Misunderstood Markup
With XHTML 1.0, XHTML 2, HTML 4, HTML 5 and XHTML 5 we have so many languages that it’s really getting hard to keep track! Here’s a little clarity.
How to create a drag-and-drop Polaroid-style image gallery
Flash is officially no longer the go-to option for interactive effects on a website. Of course it’s still useful for many things, but where you simply want to create an interactive carousel or slideshow effect, JavaScript is increasingly the weapon of choice for the majority of web designers.
The CSS Syntax
Clear and simple identification of the many parts of a css declaration. A CSS rule has two main parts: a selector, and one or more declarations: The selector is normally the HTML element you want to style. Each declaration consists of a property and a value. The property is the style attribute you want [...]
Listen Up! Explain “CSS Specificity” to me RIGHT NOW, or the dog gets it!
This is the imaginary threat I anticipate coming from the back of the lab whenever I reach the CSS phase of my lecture (Don’t freak out. The photo isn’t real). This image came from a National Lampoon magazine cover published in 1973. Bear with me. I’m desperately trying to make a point. Each time I [...]
Adding Text Shadows & Rounded Corner Backgrounds with CSS
Here’s a video showing how easy it is to create shadows on text, and background boxes with rounded corners. All without using Photoshop, Fireworks or any image editing software.
CSS3 Cheat Sheet
Smashing Magazine contributor Chris Hanscom from Veign.com has created a “quick reference card” for CSS 3.
The Cascading Style Sheet Syntax
Here’s a video I made for my students to help them remember how to construct a CSS tag.
Unwebbable?
A List Apart contributor Joe Clark believes it’s time we came to grips with the fact that not every “document” can be a “web page.” Some forms of writing just cannot be expressed in HTML—or they need to be bent and distorted to do so. But for once, XML might actually help. Check out his [...]
Making Your WordPress Blog SEO Friendly
by Spencer Spellman Decided to give Spencer Spellman over at Tutorial Blog a piece of the action from here, folks. If you’re into WordPress, and you want some Plug-In tips, here are FIVE from Spence.
Using the @font-face tag
Almost every “structural limit” in web design has been conquered with CSS and Javascript. The final, lingering pet peeve I held on to was web fonts. There was no flexibility allowed outside of the standard browser fonts. The @font-face tag has changed that. However, it doesn’t arrive without an odor of controversy.
