Clear Focus Designs is run by Shaun Santa Cruz an independent web developer & designer based in Missoula, Montana. My skills include site design, logo design, Javascript (jQuery), PHP, MySQL, Web Standards, (x)HTML, CSS, and familiarity with Actionscript 3 & AJAX.

I'm currently accepting freelance work of all types. If you are interested or have questions, get in touch!

Recent Blog Entries

Improved IE6 transparent PNG usage

As you probably already know, IE6 does not support transparent PNGs. There are a few workarounds such as Microsoft’s AlphaImageLoader filter, but using the MS filter has some drawbacks. The biggest drawback is the use of proprietary css which doesn’t validate...read more

H1 use - site rank and accessibility

There has been some debate about the use of h1 html tags. Mostly about how many times the h1 should be used on a single page. Recently Google software engineer Matt Cutts set the record straight in a short video: This discussion would be incomplete if we ignored how important headings are for accessibility...read more

css subclass mess

Recently I was given the task of integrating a new dynamic css/xhtml template into an existing template. Nothing too exciting but the markup made extensive use of css subclasses...read more

Recent Work

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CopperStone Partners

copperstonepartners.com

Worked with designer Gabe Abadilla to develop a website for CopperStone Partners, an estate and business insurance company based in Del Mar, CA. I was responsible for the standards-compliant, cross-browser XHTML & CSS

"Shaun is a very talented and professional web developer. He has great project management skills and his code always validates!"
-Gabe Abadilla