Posts in the CSS category

• Rounded corners with CSS - more Nifty Corners

  22 March 2006 by Clive Walker

  Rounded corners with CSS is a web design method that has received lots of attention and many different solutions have been suggested. The Nifty Corners method (now in its third generation) uses no images and some clever JavaScript to achieve the effect….

• CSS tools and tips

  13 March 2006 by Clive Walker

  The Soxiam website has a very useful collection of CSS tools, How To articles and more advanced CSS/JavaScript code examples.

• CSS layouts help

  10 March 2006 by Clive Walker

  There is a learning curve associated with moving from tables-based layouts to entirely CSS-based websites. Speaking from personal experience, the most difficult aspect was getting the layout to work. CSS layout example websites can help.

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• Creating different CSS styles using the body tag

  28 February 2006 by Clive Walker

  It’s sometimes useful to have different styles for different website pages. Perhaps to highlight a particular aspect of the page. Well, CSS provides a neat way to do this. For example, the navigation tags (above right) are highlighted differently depending on the section of the website.

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• New CSS web standards book

  31 January 2006 by Clive Walker

  There are some good CSS web design books out at the moment and another one is about to hit the shelves.

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• CSS showcase websites

  03 January 2006 by Clive Walker

  Interested in looking at other CSS website designs? There are several ‘showcase websites’ that do the job.

• Don't make me think! Common sense web usability

  22 December 2005 by Clive Walker

  Don't make me think. It's a great title for a book – and the contents are good as well. Some simple but fundamental guidelines about website usability written in an easy-to-read style.

• Streamline your website code

  11 December 2005 by Clive Walker

  One reason for moving to a CSS-based website layout is to streamline the website code. This has a number of advantages….

• Why use web standards?

  06 December 2005 by Clive Walker

  Roger Johansson at 456 Berea Street has published Ten Reasons to Learn and Use Web Standards.

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• Using IE conditional comments for CSS

  03 November 2005 by Clive Walker

  Web designers using CSS need to be aware of browser differences in CSS implementation. In particular, Internet Explorer has various CSS ‘bugs’ compared to Firefox – and this can be a real headache. It would be great to be able to define specific styles only for IE. Well, that’s possible using IEs conditional comments feature.