Yes, it’s an old article, but one I think well-worth revisiting! http://24ways.org/2005/centered-tabs-with-css How do you center a UL, when you would normally float your LIs? Well, Ethan Marcotte has written an article for 24 Ways that covers the basics and … Continue reading
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Today’s Readings
Almost like it’s Christmas, a plethora of tutorials! http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/06/20/ajax-javascript-solutions-for-professional-coding/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/10/16/50-excellent-ajax-tutorials/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/11/75-really-useful-javascript-techniques/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/01/19/53-css-techniques-you-couldnt-live-without/ Happy holidays, Atg Top⇪
Font matrix
Assuming you’re not using @font-face to get your fave font into your pages, you might find this font matrix helpful. I really only find the first few columns useful, those being the Mac OS and Windows columns, but maybe you’ll … Continue reading
CSS Debugging Tips
So who doesn’t use border:1px solid red (or some similar expression) for debugging CSS? From Eric Meyer comes these very slick CSS debugging tips! Way cool!! Atg Top⇪
5 Rarely-Used CSS Properties
Craig Buckler writes a nice, quick article for SitePoint listing five (somewhat) rarely used CSS properties. I was pretty familiar with the first three, but the last two are pretty interesting… Happy CSSing, Atg Top⇪
New Font Replacement Technique v.2
A short while ago I wrote about a new font replacement technique, Cufón. In short: Cufón is an alternative to sIFR, which relies on both Flash AND JavaScript to work, but dutifully embeds the font into the SWF, so there … Continue reading
Obscure Safari 3.x Rendering Bug
This was brought to my attention by a colleague, Stephen Tang, so I’ll let him tell the story: I found an obscure rendering bug in Safari 3 when whitespace or a line-break appears in the inline box with side padding … Continue reading
Guide for Developing Using a Fluid Grid
Its been a long time since I had the patience to deal with (or even think about) fluid grid designs, but this article, written by Ethan Marcotte for A List Apart, is well worth the read! From the ratio the … Continue reading
A nice example of Transcendent CSS…
http://24ways.org/2008/shiny-happy-buttons And now, how about an explanation of Transcendent CSS? Keep on smiling, Atg Top⇪
New Font Replacement Technique
Until @font-face catches on, this looks to be a pretty slick alternative to sIFR. Though this does still leave your/your clients’ font files vulnerable to the vicious font thieves of the world… Anyone ready to dive in??? Happy fonting, Atg … Continue reading