How Close is Close?

If you're tired of being told why your designs cannot make it to the web, we need to talk.

Sure, there are special considerations when designing for the web just like with print, video or any other medium, but the restrictions are much fewer than your average code monkey would lead you to believe.

 
 

Services

  • Front-end coding 
    (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
  • Content Management
    System Integration
  • Web Visual Design
  • Turn-key site development
  • Site evaluation and consulting
 

Meet the Noggin

Meet the face behind the massive corporate entity that is Busy Noggin.

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My Dirty Little Secret

We all have our secrets. Hopefully, you will still want to work together after you find out mine.

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The Toolbox

These are the tools I use to build standards-compliant web sites that can be maintained by normal people.

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Taming the Web. One Site at a Time.

It is said that the first step to recovery is to admit you have a problem. So, don't be ashamed. Just say it. "I'm afraid of my website." Doesn't it feel good to finally get that out in the open?

It's ok, you are not alone. Besides, a little fear is understandable since websites can be mysterious, uncontrollable, demanding little beasts always needing more attention then you can give. Kind of like children except websites never grow up and move out on their own.

Managing a website can be a lesson in chaos theory. Feature lists grow, expectations of your site increase and just keeping up with the basic web technologies can be a full-time job.

Yet it is possible to tame your website--to finally master it instead of it mastering you. That's where I come in. Helping businesses and organizations get their sites up-to-date, under control and working for them.

In a nutshell, this is what I do: develop robust websites whose day-to-day content changes can be made directly by you without special software. Translation: You do not have to call a web designer every time you need to add a page, change a date or add a photo. Even non-technical users can make changes. You can find out more about how I do this in the "my approach" and "the toolbox" sections of this site.

 

Noggin's Notebook

This is my little corner to chronicle my adventures in all things web including CSS, HTML, TYPO3, PHP and whole host of other acronyms.

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October 27, 2008

Generate AJAX "Loading in Progress" Graphics the Easy Way

How to produce an AJAX "loading in progress" graphic that matches your site's look.

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October 21, 2008

Personalizing a Response Page of a TYPO3 Mail Form

Today, I had a client who wanted to personalize a page being used as a response to a form created by a standard TYPO3 content element. The response page is the page specified in the "Jump to ...

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October 7, 2008

Showing the Navigation Title in the TYPO3 Page Tree

Today I was helping a company finish up a TYPO3 installation. They were using somewhat long descriptive page titles and then using shorter titles for the navigation. Since the page titles are used as ...

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