CSS backgrounds are an important part of web design. The property is where you add the colors and images that sit behind your content, which controls much of the aesthetics of your site. Remove your CSS backgrounds and your site will probably be text on..
Topics: CSS

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You’ve heard the term, but do you know what microformats are? Do you know how to use them or even why you should?Microformats are relatively easy to use. In fact if you can code a web page you already have the skills. The goal of this post is to...
Topics: Web Design

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A couple of weeks ago when writing about css vs tables I mentioned it was a myth that cross browser css was hard to implement. I thought I’d take a deeper look into cross browser css today and offer some ideas and tips to make cross browser...
Topics: CSS

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A few weeks ago a client approached me about designing a new site. I asked the usual questions. What are the goals of the site? How many pages? What will those pages include? Who’s the market for the site? etc. As happens too often there were no...

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One of the debates that never seems to go away in the web development community is that of css vs tables and which is better to use for the layout of your site. I’m surprised this debate continues, though admittedly I’m continuing it right...
Topics: CSS

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