I’ve been struggling with this issue as I’m sure a lot of people out there are as well. But have crawled the web and found a great solution for all of you wrestling with IE6 and its horrible rendering capabilities. Its easy and fast and you don’t have to load a whole new style sheet to accomplish.

The Code:

#divbox {
margin: 3px;
}

Now in this case, left and right margins will be doubled. With floated divs display:inline; will solve most of your problems.

Example:

#divbox {
margin: 3px;
float:left;
display:inline;
}

But what if your having trouble with top or bottom margins. Well there is a simple solution. Since IE 6 sucks, you have to create 2 different styles for margin.

The Code:
#divbox {
margin: 3px;
_margin: 0px;
}

The first declaration will be read by all cool browsers (IE 7, Fire Fox, Safari) but as we all know IE6 is dumb so it will read the last margin declaration. Quick and easy. Figured I’d share this since I took me a while to find it out there.

Popularity: 17%

Nothing like free house music! A seemless blend of beats ranging from vocal to grimmy house. Listen up and let me know what you think of this one people. Enjoy…

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Tracklist

1. House Music United - Yes We Can
2. Robbie Rivera - Back To Zero (Bigroom Mix)
3. Roger Sanchez - Not Enough (Dirty South Remix)
4. Killblonde - Killblonde (Cain Archer Mix)
5. Deadbots - Watch Yo Back (DJ Bam Bam Remix)
6. Wolfgang Gatner - Front To Back
7. Brian Cross - Sunny Rain (Robbie Rivera Juicy Ibiza Mix)
8. Jean Claude Ades & Vincent Thomas - Shingaling
9. Robert Clivilles Feat. C&C Music Factory - Work That Body (Robbie River Juicy Vocal Mix)
10. Starkillers - Diskoteka
11. Nick Fiorucci Feat. Kelly Mabasa - The Night (Chris Ortega Electro Mix)
12. Dirty South Feat Rudy - Let It Go (Axwell Remix)
13. Madonna Feat. Justin Timberlake - 4 Minutes (Peter Saves London Remix)
14. Guernica Feat. Mazaya - Ride On (Sunlovers Remix)
15. Tocadisco Feat. Meral Al-Mer - Streegirls (Dabruck & Klien Remix)
16. Juanes - La Camisa Negra (Robbie Rivera Mix)
17. Shantel & Ian Oliver - Bucovina (Juan Magan & Marcos Rodriguez Remix)
18. Ferran, J. Louis & Tikaro Feat. Clarence - Shine On Me (Nick Terranova & Austin Leeds Vocal Mix)
19. 68 Beats - Kick It Up (Robbie Rivera Juicy Dub)
20. Falaska Contest - Once Again (Nari & Milani Remix)
21. MV & Nick Fiorucci Feat. Carlo Coppola - Let It Go (Electomatix Mix)
22. John Modena - Forever (David Vendetta Remix)
23. RQM - Miss Pacman (Oliver $ Dub Mix)
24. Traffik - Cut Your Teeth (Phonat Dub)
25. Thomas Gold & Eric Smax - House Arrest (Chris Montana & Thomas Gold Remix)
26. Hardrox - Feel The Hard Rock (Laidback Luke Remix)
27. Cam & Emma Lovechild - Yo Yo
28. Boys Noize - Oh! (A-Trak Remix)
29. Ultra Nate - Automatic (Tikaro, J. Louis & Ferran Remix 1.0)

Popularity: 27%

Whats up all. Decided to start posting my mixes here on the blog. I’ll start including track lists for each mix moving forward.

Took this one a bit far. More than 2 hours of blended trance for all of you. These are some of my top picks from 2007 - the present.The mix is free to download, no strings. Also recored it in super high quality so give it some time to download. Enjoy!

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Track List
1. Marc Marberg, Kyau & Albert - Neo Love (TE Intro Mix)
2. Maor Levi - Shapes (Oliver Smith Remix)
3. Ronski Speed - All The Way
4. Dogzilla - Frozen (Club Mix)
5. Blank & Jones Feat. Bernard Sumner - Miracle Cure (Martin Roth Nu Style Dub Mix)
6. Aly & Fila - Lost Language
7. Jon O’Bir - Ways and Means (Paul Van Dyk Remix)
8. DJ Shog - (Feel Me) Through the Radio (Impetto Vocal Remix)
9. Stoneface & Terminal - Pictures (Club Mix)
10. Randy Boyer, Eric Tadia Feat. Dan Sanfilippo - Alive(Heatbeat Mix)
11. Rafael Frost - Run to You (Rafael Frost Mix)
12. Woody Van Eyden, Alex MORPH Feat. Michelle Citrin - Turn it On
13. Super8, Tab - Needs to Feel (Wippenberg Remix)
14. Matt Hardwick, Mark Pledger Feat. Melinda Gareh - Fallen Tides (Matt Zo Remix)
15. Boom Jinx Feat Key - Eternal Reminiscence
16. Martin Roth, Alex Bartlett - Off the World (Lange Remix)
17. Matt Cerf - Let Me Breath (Noel Sanger & Shawn Mitiska Mix)
18. Armin Van Buuren Feat Jaren - Unforgivable
19. Airwave Feat. Didier Likeng - Sunshine in Your Heart (Club-A-Dub)
20. Cressida - 6AM (Kyau & Albert Remix)
21. Cape Town - Albatros
22. Altitude - Tears in The Rain
23. Ernasto & Bastian - Super Jupiter
24. Andy Blueman - Nyctalopia (Will B Remix)

Popularity: 22%

I’ve been going on a lot of interviews lately looking to join a team that will stimulate my creativity. So I figured I would post all my recent work to show off my skills. Also, I’m starting to get that yearly itch to refine vectorloft a bit more into something more in depth and incorporate this blog and our projects a bit more. But the more time I spend on my clients the better. As for now this detailed list of recent work will have to do. Take a look and enjoy.

Below is a short-listing of projects developed by Matthew Cassella. Projects vary is scope but display the full range competencies I hold.

Red Bull Racing
http://staging.vectorloft.com/redbullracing/
Contracted to better organize the Red Bull Racing web portal. The design takes cues from the original design and combines a grunge style with a large array of ease of use upgrades. Media and featured news is displayed more readily and organizes the content to allow for the visitor to create a more full featured environment for visitors to better choose their path through the multitude of media contained within the site.

Skyline New York
http://skyline.vectorloft.com
Interactive portfolio showcasing each product set of Skyline New York. Matthew Cassella compiled the needs of the client into a fully interactive solution. Showing the large set of products complete with call to actions for the internal marketing initiatives.

DirecTV HD Demo
http://www.vectorloft.com/directv/
Contracted as a Senior Designer for the 2007 holiday term Matthew Cassella created this HD Demo to showcase the advantages of HD television to DirecTV.com visitors.

Coldwell Banker Interactive CD
http://www.vectorloft.com/coldwellbanker/
Interactive CD developed based on the Coldwell Banker brand to showcase “The Art of Selling Your Home” and the advantages to using Coldwell Banker.

Time Sports ReDesign
http://staging.vectorloft.com/timesports/
Technologic innovation was the theme of this new interactive face for the largely popular cycling brand. Redesign includes easements for more enhanced product focus as well as interactive elements to stimulate the view on landing for increased conversion rates.

EC Dormer Redesign (In-development)
http://staging.vectorloft.com/ecdormer/index.html
Idea was concepted as a different approach on standard web design. Pages are set up as tabs which open up to show content. Idea is still in development but portrays the clean cut look and feel which coincided with the re-branding project.

Service Channel Flash Demo
http://servicechannel.com/sc/login/demo.html
Contracted on freelance for Studio 150 this demo was solely developed by Matthew Cassella in flash. Concept was submitted with basic instructions for functionality. All animation and creative interactivity was concepted and executed based on the aesthetic of the designed site.

Long Island North Shore Heritage Area
http://www.linorthshoreheritagearea.com/
Design and development of this site portal includes a fully interactive CMS system, which was updated by Vectorloft for increased functionality.

The Globesity Festival
http://theglobesityfestival.org
Fully controllable Wordpress customization included video upload capability and full control by the company over content of the site. Vectorloft designed and developed the site aesthetic look and feel and carried the brand through all advertising materials for the festival.

Brookside Environmental
http://www.brooksideweb.com
Redesign of an outdated web site. The new design infuses a large array of client taken photos to display the large breadth of service the company holds. With the redesign, conversion rates on the domain were doubled from the previous design.

BigHip
http://www.bighip.com
This email marketing company jump-started their brand and consumer appeal with a brand new look stemming from initial logo designs. Vectorloft transformed the dated site design with full creative revision and site wide copy revisions transforming the web portal to attract new set of customers. With almost 10,000 hits a day BigHip boosted their sign up rate 15% over the previous quarter.

Razorshark
http://www.vectorloft.com/razorshark/
Looking for a new exciting look Matthew Cassella encapsulated this company’s brand into a site wide visual experience. Taking cues from the name the site was developed with creativity in mind. Playing on the deep-sea shark concept the site creates a unique visual experience.

Studio Roya
http://www.studioroya.com
Based on graphic cues from this professional art director, Matthew Cassella developed a fully functional flash applet to display this artist’s diverse portfolio.

CTA
http://staging.vectorloft.com/cta/
Conventional approach on a Career Training site. Idea included a interactive header which allowed visitors to scroll through ideas and tips on landing to increase conversion goals.

Popularity: 40%

In designing web solutions sometimes we forget to include some of the basic techniques in order to make a page stand out. It’s simple and most creatives think of it but for some, it isn’t put into emphasis enough. Backgrounds are essential in creating stimulating web pages that pop out at the visitor. Whether it be a repeating pattern or a drop shadow behind the main interface the background adds depth and a dynamic feel to any web GUI. Standard web GUI width should span a maximum of 900px in order to make sure all monitors are able to see the bulk of the main site. SO when we create layouts is always important to include space in order to show what the background of the site will look like. Another key idea is to always show your design comp within a browser. Sizing is a large issue when it comes to the development of web sites, as we all know and showing a client the design in its environment is always the best to minimize confusion.

I have been in countless companies where the focus is set on the main body of the site without the thought of what the site will look like within the browser. Clients sign off on the design and a solid background is coded taking away much needed depth in the design of the page. As designers, we must think of the whole picture. Incorporating depth and establishing the full environment is key! Give your design BACK! and bring your design into the light.

Popularity: 50%