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A Designer’s Reckoning 0

This post is a short catch-up of what’s been happening lately with my projects. I sheepishly tweeted the other day about how my blog is lacking in articles and activity. I tend to think in terms of “go big or go home” and “do it right or don’t do it at all” lines of thinking, so I have to assess what I want out of this blog and how much I can realistically contribute. If any readers out there have been in this position, let me know how you handled it and what the outcome was, I’d love to know.

Until I’m able to contribute more to the eLearning and web design community, here’s a reckoning of my time as of late.
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Make a Dynamic Copyright Date with JavaScript 2

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I recently read a tweet from another designer reminding everyone to update the copyright date on the footer of their website. This reminded me that I cobbled together a little JavaScript last year that will automatically display the current year so you’ll never have to manually change it. Here’s the code:

&copy; <script type="text/javascript">var theDate=new Date(); document.write(theDate.getFullYear())</script> dannyhouk

Just replace my name in the code with your site name and that’s it. Just a little New Years tip for y’all.

Helvetica and the “Ought” of Good Design 4

I recently tweeted about my experience watching the Helvetica documentary. The film was brought to my attention by my good friend Dan Morton, a fellow designer and font enthusiast. continue reading »

Another Designer Released into the World Wild Web 4

Hi and welcome to Danny Houk’s freelancing front-end.

The last two years have been spent doing contract web design projects while working as an eLearning designer and developer continue reading »

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