clients, or anyone who isn’t a web professional but needs a quick training course for their MODX Revolution website.

Jefferson on Progress

leeboone — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 17:18:00 +0000

John Calipari Had Better Be All Over This…

leeboone — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 20:28:33 +0000

Bring this kid to Kentucky.

What Am I Doing Right?

leeboone — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 19:04:51 +0000

Lee Boone Dot Com v2.0

leeboone — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 18:24:08 +0000

I am pleased to announce the launch of my revised and updated website! I have neglected this aspect of my online presence far too long, so I’m glad I finally forced myself to take the time and get it done.

To save time, I built it in WordPress with a modified theme from WooThemes.

Please take a look around and let me know what you think. And if you see something that looks a little wonky, let me know about that too. Thanks!

MODX Evolution… It Lives!

leeboone — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:11:48 +0000

MODX Revolution has been out for the better part of a year, so one might expect the previous version, aka Evolution, to wither on the vine. One might might be in for a mild shock because support for Evolution remains vital and strong.
Not convinced? I’ll make my case…
Finally, during the middle of the cold, bleak winter, and update is released. Evo 1.0.5 contains numerous essential security updates and manager enhancements, as well as updates to core add-ons. Everything Evo is brought up-to-date with this release.
Read the full forum post announcing the 1.0.5 release for full details.
The most telling sign of life for Evo is the list of community members at the bottom of this post. A casual browse through the forums will find these individuals giving support and advice on a broad range of topics, MODX.
So for those of you who, like me, have a number of live Evo sites who still need shepherding, or for others looking to try a great CMS for the first time Evo is alive, vital and sticking around.
Who else is curious about what’s in store for Evolution 1.1?

I ♥ MODX

leeboone — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:02:14 +0000

I have been using the MODX content management system for about 10 months now and I am becoming truly astounded by what can be accomplished on this platform with minimal knowledge of PHP. I am currently working on a couple sites that I am extremely excited about.
I have finally gotten my feet thoroughly damp with the @bindings options for template variables in MODX. Its amazing how well you can integrate the data on your site to streamline content management for better, more intuitive functionality.
For example, one of the sites I’m working on is for a commercial property management firm I have a folder in the admin area to contain documents with a ‘property’ template and a folder to contain documents with an ‘agent’ template using the @SELECT and @EVAL bindings I can associate data from the ‘agent’ documents with a template variables assigned to the ‘property’ template. This will allow the end user to assign a contact email from a drop down menu and listing agents from a checklist and the template variables will automatically update whenever a new agent profile is added to the ‘agents’ folder.

Don’t Freak Out About Google Sidewiki

leeboone — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:58:28 +0000

I’d like to address the subject of understanding (and therefore not freaking out about) Google Sidewiki. For those of you who are unfamiliar. Google sidewiki is a browser add-on that lets you, in Google’s words “Contribute helpful information to any web page.” It is a new feature of Google Toolbar and is currently only available for Internet Explorer and Firefox Browsers.

The reason this is vitally important for marketers and web professionals to get out on the front end of this is simple, so I’ll repeat. ANY WEB PAGE. Simply put, you are doing a grave disservice to your clients if you do not make them aware of this proactively. You do NOT want to have the client call you asking “What is this Sidewhatzit? and how can I get rid of it?”

So the first step is to download and enable sidewiki on your own browser. This bugs me because it adds another layer of clutter to my already tricked-out Firefox, but I’ll deal. People are just starting to use this, so a lot of sites you frequent don’t have any entries, so go to your favorite big, popular site and check out what happens. You’ll have a sidebar attached to your browser with commentary from any visitor who wishes to leave it.

What this is going to do for anyone who cares what people think of their site, brand or product is to force them to become a part of the conversation, if they haven’t already. Currently this tool is in the hands of early adopters only, don’t wait until Oprah or the Today show get ahold of it. It will be too late.