Creating clean, efficient code

Re: Creating clean, efficient code

derekzinger — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:52:28 -500

Eight.

Where possible try to apply text styles to html items, rather than selected text. This will help keep FW from styling text via s and keep the code efficient.

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Re: Creating clean, efficient code

derekzinger — Wed, 05 May 2010 11:10:21 -500

In another thread Bucky Edgett has suggested adding the following discussions to this list.

http://www.freewaytalk.net/thread/view/69894 http://www.freewaytalk.net/thread/view/58190

The first is about editing the body tag, which I haven’t needed to do…yet. And the second is a detailed thread about those pesky style1s, style2s, etc. that pop up.

Thanks, Bucky!

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Re: Creating clean, efficient code

derekzinger — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:25:32 -500

Seven.

Check out Google’s webmaster’s pages for tips on SEO (Search Engine Optimization), if Google rankings are important for your site.

http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/

Especially consider submitting an xml site map to them.

Further information can be found at the links below. http://thehelpful.com/befound/index.html http://www.freewaytalk.net/thread/view/49040#m_49041

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Re: Creating clean, efficient code

Dan J — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:59:27 -500

A pay-wall. :) I can’t be giving my work away for free Walt like I used too. It just wasn’t fair and balanced nor are my prices ridiculous either. I mean my WebYep series, episode 2 and 3 are an hour long and are each $5 bucks. All the money goes strictly to the web hosting and the site, not into my pocket, as I’ve stated to my customers.

I remember, so long ago, 11 totally free screencasts were out there on FreewayCast.com when it first got started but the site just failed to develop anywhere. There was no way to customize the site or edit any of the comments.

In the next few days I’ll be making an announcement that will change that.

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Re: Creating clean, efficient code

derekzinger — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:18:16 -500

Thanks, Keith and Walt.

Speaking of color management — and for my own and others’ future reference — Keith provides an epic amount of information, he even expounds on cmyk profiles, here:

http://www.freewaytalk.net/thread/view/47222

Very helpful. I’ve pdfed it so I can keep it forever :-)

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Re: Creating clean, efficient code

waltd — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:06:30 -500

I don’t know of any Windows browser that will actually read or do anything with ColorSync profiles on images they display. (Well, except for Safari, but that’s hardly a /Windows/ browser, is it?) They just show the raw image data, without performing any color-matching to account for local display foibles.

What you might find is that since your images are being displayed without any color correction whatsoever, and at a higher than normal gamma, they may appear quite different than you intended, or could predict.

Walter

On Mar 12, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Keith Martin wrote:

It’s not code-related, but I’ve just read that images should have the sRGB color profile attached, or no profile at all. Adobe RGB, which works just fine for print, will wash out on Windows monitors.

Not quite the case; Windows is perfectly capable of showing Adobe RGB (1998) colour-tagged images correctly. Perhaps it is the Windows browsers that assume sRGB? I know most browser plugins do that with Adobe RGB (1998)-tagged images (on Mac as well as Windows), rendering colours weaker than they should be.

k

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Re: Creating clean, efficient code

thatkeith — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:53:17 -500

It’s not code-related, but I’ve just read that images should have the sRGB color profile attached, or no profile at all. Adobe RGB, which works just fine for print, will wash out on Windows monitors.

Not quite the case; Windows is perfectly capable of showing Adobe RGB (1998) colour-tagged images correctly. Perhaps it is the Windows browsers that assume sRGB? I know most browser plugins do that with Adobe RGB (1998)-tagged images (on Mac as well as Windows), rendering colours weaker than they should be.

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Re: Creating clean, efficient code

atelier — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:38:41 -500

Thanks. In the meantime, back at the ranch, I looked better in my files and found an old download from before the paywall era. Hm. DanJ follows the same methode I found out already myself. Nice screencast, BTW.

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Re: Creating clean, efficient code

waltd — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:14:28 -500

Have a search at http://danjasker.com — he moved everything behind a “pay wall” over there.

Walter

On Mar 12, 2010, at 12:07 PM, atelier wrote:

On 19 May 2009, 2:35 pm, Helveticus wrote: …

I prefer to use the body tag instead of the p tag, take a look at Dan’ Jasker’s tutorial http://freewaycast.com/screencasts/view/35-styling-css-body-tags …

Seems not to exist anymore. Has anyone a working link?

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Re: Creating clean, efficient code

atelier — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:07:48 -500

On 19 May 2009, 2:35 pm, Helveticus wrote: …

I prefer to use the body tag instead of the p tag, take a look at Dan’ Jasker’s tutorial http://freewaycast.com/screencasts/view/35-styling-css-body-tags …

Seems not to exist anymore. Has anyone a working link?

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Creating clean, efficient code

derekzinger — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:33:00 -500

OK, so I know Freeway generates pretty good code, but I also know that in order to the best job with this it needs my help.

And so I ask…

What do I need to do in Freeway to ensure the cleanest, most efficient, SEO-friendly code? What steps do I need to take, and in what order?

I’m sure many of you have a general procedure you follow when setting up a site. For example, modifying the p and body styles at the start, using alt text, etc. I’d love to hear how you all go about this, and what secrets there are to it.

Also, on a related note, I’ve noticed that FW generates some pretty convoluted code in order to make targets appear and/or disappear on rollover or click, and I think there’s probably an easier what to handle this via an onClick in the Extended attributes — something like onClick=”show…”. Does anyone use Extended attributes on a regular basis for this — in preference to FW’s Rollover action — and if so, would you like to share some of the basic code?

Thanks!

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