In Step 2 of our 2-column tableless layout, we made our basic layout look significantly better with changes to some margins and padding that improved the structure. In this step, we are going to focus on the menu area. A well-made menu really can make…
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In Step 1 of the 2-column tableless layout tutorial, I showed you how to make a very quick two column design using only floats and percentages. Now, to show you that you can expand on this idea to really create a full design, I’m going…
Lots of people claim that making a site using CSS divs instead of tables is horribly difficult. Well, I tend to disagree. It’s just different, and if you don’t know any CSS, it might feel difficult. So, I’m starting a step-by-step tutorial on how to…
With the completion of my 15 CSS menus recently, I decided to code up something to generate those menus more easily. This is very much a version 1.0, and is simplistic in features. At some point, I do hope to add more features but one…
As I’m working on my book one topic that I’m trying to emphasize keeps coming to mind – that topic is the difference in how browsers will render the same page. I think that far too many people see this as a huge problem, when…
If you’ve checked out your website in Mozilla Firefox or one of the other non-IE browsers, you may have been shocked to discover that NONE of the ‘alt’ tags you spent so long preparing are working. What browser do you use to check your web…
Starting a Blog in a world that appears to have gone blog mad is intimidating to say the least. What is there to say that a million others (factually 25 million others) have not said already? Will anyone be interested in your passions? How can…
As a “blogmeister” I am often asked “How personal should I make my business blog?” This is a great question. The answer for everyone is different. There is no set answer to this question. It’s important to remember that your blog is a living extension…
Like in anything, there are some things you can do with CSS that are much more fun than other things. I’ve decided to show you some of my favorite ones. We’ll start with things you can do with text. font-variant:small-caps For some reason I think…
In a time when some web developers are trying their hardest to make standards compliant websites using proper CSS and XHTML, far too many hacks have come about to solve a plethora of problems in design. Most of these hacks are, in my view, extremely…