Monthly Archives: November 2005

The Address Element

As Tantek Çelik said in his excellent WE05 presentation, the address element is perhaps the worst named HTML element. I definately agree there. A couple of months have passed since WE05, but it was only yesterday, when I had a … Continue reading

Posted in Semantics, Web-design 8 Comments

Quick CSS Tip: Box Model

Understanding the box model is extremely important when dealing with Cascading Style Sheets. Remember: Paddings are added to the overall size Borders are added to the overall size Check out the excellent Interactive CSS Box Model Demo (Flash) which illustrates … Continue reading

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Looking for a Web Programmer

I’ve concieved an idea for a simple web application. The app will considerably save time in the web site developing process and ultimately save money. Since I’m not blessed with programming skills, I need someone with good skills, knowledge and … Continue reading

Posted in Web-design 3 Comments

Quick CSS Tip: Sizing Text

I’m surprised how many designers still struggle with sizing text on web sites. Using pixels is not a good solution because IE cannot resize text set in pixels. Users should be able to resize text, so here’s a simple solution: … Continue reading

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Life’s Soundtrack, Part One

I’m sort of borrowing Colly’s idea and I’m bringing you my favorite songs ever. Here’s the first bunch, in random order, one song per artist. All of these songs mean a great deal to me. On a side note, you … Continue reading

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Now, That Looks Awfully Familiar

Wilar Bayou’s site (screenshot) looks mighty familiar, wouldn’t you agree? I can’t quite put my finger on it, but I’m almost certain I’ve seen that very design somewhere else. Perhaps you did, too?

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Quick CSS Tip: Backgrounds

If you ever wanted to apply more than one background image into your web page, this one’s for you. I’ve stumbled upon many sites that use various techniques, such as nested DIV’s, to combine two or more images into the … Continue reading

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