Work update

Its been quite a while since my last post and I have been involved in a number of projects since then.  Firstly johann finally went live last week although its still causing havoc as there is a bug in the system that I am having trouble finding in order to fix.  I keep testing and editing the site to try to sort it out but am still failing to find the loop hole which is awkward.  The only consolation for this issue is that the errors only occur mainly when the site is being over used at a rate that is probably unrealistic for the average user.  Of course the problem still needs to be fixed. It only really seems to cause problems when moving from information pages to collection pages so I think there must be some conflict with functions and variables that is throwing the system off.  Being that this project was a leading portfolio project for Pixillion I am very frustrated that what I have built is not as clean and tidy as I would hope it to have been, and so I will continue working on the site to try and fix it properly.
As well as the Johann project I have also been working on a few website front-end builds with Modx.  This has included visitor review, hj marketing and currently Arun Productions.  These tasks have included both html/css and javascript work and Arun productions is my second front-end Modx development I have done from scratch, ECCC being the first. Arun is also quite focused on Javascript and so my skills with Jquery are growing all the time.  Admittedly I am only currently scratching the surface of  Jquery and javascript but I am much more comfortable now with taking it on than before I started my placement year.  From working on Arun I have also found an area of skill that I need to develop in browser compatibility.  Although a relatively minor issue with most browsers having similar compliancy, there are still small css complications that occur even with IE 8 that can cause obvious issues with a sites design.  Only today I have solved an issue with the use of border-bottom in IE in that border-bottom of a tags only works when the a tag has a block type display; inline does not work.  Although a peculiar oddity of IE it is still important to catch and fix and so I am learning to take more care over my compatibility and also compliance.  This will help to improve my working methods and make the work I produce more reliable.