Netscape – R.I.P.

January 4th, 2008 · 5:04 pm  →  Web Design

I’m not sure how many other developers/designers are aware of this news but as of February 1st 2008, Netscape Navigator will no longer be supported by AOL.

Internet Explorer 8 and Acid2

December 20th, 2007 · 1:20 pm  →  Web Design

With the news last week that Opera had filed an antitrust complaint against Microsoft with the European Union it looks like things may have turned the corner for the makers of Internet Explorer with the news that IE8 now passes the Acid2 test.

Float and Clear: A comparison of CSS clearing techniques

December 12th, 2007 · 5:33 pm  →  CSS Web Design

I’m sure that anyone who is involved with CSS development will have had to clear floated elements at some stage, but what different techniques can be used and more importantly which one prevails over the others?

3 Column Fluid CSS Layout

December 10th, 2007 · 12:19 pm  →  CSS Web Design

If you haven’t already had a look at the 2 Column Fluid CSS Layout tutorial then you may want to work through that one first as this tutorial is only a slight modification of all the rules already defined for that layout and just requires a few minor adjustments.

HTML Elements Quiz

December 5th, 2007 · 5:20 pm  →  HTML Web Design

How many HTML elements can you name in five minutes?

CSS Image Replacement

December 5th, 2007 · 3:49 pm  →  CSS Web Design

Quite often when designing a website we’ll want to replace a heading using an image and there are various techniques to do this but what’s the best method for using a CSS image replacement technique?

2 Column Fluid CSS Layout

November 27th, 2007 · 5:55 pm  →  CSS Web Design

Fluid layouts are often avoided by designers and developers because they’re deemed as being much more complex than fixed width layouts. However, hopefully this tutorial will encourage a few more designers to try their hand at fluid layouts and demonstrate that these kinds of layouts can be achieved easily by using CSS.

Search Engine Optimization Basics

November 14th, 2007 · 12:49 pm  →  SEO Web Design

Search engine optimization (SEO) is an important part of the web design process but it’s still amazing to see that so many web designers overlook it or don’t understand the basics. Over the next few weeks I’ll be going into a little more depth and detail about how you can improve the performance of a [...]

CSS3 Presentation

November 12th, 2007 · 12:31 pm  →  CSS Web Design

Jina Bolton’s slides from the Future of Web Design 2007 presentation are now available online to download and are definitely worth a look if you’re interested in CSS3 CSS3 And What Could Be [PDF, 7.9MB] Probably the most interesting areas that she covers are the sections on advanced layouts and grid positioning but have a [...]

CSS Rounded Corners Tutorial

October 31st, 2007 · 4:02 pm  →  CSS Web Design

This is a simple tutorial to demonstrate how easily rounded corners can be created within a webpage using HTML, CSS and four images.