My name is Jake Rutter and I'm a Web Designer and Developer with 9+ years experience in user interface design and front-end development working with HTML, CSS and JavaScript on websites and applications coded in PHP, Ruby on Rails, ASP and Java. I'm a strong advocate for open-source technology and an active open-source community member.
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The Facebook Like button has become very popular with the recent release of the Open Graph API. This plugin allows you to add the Facebook Like button to any website and use all of the options associated with the Facebook Like API and JavaScript SDK.
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One Show Hide – a jQuery Plugin
01 Jun 2010
Posted by Jake Rutter as Open Source, jQuery | No Comments
I have been spending a good amount of time lately playing around with jQuery plugins. It can very useful to create a plugin, especially if you are going to be reusing the functionality in many different pages/sites. I have created a plugin called One Show Hide, which will hide html elements and add a show/hide link to toggle the visibility.
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Book Review: Magento 1.3 – PHP Developer’s Guide
20 May 2010
Posted by Jake Rutter as Magento, Magento Tutorials, Open Source, Web | 3 Comments
I recently read Magento 1.3: PHP Developer’s Guide
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5 Excellent ExpressionEngine Extensions
09 May 2010
Posted by Jake Rutter as Expression Engine, Open Source, Web | No Comments
After recently building two websites in ExpressionEngine, I came across 5 extensions that proved to be quite helpful in putting together a great content managed site.
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PNG Compression for Mac – ImageOptim
04 May 2010
Posted by Jake Rutter as Design, Open Source, Web | No Comments
I love working with PNG’s because they offer true alpha transparency, with the downsides being that IE6 doesnt support alpha transparency and their file size can be not so great compared to a .jpg image. Sometimes you will see a difference of up to 100k between a .jpg and a .png. I have seen websites that use optimized .png images and have always wondered how they keep them so small.
Expression Engine: My CMS of Choice.
20 Apr 2010
Posted by Jake Rutter as Expression Engine, Open Source, PHP, Web, WordPress | 7 Comments
For about the past 3 years, I have been all about WordPress not only for blogs, but also to be used as a content management system. The core of WordPress is for blogging, but many people have started to adapt WP for their CMS needs. WP is a great platform, very small footprint, incredibly easy to theme and extend with a plethora of plugins available.
