Comments on: Frustrated http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated Alex King's blog - software, photography, sports, etc. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 03:29:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: george http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2274 george Fri, 23 Jul 2004 18:27:05 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2274 the good news is that if you wait long enough, they will decide that they actually do want hyperlinks to be underlined the good news is that if you wait long enough, they will decide that they actually do want hyperlinks to be underlined

]]> By: Joseph Denne http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2256 Joseph Denne Wed, 21 Jul 2004 20:16:08 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2256 There's a great little offset trick you can pull with CSS that allows you to rewrite textual links with images without harming a sites SEO or removing the functionality from text-only readers. Basically you stick your links within a div and then set a background image via CSS. You can then move the position of the text off-screen: text-indent: -1000em; I used it extensively in a <a href="http://cubo.theairlock.com/floridaparks.co.uk/v2-070704/" target="_blank">recent rebuild</a> of almost-all-image site as a work around to improve the sites ranking. There’s a great little offset trick you can pull with CSS that allows you to rewrite textual links with images without harming a sites SEO or removing the functionality from text-only readers.

Basically you stick your links within a div and then set a background image via CSS. You can then move the position of the text off-screen:

text-indent: -1000em;

I used it extensively in a recent rebuild of almost-all-image site as a work around to improve the sites ranking.

]]> By: Barry http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2255 Barry Wed, 21 Jul 2004 19:52:06 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2255 I'm still praying to get to the point that I can freelance fulltime. Hopefully that possibility is not too far off! Thanks for a great resource, by the way. Barry Jeremiah 29:11 I’m still praying to get to the point that I can freelance fulltime. Hopefully that possibility is not too far off! Thanks for a great resource, by the way.

Barry

Jeremiah 29:11

]]> By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2254 Alex Wed, 21 Jul 2004 14:57:56 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2254 I'm hourly on this gig so this isn't damaging, just annoying. I’m hourly on this gig so this isn’t damaging, just annoying.

]]> By: Geof http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2252 Geof Wed, 21 Jul 2004 13:54:41 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2252 Actually, if you have a good <acronym title="Statement of Work">SOW</acronym>, changes to a firm-fixed contract are outside the scope of the SOW and therefore changes to the contract to be negotiated. I cannot tell you how many FFP contracts where I've been the one to pick this up for my company. Actually, if you have a good SOW, changes to a firm-fixed contract are outside the scope of the SOW and therefore changes to the contract to be negotiated.

I cannot tell you how many FFP contracts where I’ve been the one to pick this up for my company.

]]> By: Tim http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2249 Tim Wed, 21 Jul 2004 06:51:19 +0000 http://alexking.org/blog/2004/07/20/frustrated#comment-2249 I've done jobs like that. This is the point at which you say, at least I'm being paid by the hour -- and if you aren't, this is the point at which you make sure that you start being paid by the hour, since as sure as god made little green apples, some high muckety muck is going to look at the site when you think you are finished and say "I saw a study recently that said all links should be underlined -- go back and replace all those graphics with underlined text." And so on. Been there, done that. I’ve done jobs like that. This is the point at which you say, at least I’m being paid by the hour — and if you aren’t, this is the point at which you make sure that you start being paid by the hour, since as sure as god made little green apples, some high muckety muck is going to look at the site when you think you are finished and say “I saw a study recently that said all links should be underlined — go back and replace all those graphics with underlined text.”
And so on.

Been there, done that.

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