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Web Development position at PageUp People

( pageup )

If anyone is looking for a job in software development, you should strongly consider this software development position at pageup people
Please Contact me if you’re interested in finding out more - Or just go ahead and apply at the page above.
I’ve only been with pageup 3 months but i’m thoroughly enjoying my work.
The company itself […]

Bezier curves with <canvas>

Having some fun with the html canvas element. linky linky

Overlays and fixed positioning.. including IE6

( CSS )

There’s many incarnations of lightbox js that have popularized this approach as a kind of dialog box.
It turns out it’s wonderfully simple to achieve in modern browsers:
<div id=“overlay”></div>
<div id=“dialog”>
<p>Some content</p>
</div>
#overlay {
position: fixed; /* A marvelous property */
z-index: 100;
top: 0;
left: 0;
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
background: #000;
filter: alpha(opacity=75);
-moz-opacity: 0.75;
opacity: 0.75;
}
#dialog {
height: 400px;
width: 700px;
margin: 0 auto;
position: fixed;
z-index:101;
background: #F2F2F3;
left: […]

png 8’s and alpha transparency

( CSS and Design and pageup )

Firstly, PageUp People has a new website and it’s pretty sexy. The menu’s took some work to get right in IE6< - but nothing unusual there.
I have an interesting challenge at work at the moment, we are creating a new application that will act as a kind of portal for all the different applications […]