This blog isn’t dead
Sorry for the lack of posting lately… I’ve been distracted by work and my personal life (and video games I got for Xmas).
I’ve also been working on my site redesign that I’ve been talking about for ages. I’m getting close to being happy with the new design and have gotten my head wrapped around how Squarespace works.
I do also want to try creating a new digital painting to feature on the new website; if I can become inspired and my schedule permits.
![Espresso 1.1 - Features some great new interface and workflow tweaks and additions. Immediately very useful is the new window for all your projects (shown above). [What’s new?]](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/networkshadow/283311343/1/tumblr_kungg5jUZR1qzngc9)
Espresso 1.1 - Features some great new interface and workflow tweaks and additions. Immediately very useful is the new window for all your projects (shown above). [What’s new?]
New stuff in the works
I’ve decided to redesign my website using Squarespace as my host and publishing platform. I will likely keep this Tumblr blog open for my casual fun posts, (I am a fan of Tumblr) and use my Squarespace blog for the more formal site/design/art related posts. I’ll also look into integrating the two via feeds so followers of this Tumblr don’t have to go out of their way to see my other posts.
I picked Squarespace because it will allow me to redesign my site easily without having to worry about maintaining a backend too (like Wordpress for example). My site has been just venilla html/css as of March 2008; while I don’t need to worry about a backend I still have to hand code all my content and crop thumbnails etc… Thus updates are few, and it’s been nearly 2 years since my last redesign. With Squarespace I’m free to redesign whenever I want without worrying about my content.
Look forward to updates in the near future. I’m not sure how long the redesign will take, I’ll have to get comfortable with Squarespace before I get creative.
Espresso is part of the $39 MacHeist 3 bundle
You get a ton of apps for a fraction of the price the regularly 59.95€ ≈ $81.68 USD priced Espresso web development application. Well worth the $39 price even if you only care about just Espresso.
Also of note, the game World of Goo (normally $20) is in the bundle and well worth getting.
Espresso is now 1.0 and it's pricy
Espresso 59.95€ ≈ $81.68 USD Regular
Espresso 49.95€ ≈ $68.06 USD with the CSSEdit 2 discount
I love CSSEdit 2 and I’ve been using the Espresso betas since they went public, and while I enjoy it as a source code editor I’m very skeptical of the app being worth the steep price. Espresso isn’t even a replacement for CSSEdit, Espresso has very basic CSS support… I’d keep using CSSEdit for live preview also. The FTP support hasn’t impressed me either.
Comparably TextMate that doesn’t have built-in FTP or editing.
TextMate €39 ≈ $55 without any discounts
Espresso is still cheaper than Coda that IS a full web design package including beefy CSS support and FTP…
Coda $99 without discount
Coda $85 with Transmit discount
While still more pricy than Espresso, the feature completeness of Coda is making me take a 2nd look at Coda… I feel Espresso needs to cost less or at least built-in CSSEdit feature complete.
I found a javascript to allow a seamless image gallery in a web page; like I mentioned the other day. I got a javascript gallery finished today on a site for work.
Get the script here: How to Load In and Animate Content with jQuery
Looking for gallery AJAX script like Apple uses
I love Apple’s gallery script they use on their product pages like the iMac and MacBook Pro. I’d love to do something similar on a site I’m working on so I don’t have to resort to pop-ups or new windows.
After looking at their code I’m intimidated enough not to just dive-in and rip their script… What I can gather though is that the script can load html documents inline so they aren’t limited to just images, however I’d settle for just images.
I’ve been looking around and I haven’t seen any scripts quite like it on the web. The closed I’ve found is this one that I may end-up trying.
If anyone has any suggestions please let me know in the comments.
UPDATE: I think I’ve found what I need! Checkout this link.
Espresso public beta 1
The new web design program Espresso for Mac, (that I’m honestly excited for as a fan of their CSSEdit app) is now in public beta. The private beta was mostly boring “engine” preview builds for developers of add-ons called “Sugars” so I’m excited to finally get my hands on the user end features.
