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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Don’t Get Caught When Others Go Phishing

September 30, 2009 – 1:09 am

The email looks official… PayPal is telling you that you have to log in to unfreeze your account, or to update your information, so you click the link and enter your password on the website that comes up. In almost every case, you should not have done so. Almost more common than email viruses are [...]

By Nathan Lyle | Posted in Maestro Articles | Comments Off

Goodies

September 16, 2009 – 9:39 am

What’s nice about the internet is that there are so many sites out there that offer free resources for design. The thing is that sometimes they can’t be used for commercial purposes or maybe require credit to be given each time you use the download, which is a problem if you happen to be a [...]

By Kenric | Posted in Code/Design | Tagged freebies, resources | Comments Off

It’s Curtains! (Disguise long image load times with some javascript and CSS that pretends to be Flash.)

September 11, 2009 – 10:34 pm

If there’s no way around a few large images in your design, but you don’t want the page to load piecemeal, here’s a way to cover them up while they’re loading, with a familiar looking “flash” style curtain. Basically, what this does is use Javascript to cover the page with a styled DIV (the curtain) [...]

By Nathan Lyle | Posted in Code/Design, Neat Ideas | Comments Off

Successful Business Email Practices

September 1, 2009 – 4:49 pm

(First published in the September 2009 issue of Upper Peninsula Business Today) Email is fast and convenient. However, this often results in less than professional use of email by business professionals. Just as your outfit or handshake make an impression on your clients and associates, your email also creates an impression of you and your [...]

By Nathan Lyle | Posted in Maestro Articles, Tips for Businesses | Comments Off