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designIT is a boutique web development firm specializing in content management systems. We are looking for a keen designer with strong CSS skills to design and style sites for a wide range of clients. In return for the following requirements we provide a positive environment where you will be supported, get to have you say and be able to grow with the business. You will: be expected to present your site designs to clients and work with them to arrive at a design that works for the user, and the client's business goals. be able to produce CSS/ HTML/xHTML templates from your Photoshop mockups. be able to produce code that works on a variety of browsers such as IE, Safari & Firefox. have experience in coding with web standards & are aware of accessibility & useability issues when creating sites. have a minimum of 3 years experience, working on a variety of projects with strong communication skills and with a strong eye for detail and good design. Ideally you will also h

A new version of the Firebug Firefox extension (for debugging JavaScript, CSS, HTML and Ajax) has been released. Release notes are at http://www.joehewitt.com/software/firebug/releases/0.4notes.php If only there was something comparable for IE! Tags: ajax javascript firefox extension

Sitepoint have published an interesting article on the rebuilding of vouge.com.au using eZ publish. While the article does not focus on the implementation details it is a good overview of the redesign process and benefits of managing a site with a CMS and separating content and presentation using XHTML+CSS. Tags: eZ publish

It's been 2 weeks since the stripping of EXIF data was put into place on the willow site . Last friday a redesign up uploaded and as part of this update I added the EXIF stripping to all the images on the site. The following table shows how these changes have effected the size of downloads: Week / Action Bytes Transfered Sessions Bytes / Session Week 1 - no image changes 2.50 GB 6,969.00 376.45 KB Week 2 - striping EXIF data from thumbnails 1.81 GB 7,459.00 254.95 KB Week 3 - striping EXIF data from all site images (minor design changes) 992.98 MB 8,459.00 120.20 KB As the number of sessions has increased over the period I've used the Bytes/ Session to calculate that stripping the EXIF data from all images has resulted in a saving of approximately 30% (this figure is likely to be effected by the new lighter site design). These changes have resulted in the site loading much quicker, especially the collection pages that contain a lo