Posts in the CSS category

• CSS layout builder tool

  29 May 2007 by Clive Walker

  When working with cascading style sheets (CSS), it’s useful to have a variety of solid CSS-based layouts that you can call on at short notice. After all, ‘two column with header and footer’ can get kinda boring if you work with it all the time.

• CSS layouts for forms - tips and tricks

  24 May 2007 by Clive Walker

  About a year ago, we replaced some webpage forms that used tables for layout with CSS-based layouts. Here's the blog post about it, CSS layouts for forms. To cut a long story short, we had some problems but eventually adapted this method to give this form.

• CSS floats made easy (well, almost)

  02 May 2007 by Clive Walker

  After working with cascading style sheets for a while, you soon get to realise that floating elements can achieve many things, but the use of the float property also comes with its own problems.

• CSS3 - the next generation

  10 April 2007 by Clive Walker

  Andy Budd has published slides from what looks like an interesting presentation on the status of CSS3.

• CSS overflow property

  13 March 2007 by Clive Walker

  CSS properties you may not have heard of – 2
  There may be times when your web design layout dictates that the height of all your pages should be the same or very similar. On these occasions, it can be a ‘problem’ if the client presents you with ‘too much’ text or image content so that the page height is larger than desired. What to do? Change the layout or come up with some clever DOM scripting to show page content?

• CSS properties you may not have heard of - 1

  23 February 2007 by Clive Walker

  Every so often (well, actually, quite often), I ‘discover’ a new CSS property that I have not used before. Here’s one. The first-line pseudo-element may be used to add a different style to the first line of text of an element.

• CSS is easier than tables for web page layout

  20 February 2007 by Clive Walker

  I have reached the conclusion¹ that using CSS for web page layout is easier than using tables.

• How to make double borders with CSS

  22 January 2007 by Clive Walker

  When you have a website deadline, it’s quite easy to fall into the ‘trap’ of sticking with tried and tested cascading style sheet (CSS) methods that you know and love. However, it can also be useful to try out CSS properties that you are not so familiar with. For me, this used to be the case with the border property. I used solid borders almost exclusively until I discovered that there were other possibilities including double borders [Ed: you need to get out more].

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• How to use microformats to export your contact details

  16 January 2007 by Clive Walker

  Shape Shed has written a nice article explaining how to use the hCard microformat and how to exploit the microformat data with a one-click 'add my details to your address book' link.

• CSS books for your bookshelf

  08 December 2006 by Clive Walker

  I am reading two excellent CSS books at the moment. Both books are clearly written and I have found them easy to follow.