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• Redesigned and more

  November 5th, 2007 at 4:58pm | 7 Comments

  In a few weeks it will be exactly a year since I redesigned this site. It really has become an annual event. This time I’ve redesigned it but also rebranded and added new features. Rebranded I really liked the domain brad.touesnard.com. I mean come on, firstname.lastname.com is pretty sweet. That is unless your last name ... read more »

  Tags: AJAX • facebook • flickr • lastfm • magnolia • safari • usability • web-design • web-development • Wordpress

• New Design, New WordPress, First Ajax, First Scriptaculous

  February 26th, 2006 at 1:45am | 9 Comments

  Phewf! What a friggin overhaul! I was getting very bored with the old site and had been squatting on a new design idea for a while, so I finally gave in and wrote my own WordPress theme. A few months ago, I was very much inspired by Scott Schiller’s work (I even borrowed some of ... read more »

  Tags: AJAX • dhtml • software • web-design • web-development • Wordpress

• Upgraded to WordPress 2

  January 18th, 2006 at 9:37pm | 2 Comments

  About 2 weeks ago I upgraded to WordPress 2 and I’ve been loving it. The new AJAX-powered features admin interface and WYSIWYG editor are fantastic and definitely make the blogging experience more enjoyable. I am actually surprised at how quickly the WordPress developers have come out with an AJAX implementation. Of all the PHP software ... read more »

  Tags: AJAX • dhtml • software • web-development • Wordpress

• Refocus on functionality and usability

  November 27th, 2005 at 10:31pm | No Comments

  Few would debate that Ajax is a major advancement in web development. One that has the potential to take even more applications off the desktop and into the browser. However, with this exciting new approach to web development, it is even more important than ever to refocus on the functionality and usability. Even with special ... read more »

  Tags: AJAX • software • tips • web-development

• TreeView 2.0 Released

  November 21st, 2005 at 8:56pm | 4 Comments

  Click here for the demo. About a week ago I released version 2.0 of TreeView, a PHP class for adding expandable tree controls to web applications. This is actually a big milestone toward my goal of building Ajax support. The major new features in TreeView 2.0 are: Client-side mode I coded the Javascript to animate ... read more »

  Tags: AJAX • dhtml • software • web-development

• Learning Ajax from the bottom up

  November 21st, 2005 at 12:11pm | 1 Comment

  I remember a co-worker playing around with DHTML four years ago while I was working at SmartForce (now SkillSoft). It was pretty cool, but since there were severe cross-browser problems and few functional uses for it, I felt there were more important things to learn. But all that has now changed with the relatively recent ... read more »

  Tags: AJAX • dhtml • learning • web-development