I get a good amount of requests asking me to do things like exchange links or mention a specific piece of content. Normally I don’t respond, since the majority aren’t worth talking about, but a couple of days ago I had a request from Rich McIver asking me to take a look at a list of 100 Free CSS Resources. I did take a look and there are a lot of very useful resources worth calling to your attention.
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One of the reasons I’ve often given for using css is that it gives you more control over your design. You can create with css in ways that html attributes never allow. Case in point is Chris Hester’s CSS House, an artistic creation styled solely with cascading style sheets.
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Anyone who has ever developed a website is aware of cross browser inconsistencies. This is especially true for those of you rightfully working to eliminate table based layouts and make the move to an all css layout. Often what works in one browser won’t work in another or more precisely when you follow the standards like you should it often won’t work in Internet Explorer. Fortunately it’s not too hard to workaround the problem. The two methods I use most often are the underscore hack and Conditional Comments.
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I’ve been working on a site the last couple of days where my design calls for some large blocks of color that aren’t in rectangular shape. I didn’t want to use images for those trapezoidal shaped blocks, in part because I prefer to use code whenever I can to save download time and in part because using images would reduce the fluidity of the design somewhat. Fortunately the css border property comes to the rescue and with it the ability to create shapes other than simple rectangles. Add some JavaScript and the results can be pretty amazing.
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The question of how to center a css layout in the browser window comes up very often. Seems to show up daily in the webmaster forums I visit and I thought it about time I devote a post to centering web pages that use a css layout. The same technique used to center your entire page will also work to center any block level element within the layout so if you learn it you’ll be able to center anything you want inside your css layouts. It’s also rather simple to learn and use.
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How do I learn css? I see the question all the time from developers who have become convinced that css has many benefits and that developing sites with a css layout has many advantages over building a site with a table based layout. To help with the learning curve I wanted to share my own development growth with css.
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Yesterday I came across My 5 CSS Tips by Mike Rundle and while I generally agree with his advice I differ on some points and thought why not add some of my own thoughts and practices to the mix. I agree too with Mike when he says that different css coders have different styles and while I too won’t call these best practices either they do work for me and will hopefully help you.
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Last week I showed how you can create a simple menu using an (x)HTML list and CSS. Today I thought I’d use the same technique to create a simple navigation bar. Once again we’ll structure things with a list of links and use some CSS to turn that list into a navigation bar.
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When it comes to creating a menu for your site one of the easiest ways is to use a simple unordered list as your (x)HTML structure and then style it using css. With the right styling you can even achieve some creative effects Let’s get right into the code and build a simple menu.
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Developing a design with a css layout or a table layout are the two predominate ways to build a website. Those of you who know me know I lean heavily on the side of css layouts, but there are still many who believe that a table layout is the better option. Recently I came across an article written by one such person. There so many inaccuracies in that article that I want to discuss it here.
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