class_navigation_for helper

# The css classes used are for use with the Blueprint css framework

def class_navigation_for(object = nil, options = {})
  unless object.nil?
    options = {
      :class => ’span-24 class-navigation’,
    }.merge!(options)
    content_tag(:div, options) do
      content_tag(:p) do
        link_to “New #{object.to_s.titleize}”, eval(”new_#{object.to_s.downcase}_url”)
      end
    end
  end
end

Holistic Dog Food - Better for your dog

Hello everyone,

I have recently switched my dog over to holistic dog food products to see if it makes any difference at all and it does. Domino has been on holistic dog foods for about 2 months now and his coat is nice and soft and very shiny, his teeth seem to be whiter and he has not been chewing up my things as much lately. I get my holistic dog food from work as I work for a pet store in Kenosha WI. The reason I wanted to let everyone know this is I didn’t think it would make that big of a difference. Yet it did after only a few weeks. If you wanna see the difference you can buy holistic pet food for both dogs and cats by clicking the link below.

www.barksnbubbles.com

Open for web development projects

If you have a web development project relating to my work please contact me. I prefer to work with Ruby on Rails projects however I am additionally trained in PHP in a mySQL Apache environment.

Looking forward to working on your project.

Tim Matheson

Google AdSense banning users from participation

Google AdSense banned me from participation in their program last summer. The resons to me are not clear but there seems to be a number of other people in the same boat. Appearntly I was banned for “fraudulent clicks” which translates into the same IP or computer system clicking on ads published by an AdSense account.

If you create an AdSense account at a public WiFi spot or a public network and someone else accesses your ads from the same network then you may appear to be generating “fradulent clicks” to Google and it wont be long until they ban you even if you did not intentionally click your ad’s. So what can someone do once they are banned from use of Google AdSense. Well according to Google they will not reinstate any previously banned accounts. Well I am banned and I plan to try and get unbanned from the program. I will be posting about it here to keep anyone interested up to date on my progress.

Google’s adress
Google Inc.
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
phone: (650) 253-0000
fax: (650) 253-0001

I plan to call them this week and see what I can find out. If any of my readers have encountered this problem and have any insight on how to correct this issue please feel free to send it to tips@timmatheson.com

Web Design Services Available

I would just like to remind everyone that I am still doing web development on a corporate and non corporate level. If your company is looking for a web designer or web developer please contact Tim Matheson by email.

• Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite
• Adobe Illustrator Creative Suite
• Adobe After Effects 6.5 Pro
• Macromedia Dreamweaver 8
• Macromedia Flash 8 Professional
• Macromedia FreeHand
• Macromedia Cold Fusion
• 3DS Max 6 & 7
• Particle Illusion
• SEO organic and non-organic methods

I am looking to take on some new projects so if your interested in developing a new or existing website please let me know. I have been designing for the web for the past 8 years.

Moving again

Well once again I am moving to another home. Wow seems like I just got here and already time to move. Well I’m not going too far. I plan to move to the small town of Nekoosa, Wisconsin on 2/1/06. I have been looking for a place for some time and this place is right for the time being. I appologize for the lack of blog activity lately. I have been extremely busy with work and also learning some new programming skills. There are many other reasons that I wont get into here. Just so you know I am alive and doing well. Cheers everyone :)

PHP and mySql

My most recent web design project calls for an sql database to store and retrieve information quickly and efficiently. I have dreaded this day for months. I will admit until recently I have had somewhat poor luck learning php and mySql or (Server Query Language) . Until recently I had a break though. I finally understand the way it all works. I also recently developed an unknown talent for JavaScript. I really like this programming stuff, especially when it involves web pages and the internet. I am constantly learning new things and won’t stop here. I by no means am claiming to be an expert in database development and php scripting. Just like to write a post with some recent stuff in it. I will be posting some example pages here for all to see the results of my progress.

CATSKIER.COM

I recently was commisioned to design a website for CATSKIER.COM and PLANETXC.COM . The site will include online sales and also product manuals and training information. I am really excited about this project and cant wait to complete it. The company SISU company is a local company here in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin.

Favorite Website Awards

I am a big fan of the Favorite Website Awards FWA website. The site contains hundreds of interesting websites with the majority of them being flash based websites. I frequently find myself browsing through the archive of websites available at FWA and find it interesting to see some of the most creative pieces I have ever seen. I enjoy this site so much it is only proper to tell others about it. So if you would like to browse the site the URL is http://www.favoritewebsiteawards.com

My latest Web Design project

I am currently working on revising a web site I created last year for a client. The new site will include some nice features. The company Mayhew Signs, Inc. is a nationwide sign company based in Nebraska. The new site will include such features as a customizable banner software, and an interactive tour of Mayhew Signs, Inc. and a company blog where they can post news about there latest sign projects. I really think the new version of the site will be a great addition to my portfolio. The old site has grown obsolete and the information is out of date so I plan to revise the body copy and also rethink the navigation elements.

Snow in Wisconsin

I recently moved to northern Wisconsin from Nebraska for a change of scenery. It is allot different than Nebraska I can tell you that. We just had our first snow of the year yesterday and now we are having blistering cold temperatures as low as 7 degrees. I have to say I was not prepared for this and am starting to reconsider living here with this cold weather. Days like these can make you thankful you work at home and do not have to go out in the freezing cold to work a 9 - 5 everyday. Many people here seem to be used to this kind of weather. They don’t seem to think anything of the snow and cold wind. We didn’t have weather that was quite this cold in Nebraska especially in November. To top it all of I recently spoke with an old friend back home who had informed me that it was 40 degrees there today. Maybe I am just getting homesick or maybe I am just not a cold weather person. Whatever the case, it’s going to be a long winter for me in Wisconsin.

Web Design can be exhausting

For those of you who don’t know, I am a professional web designer and web publisher by day and amateur blogger by night. However recently I started to notice a problem. I wasn’t getting any sleep balancing life and work can sometimes be tuff. After all there are only 24 hours in each day and I seem to find something to fill almost all 24 of them. So I am starting to rethink my career as a professional web designer and focus more on blogging. You may have noticed the ads along the sides of my content. These are mainly here to help pay for my web server space and hosting fee’s. Websites aren’t free at least good ones there are several fees you have to pay in order to keep your site up and running. So my plan with this site is to write articles explaining web design and web design practices. I feel I am somewhat knowledgeable on the topic and will be able to maybe provide some insight to others who are interested in becoming a web designer.
I will try to touch on the basic variables of web design that every web designer should understand. Web design is a competitive business however when done right using a little business ethics and a proper business model one can earn a living through web design.