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WordPress Development
Posted by:admin | Posted on: January 17th, 2012 | 6 Comments
We're big fans of free and open-source software here at Parallactic -- why re-invent the wheel when other developers have already created effective wheels that we can freely copy, re-use, and customize?
(more...)SFBeta and affiliates — WordPress sites
Posted by:Clara | Posted on: May 27th, 2011 | 4 Comments
Parallactic is pleased to add SFBeta to its client list this year! (more...)
Chicago Rentals Direct is Live!
Posted by:Clara | Posted on: March 16th, 2011 | 1 Comments
We just helped Chicago Rentals Direct launch their new online rental database to the public! (more...)
CSS3 and Graceful Degradation
Posted by:Clara | Posted on: August 20th, 2010 | 0 Comments
While we've previously discussed issues of browser compatibility in terms of trying to make websites look identical in all popular browsers, this isn't the best strategy in 100% of cases. Web design is exciting partly because unlike print design, it's not just a static image in a known medium -- websites will be viewed from all kinds of browsers and devices, interacted with, resized, searched, downloaded, and printed. So rather than striving for pixel-perfect control over the display of every site, we sometimes work for a different but still positive experience with each browser instead of an identical experience. One great example of this is features supported by CSS3. (more...)Common IE6 Bug Workarounds
Posted by:Jered | Posted on: November 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments
Much as we hate it, Internet Explorer 6 still has between 10% and 23% of the browser market share, and some of our clients absolutely need to support it. Here are a few quick tips for working around some of the more annoying IE6 "features". (more...)