Comments for Jack Osborne http://jackosborne.co.uk West of Scotland standards based web designer Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:23:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on .co Domain Names by Tom Cavill http://jackosborne.co.uk/articles/co-domain-names/comment-page-1/#comment-933 Tom Cavill Mon, 26 Jul 2010 10:23:18 +0000 http://jackosborne.co.uk/?p=2803#comment-933 Interesting - I've had a similar issue for our company site - it's not ideal having 'digital' or 'media' appended to your name as they quickly go out of fashion. Short of acquiring monza.co.uk or .com (tried and failed for both) we went for .co and got it. We'll be launching new branding and so on shortly so the new domain will tie-in nicely. I agree with your thoughts on its relationship to .com and also feel value is given by the 'company' association with the co letters. It'll be intriguing to see how it plays out. Hopefully some reward will come from being an early adopter... Interesting – I’ve had a similar issue for our company site – it’s not ideal having ‘digital’ or ‘media’ appended to your name as they quickly go out of fashion.

Short of acquiring monza.co.uk or .com (tried and failed for both) we went for .co and got it.

We’ll be launching new branding and so on shortly so the new domain will tie-in nicely.

I agree with your thoughts on its relationship to .com and also feel value is given by the ‘company’ association with the co letters.

It’ll be intriguing to see how it plays out. Hopefully some reward will come from being an early adopter…

]]> Comment on Add a body id to a wordpress template by Jack Osborne http://jackosborne.co.uk/articles/add-a-body-id-to-a-wordpress-template/comment-page-1/#comment-915 Jack Osborne Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:31:46 +0000 http://jackosborne.co.uk/?p=2693#comment-915 Oh I like that, nice and short. Will have to try it out at some point. Oh I like that, nice and short. Will have to try it out at some point.

]]> Comment on Add a body id to a wordpress template by Steve Rydz http://jackosborne.co.uk/articles/add-a-body-id-to-a-wordpress-template/comment-page-1/#comment-913 Steve Rydz Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:24:01 +0000 http://jackosborne.co.uk/?p=2693#comment-913 Hi jack, this is the method I use for body id's in WP: <code><?php if (is_home()) { ?><br /> <body id="home"><br /> <?php else { ?><br /> <body id="<?php echo $post->post_name; ?>"><br /> <?php  } ?> </code> It could probably be shortened by putting all the php between the body id parenthesis but it is fine as it is here too. Hi jack, this is the method I use for body id’s in WP:

<?php if (is_home()) { ?>
<body id="home">
<?php else { ?>
<body id="<?php echo $post->post_name; ?>">
<?php  } ?>

It could probably be shortened by putting all the php between the body id parenthesis but it is fine as it is here too.

]]> Comment on Halfway through project52 by Jack Osborne http://jackosborne.co.uk/articles/halfway-through-project52/comment-page-1/#comment-895 Jack Osborne Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:44:39 +0000 http://jackosborne.co.uk/?p=2581#comment-895 I'm not going to lie, it's been a bloody struggle trying to write something worthwhile every week, sometimes I've been scraping the barrel and ended up publishing small write-ups on things, which I really didn't want to be doing. I'm starting to seriously wonder if I'm going to be able to see this through, being only just at the halfway point. I’m not going to lie, it’s been a bloody struggle trying to write something worthwhile every week, sometimes I’ve been scraping the barrel and ended up publishing small write-ups on things, which I really didn’t want to be doing.

I’m starting to seriously wonder if I’m going to be able to see this through, being only just at the halfway point.

]]> Comment on Halfway through project52 by Lee Munroe http://jackosborne.co.uk/articles/halfway-through-project52/comment-page-1/#comment-889 Lee Munroe Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:21:26 +0000 http://jackosborne.co.uk/?p=2581#comment-889 Fair play. I gave up a while back - too many other things to do :( Fair play. I gave up a while back – too many other things to do :(

]]> Comment on Don’t Kill Your Site by Jason Cale http://jackosborne.co.uk/articles/dont-kill-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Jason Cale Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:07:55 +0000 http://jackosborne.co.uk/?p=2511#comment-879 Embrace the impermanence of the universe Embrace the impermanence of the universe

]]> Comment on Don’t Kill Your Site by Jim Sweeney http://jackosborne.co.uk/articles/dont-kill-your-site/comment-page-1/#comment-843 Jim Sweeney Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:37:02 +0000 http://jackosborne.co.uk/?p=2511#comment-843 This is a massive pet hate of mine too, the .htaccess suggestion is quite a good idea and I'm actually pretty sure that wordpress has a few plugins for this so you don't have to do any of the heavy lifting. This is a massive pet hate of mine too, the .htaccess suggestion is quite a good idea and I’m actually pretty sure that wordpress has a few plugins for this so you don’t have to do any of the heavy lifting.

]]> Comment on CSS3 Box Shadow and Inset Shadow by Nathan Staines http://jackosborne.co.uk/articles/css3-box-shadow-and-inset-shadow/comment-page-1/#comment-839 Nathan Staines Thu, 17 Jun 2010 06:10:17 +0000 http://jackosborne.co.uk/?p=2424#comment-839 I haven't really found an application where I've needed to use the new box-shadow effect thus far, but the idea of using the inset shadow for form elements does sound interesting. Thanks for yet another great post ;) I haven’t really found an application where I’ve needed to use the new box-shadow effect thus far, but the idea of using the inset shadow for form elements does sound interesting.

Thanks for yet another great post ;)

]]> Comment on Two Dribbble Invites To Giveaway by Jack Osborne http://jackosborne.co.uk/articles/two-dribbble-invites-to-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-810 Jack Osborne Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:00:56 +0000 http://jackosborne.co.uk/?p=2513#comment-810 Thank you to everyone for the submissions, there are some great pieces of work for me to look through. I'll email the winners during the weekend. Thank you to everyone for the submissions, there are some great pieces of work for me to look through. I’ll email the winners during the weekend.

]]> Comment on Two Dribbble Invites To Giveaway by C. Tran http://jackosborne.co.uk/articles/two-dribbble-invites-to-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-809 C. Tran Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:32:36 +0000 http://jackosborne.co.uk/?p=2513#comment-809 Hi Jack, Came across your posts on Twitter and hope I'm not too late to submit some work: http://www.behance.net/gallery/Typographic-Posters/480224 This project was a series of posters inspired by different typographic eras. The Neoclassical and Victorian versions that I had originally done as paste-up boards, with each letter was hand-kerned. Eventually, I converted the layouts to a digital format. Lots of work, but very rewarding and greatly improved my sense of typography. My favorite in the series is an updated boxing poster inspired by early 1900's advertisements for similar events. I had a lot a fun with this project, and I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for the consideration — Christine Hi Jack,

Came across your posts on Twitter and hope I’m not too late to submit some work:

http://www.behance.net/gallery/Typographic-Posters/480224

This project was a series of posters inspired by different typographic eras. The Neoclassical and Victorian versions that I had originally done as paste-up boards, with each letter was hand-kerned. Eventually, I converted the layouts to a digital format. Lots of work, but very rewarding and greatly improved my sense of typography.

My favorite in the series is an updated boxing poster inspired by early 1900′s advertisements for similar events.

I had a lot a fun with this project, and I hope you enjoy it.

Thanks for the consideration — Christine

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