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August 31 issue of A

Friday, August 31st, 2001 at 8:51 AM Category: Meryl's Notes Blog No comments

August 31 issue of A List Apart is out.

First up is Daniel Short’s Build a “Send a Page to a Friend”, which shows you step-by-step how to add “Recommend page to a friend” capabilities to your Web site using HTML and ASP. The article comes with an example for downloading so you can play with it in your sandbox. If you don’t use ASP, there are other tutorials: BigNoseBird CGI, Recommend-It (no code), CGI Resource Index (do search for ‘recommend’ to get list of code), Python, ASP and VBScript, and PHP Script Center.

Second at bat comes Steven Garrity’s Evolving Client Content. Many companies are cutting back, reducing budgets, and getting rid of fluff. Alas, that means quality content could be a sacrificial lamb. “Clients have come to you looking to communicate. They trust in your understanding of the medium.” Key word: communicate. While working on your client’s project, ask yourself, “What did the client say about this?” If you don’t have an answer, then you have a communication gap. Document it and keep working until you find all the gaps. Follow up with the client on the documented gaps.

Webreference article is online. If you’ve been seeking word marriage counseling on confusing couples, then it may help ease your pain. Other troubling couples covered in a previous article.