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: Tech BlogTwitter Competition, Part 2: CSS Book Giveaway
With all the excitement of last week’s Edge Of The Web prize draw, I completely forgot to draw the second part of the competition—the winner of our latest book, Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong.
If you’ll recall, all you had to do to be eligible to win was follow us on Twitter (@sitepointdotcom).
Well, I just hopped on over to random.org, and asked it to deliver me a number between 1 and 551 (the number of followers on Twitter that we’ve attracted in only a couple of weeks!)
*drumroll please*
And the winner of this much-discussed book is… @theWeigo, aka Eystein Alnæs, a Norwegian fellow who also happens to live in Perth, Australia.
Congratulations Eystein—send us your details and we’ll get your book to you (although there may be a short wait given that we’re currently sold out).
SitePoint Edge Of The Web Competition: And The Winner Is…
Last week we announced that we were holding a competition in conjunction with the Edge Of The Web conference, which is on next week in Perth. To enter, all you had to was follow us on Twitter (@sitepointdotcom) and tell us (via a public post to the Twittersphere) why you think you deserved to win the free ticket.
The results are in!
There were a stack of entries, ranging from the bleeding heart pleas to the more humorous to the extreme end of brown nosing, and we loved them all! Here are a few of our favourites, though:
velvetsarah: @sitepointdotcom I want to go to #EoTW to nourish my starving inner geek. Was hoping to get a dance with @sentience, maybe you can send him? [#]
ronc1974: @sitepointdotcom I want to attend Edge Of The Web because I left my job to be stay-at-home-dad 3 kids, forgot what adult interaction is like [#]
Margaretw: @sitepointdotcom I want to attend Edge Of The Web because my boss won’t pay & all my friends are going! Please Please :) Lame but true! [#]
mooloolabaweb: @sitepointdotcom I …
Sometimes the Smallest Amount of Help is Greatly Appreciated
As a web professional it’s often easy to forget how steep those first few steps on the learning curve were. I was recently tasked with assisting a customer, Josh, who had bought the SitePoint book Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS. He was having a problem getting his images to display. It was a simple matter of getting the path in the src attribute correct and it took several emails back and forth before he was able to figure it out.
It’s the sort of problem that is very easy to solve if you know how, but extremely frustrating if you don’t understand what’s going wrong. Josh was so appreciative that he offered to draw me as a cartoon; it turns out that he’s a professional illustrator/cartoonist. So I sent him a photo and you can see the result below.
Inspired by the book, Josh’s very first website, Big Pencil Design, is now live too.
So, don’t begrudge someone a little help, you may be rewarded for your patience in a most unexpected way!
Last Chance To Win A Free Adobe AIR Book!
The ever popular quiz is back! Test how much of our latest Adobe AIR article you’ve actually absorbed by testing yourself.
This week Jonathan Snook pushes the boundaries of CSS from within the safe haven of an Adobe AIR application. You’ll learn how to use Adobe AIR to easily create funky borders, impressive backgrounds, and employ other cutting-edge design effects using features of CSS3—all without having to worry about cross-browser compatibility. As you’ll see, AIR is a great technology for experimenting with the Web of tomorrow!
If you missed past opportunities to pick up a copy of the excellent pocket guide, Adobe AIR For JavaScript Developers (that’s the dead-tree version), then now’s your last chance to grab a copy. This is the last of the giveaways for this book, so grab your copy now before they’re all snapped up. Oh, and if you DID win a copy already, be nice and let someone else sign up for one this time, eh?
Read the article and take the quiz!
Is Using Lots of div Tags Really That Bad?
Our latest book has caused much debate, and one comment we’ve seen posted frequently is that “replacing table tags with divs that display as tables is no different; you may as well just use tables.” Let’s take a closer look at that argument.
Techy Treasure #2: Twitter Buzz Widget
Personally I’m not a huge fan of Twitter, but it is all the rage at the moment. In fact, there was so much buzz about the launch of “Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong!” that we’ve added a simple “Twitter Buzz” widget to it’s sales page. Here’s how.
Follow Us On Twitter; Attend Edge Of The Web For Free!
Eager to attend the Edge Of The Web conference, but your boss won’t cough up the bucks for the ticket? Maybe you have a ticket but want to bring a friend along. You can do it on us if you follow us on Twitter and tell us why you deserve to go.
Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong!
If you think you’re using all that CSS has to offer, you’re WRONG — Don’t be left behind!
We’re very proud to announce the latest addition to the SitePoint library…
Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong! — By Rachel Andrew & Kevin Yank
Get ready to experience an eye-opening exposé on CSS as you know it today. You’ll discover a fresh approach to coding Cascading Style Sheets, making old hacks and workarounds a distant memory.
What? Something new about CSS!
That’s right; in this brand new book, you’ll learn how to start using the very latest CSS techniques—whilst still catering for those nasty old browsers. You’ll unearth what’s put the final nail in the HTML table-based layout coffin, and learn from two experts why CSS has a very bright future.
Some of the valuable insights in this book include:
- allowing you to rediscover what you first loved about CSS
- how to take CSS tables to the limit and beyond
- discovering the road ahead to CSS3
- how you can prepare for IE8
- letting you say goodbye to old hacks and workarounds FOREVER!
We’ve assembled an all-star line up of the world’s best CSS specialists to deliver a book that will …
Interacting with the Web of Things
Computer interface fatigue — using the computer for so long that you begin to lose purpose. You are just functioning, clicking buttons, moving/removing content. But getting nothing “real” done. I experienced this big time the other night.
An Easy Guide To Using Migrations in Rails
Migrations in Rails are really awesome. If you haven’t played with them before, migrations allow you to modify the database in atomic steps, making upgrades (and downgrades) much, much, MUCH easier. Here’s an easy guide for how to use them.
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