Work: January 2008 Archives
There are some things which you really want to remember all your time while designing web pages that look the same in Internet Explorer and other browsers. Such experiences come in handy when you need them the next time.
One of such things is the Internet Explorer's conditional comments. IE's conditional comments allow you to insert markup within your code that is rendered in IE but NOT in other browsers. How? This is simple:
<!--[if IE 6]>
Your IE specific stuff here
<![endif]-->
Now, the above chunk gets past the eye of all the other browsers since they act as simple HTML comments in those browsers. Internet Explorer identifies that special [if IE 6] thing and renders the comment block as if it was normal markup.
This also works with other version of IE. You just have to use the appropriate IE version number (it works from IE 5.0 and onwards) such as IE 5.0, 5.5 and 6.0.
IkJample:
Suppose there is a DIV in your code that renders just fine in Firefox but it is appearing to be about 5 pixels above where it should be in IE. You can do the following to get it right easily using style sheets and IE conditional comments:
<style type="text/css">
.myDiv {
padding-top: 10px;
}
</style>
<!--[if IE 6]>
<style type="text/css">
.myDiv {
/* Now we add an additional 5 pixels just to */
/* make sure it also looks fine in IE */
padding-top: 15px;
}
</style>
<![endif]-->
Hope this is useful to me and to some other readers in the future :) Cya!
Hi!
There are openings for people who are great at PHP and people who are great at web and graphic design in Karachi.
The PHP job is for the day time and the web graphic design job is for the night time. The night time gets a special bonus along with the special salary.
Requirements for a PHP Developer job (Full Time, Karachi):
- Good problem solving skills
- Good knowledge of PHP function library
- Good knowledge of PHP Development Frameworks (especially Symphony)
- Neat at XHTML, CSS and JavaScript
Requirements for a Web Graphic Designer (Full Time Night Shift, Karachi):
- Great designing skills in terms of creativity and speed
- Good know-how of various Adobe software (primarily Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Flash).
- Good know-how of design techniques such as slicing, web graphic optimization and integration with HTML code.
- Good portfolio of sample designs
- Good knowledge of XHTML and CSS
- Intermediate knowledge of JavaScript
- Knowledge of programming would be a BIG BIG Plus!
General Stuff:
- Salary and Benefits: Depends of experience and skill, but generally they are EXCELLENT!
- Special Night shift bonus included
- Free pick and drop
- Monthly Meals allowance
- Should know how to speak and understand English =)
The work environment is top-notch and amazingly good for cool guys like us :P
So send in your CV's to kamran _AT_ centricsource _DOT_ com and I'll make sure you are given attention.
- My brother Mushtaq bhai just had a cute baby about a week ago. They've named her Mariam. Congrats Bhabi and Bhayya! ;)
- My Big B Ashfaq bhai is back with his family from the rented house to their own flat where only I was living since the last few months. Welcome back family!
- We have another bomb blast at Quaidabad. Wonder why I am not that worried about it... oh yes, that's because it has become so common.
- People are stealing my Radio City collection. I am going to go to Radio City again for some DVDs!
- Musharraf says "Mujhe dar nai lagta aey!"
Well then, he is a wonderful guy, lives near my university and plays guitar! and does he not play it so well! Amazingly talented, sharp graphic designer and a musician! Hopefully I'll be able to put up a video clip of the guitar session to make you guys realize this.
Often he brings in the guitar, and after lunch (at 1:00 AM) in office, we go to the rooftop of office building and do a session having tea and singing songs. I just got back from one of such sessions.
Now I have three friends who play guitar very well: Saadi, Nisar and Waheed Nasir!
The two guys are designers in our team and both are new! We ordered KFC off their cash and we had some fun with them, taunting them and giving them no reason to not smile in shame and disgrace :P hehehe...
No, we just had a really good time but guess what, its me next month =[ hehehe...
I'm having so much fun over here and I hope to continue this way! wooh!
