CSS colour tip
Whenever I’m browsing the web and come across a certain website where something is interesting or I’m curious as to how something has been done, I’ll take a look in the source code and CSS to see how the designer solved a certain problem or created part of the page.
This morning I came across an [...]
Block and Inline elements: Part two
In Block and Inline elements: Part one, I explained the difference between block and inline elements and how the default display for these elements is presented.
Within this part, I’ll explain how you can use CSS to alter the display of these elements to help with the presentation.
Block and Inline elements: Part one
CSS is an important part of any web designer’s skills and therefore it’s extremely important that a designer understands how block elements and inline elements work together and how they can be styled using CSS. This article will explain the default display values of the most commonly used HTML elements whilst part two of this [...]
IE CSS Conditional Comments
Consistency across browsers is obviously extremely important and Internet Explorer 6 just won’t go away so unfortunately from time to time we need to use hacks to get around certain bugs and that’s where conditional comments can come in extremely useful.
Accessible CSS Contact Form
Forms are probably the most misunderstood areas when it comes to accessibility however with a properly marked up form it isn’t difficult to create form elements which can easily be styled using CSS.
Which browsers to support?
It’s a question that I often find people asking and unfortunately there is no right or wrong answer as it can vary from site to site depending on the market and the types of users it attracts, however there are usually similarities that are consistent amongst users of the web.
Opera 9.5 Kestrel Alpha
The Alpha version of Opera 9.5 was released today so I had to download it and give it a try as I have done with the latest versions of Safari 3 and Firefox 3.
Are we getting carried away with CSS3?
I’ve been trying to catch up a lot recently with the progress of CSS3 and how it can be used positively to improve code and simplify both the HTML and CSS.
CSS.info is a great resource for this kind of information and a lot of the content is useful, but the recent post on Lists to [...]
Box model hacking
There’s always been different rendering issues within different browsers. From the problems with Netscape 4.2 and Internet Explorer 5 right upto the differences today with Firefox and IE7. But one of the biggest problems that always seems to crop up is when a website has to support IE5.x and the issue of the box model [...]
Converting px to em or percentage
I’ve always created font sizes and elements of a page that I need to resize in % or em but when you’ve created a mock-up of what the site will look like in Photoshop then it can sometimes be a bit of a pain trying to figure out what size % or em you need [...]