Tag Archives: css

Flash is open source… nothing has changed.

Simply put: Flash will not replace well-designed web sites based on html/css. To elaborate:

My honest opinion is that the argument of Flash taking over the standard web page is moot. There are practical, well executed uses of flash, and there are practical, well executed uses of any of the other technologies mentioned. However, it seems that there are … Continue reading

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How to clear floats for proper footer placement

Most novice CSS users have never even heard of the “clear” property. I know in the past, I hadn’t, and racked my brain for hours trying to get my layout to display correctly with a floating sidebar. Here’s how it … Continue reading

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Cascading Style Sheets

.class1{ font-size:16px; color:lightblue; font-weight:bold; } .class2{ color:blue; text-decoration:underline; } CSS. Cascading Style Sheets. Why are they named that? This is a tutorial on how the cascading part of CSS works, and how to work with multiple classes. The main thing … Continue reading

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Easy CSS fixed footer

I’ve seen a lot of tutorials out there for how to have a fixed footer using CSS. Most of them require all kinds of nested div’s, wrappers, and so on. It’s really very simple, and this code can be copied … Continue reading

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Creating a website template you can work with

Everyone wants a site that looks good, loads fast, and is easy to work with. It really isn’t as hard as one might think, as long as you follow some of the basic rules of design that you would with … Continue reading

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