aliirfaan, freelance web designer/developer, Mauritius http://www.aliirfaan.com Irfaan Nujjoo, Freelance Web Designer/Developer, Mauritius Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:21:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 ifelse therapy http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/ifelse-therapy http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/ifelse-therapy#comments Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:21:19 +0000 admin http://www.aliirfaan.com/?p=239 Ifelse therapy is a social company that makes use of creative and new media coupled with social networks to bring about positive change in society. The design is very simple with informative graphics that effectively describes the goal and primary motivation of the company.

]]> http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/ifelse-therapy/feed 0 HTML5 and some semantics in current web projects http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/html5-and-some-semantics-in-current-web-projects http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/html5-and-some-semantics-in-current-web-projects#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 12:43:07 +0000 admin http://www.aliirfaan.com/?p=223 With all the buzz around HTML5, everyone is eager to make the leap towards web 3.0. HTML5 enforces semantic structure of web pages with new tags like <header> and <footer>, but using these right away is not a good idea due to browser issues and support. But you can implement some facilities right now in your current web projects.

  • Use this doctype: <!DOCTYPE html>
  • No need for “type” attribute to include links and scripts. e.g. <link rel =”stylesheet” href =”style.css”/>
  • Use this meta for charset: <meta charset=”UTF-8″>


If you are using popular CMSs like WP and Drupal, many plugins out there will help you in implementing semantic technology in your web site. Drupal 7 will ship with RDFa as a core component. You can also use microformats to inject meta data into your existing projects and make information like product reviews, places, and contact information semantically rich. Check out this guide from Google webmaster central.

]]> http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/html5-and-some-semantics-in-current-web-projects/feed 0 Shahtours http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/shahtours http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/shahtours#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 05:40:32 +0000 admin http://www.aliirfaan.com/?p=218 Shahtours is a tour operator in Mauritius providing a complete set of services for tourists. These include transfer facilities from the airport to your villa or hotel, affordable seaside bungalows, car rental, excursions to discover Mauritius and shopping tours to buy duty free products. Mauritius always inspired me and the design truly reflects the beauty of the paradise island through beautiful pictures.

]]> http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/shahtours/feed 0 Get your UI design right http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/get-your-ui-design-right http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/get-your-ui-design-right#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:25:35 +0000 admin http://www.aliirfaan.com/?p=199 With the emergence of mashups and web 2.0, the amount of data to be presented on a web page has considerably increased, overloading the user with information and making user interface design a challenging task. User interactions are not restricted to primitive controls like text boxes but nearly every piece of data like pictures now form part of the UI and can be manipulated through drag and drop. User interaction becomes contextual and presenting opportunities for intentional manipulation is not always easy. Yahoo! developer network has a bunch of design patterns that may help web designers build intuitive interfaces and I like the way they arranged the patterns. http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/

]]> http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/get-your-ui-design-right/feed 0 rodetransport http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/rodetransport http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/rodetransport#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 09:52:43 +0000 admin http://www.aliirfaan.com/?p=191 rodetransport is a vehicle classifieds site where one can advertise vehicles for sale or find interesting cars to buy. rodetransport converts common questions that car buyers ask or options they seek in a car into easy to use filters. Makes use of Facebook social plugins so that buyers can discuss interesting ads with friends before buying a car. Influenced by vlane, orange.mu classifieds.

]]> http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/rodetransport/feed 0 42 Years http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/42-years http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/42-years#comments Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:29:02 +0000 admin http://www.aliirfaan.com/?p=169 Using augmented reality to pass a message in a literal manner. You should be having a web cam to be able to experiment with this site. I wonder what this day means to young people apart from the ‘nou pays nou fierté’ cliché.

]]> http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/42-years/feed 0 Test Prep http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/test-prep http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/test-prep#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:48:47 +0000 admin http://www.aliirfaan.com/?p=156 A custom WP site for a test preparation and college counseling service. A rather simple interface with an animated projector screen and subtle colours that effectively conveys the right message.

]]> http://www.aliirfaan.com/works/test-prep/feed 0 Open source billing solution for freelancers http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/open-source-billing-solution-for-freelancers http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/open-source-billing-solution-for-freelancers#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:53:43 +0000 admin http://www.aliirfaan.com/?p=145 phpBMS is a true open source business management software. If you are a freelancer, you can keep information about clients, keep track of orders and mail PDF bills. For example a freelance web designer/developer can create product categories such as design, setup and coding. Under these categories, products could be analytics, domain and hosting setup, etc…  with associated prices. After you have entered your clients details and product listings, creating a bill becomes easy. phpBMS is a web based solution which you can easily integrate with your existing system. Hope it helps you bill clients more efficiently.

]]> http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/open-source-billing-solution-for-freelancers/feed 0 Unobtrusively IE6 update warning http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/unobtrusively-ie6-update-warning http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/unobtrusively-ie6-update-warning#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 05:27:35 +0000 admin http://www.aliirfaan.com/?p=128 Browser-update.org is an initiative by web designers to give IE6 users a notification to upgrade to newer and more standard compliant browsers. ]]> Browser-update.org is an initiative by web designers to give IE6 users a notification to upgrade to newer and more standard compliant browsers. It comes in the form of a small javascript file and pops up as a notification bar in the browser. A really subtle way to get rid of IE6 without disturbing visitors.

]]> http://www.aliirfaan.com/blog/unobtrusively-ie6-update-warning/feed 0 Fragile heart http://www.aliirfaan.com/prints/fragile-heart http://www.aliirfaan.com/prints/fragile-heart#comments Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:16:05 +0000 admin http://www.aliirfaan.com/?p=113 Love can hurt the fragile heart, so beware.

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