Well the day finally came

… the re-design of my personal website BeantownDesign.com is complete! Well, complete enough to launch I should say. A TON of hours went into this latest version of my site, and I can truly say I’m pleased with the results. I liked my old site, but I had too many new features that I wanted to try out, as well as a new look.

Some notable features of the new BeantownDesign.com include:

• JQuery pop-up boxes
• JQuery images sliders
• Live Facebook style chat
• Twitter feed pulled onto site
• CSS drop nav with image replacement
• Smooth Scroll for “TOP of page” links
• Animated Favicon
• Google Map

There is still some work to be done with the site. There are problems with transparency of the pop-up boxes in Internet Explorer, the Twitter Feed has some problems with Explorer, etc. Did I mention how great the Firefox Browser is lately? Download Firefox here!

So there it is! I hope you’ll go check out the site.. BeantownDesign.com, And as always, I appreciate any comments, advice, suggestions, etc.

ilz out

Hey, welcome to WebDesign & Such. This is the blog of Mike Ilsley, graphic and website designer. My design firm, Beantown Design is growing quickly. Located right outside of everyone’s favorite city -Boston Mass- I’m quickly expanding my client and project list. I’m constantly searching the web for new web design & development tricks, and always appreciate when people post up new tricks. So I figured “Why not have my own design spot to help share the love?”

The point of this site is to show off new technologies and tricks I find, use, or think are interesting. Think Smashing Magazine, or WebDesignerWall, a couple of my favorites.

Enjoy the site, and send any comments, tricks, or ideas my way.. Thanks!

Mike