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web design
- Can I have a Splash Page? (5 Oct, 2005)
- I just had a client ask me for a large graphic splash that would fill the browser windows and the visitor could click before entering the site. Fortunately before I wrote a 3 page rant I found …
- Don't Litter (14 Oct, 2005)
- I'm sick to death of Thumbs.db. Whichever Microsoft programmer came up with the idea of putting a Thumbs.db file in every folder that contains an image should be shot. The same goes for you too, …
- Designing for Usability (25 Oct, 2005)
- This page, Criteria for optimal web design, was brought to my attention today. I quickly scanned through the page dealing with everything from the most appealing text to children, to where the best …
- Opera as a HTML Editor (2 Nov, 2005)
- Opera 9.0 Preview 1 has been available for a little while now, and I briefly mentioned some of new features. Having used it for a few weeks now, I think it's most exciting feature for me is the …
- Colour Scheme Compiler (7 Aug, 2006)
- I won't be having difficulties choosing colours for web sites anymore, thanks to Color Scheme Tool. It works so simply that it makes Color Wheel Pro look like complicated bloat-ware. But most …
- Google Redux (1 Mar, 2006)
- Google Redux is a sexy new vision for Googles front page. I would take this design and turn it into a page for my own use, but I always use Opera to do my Google searches so I never see the google …
- data: URI (19 Apr, 2006)
- Ever wanted to embed images into your CSS so you can distribute the CSS file without having to ZIP it up with the images it includes? This is something I'm wanting now as I'm developing …
- Saving EPS files with Internet Explorer (7 Jun, 2006)
- If you are planning on hosting EPS or AI files on your website you might want to keep in mind that Internet Explorer doesn't correctly handle these postscript files. I can confirm this with …
- Usync — Where are the goods? (6 Jul, 2006)
- I read about Usync last night in the latest issue of Rolling Stone. Details were brief, but it's a system that allows artists to sell their music directly to their fans without record …
- DeviantArt v5 & Opera (11 Aug, 2006)
- I was extemely disappointed that the new DeviantArt (v5) website did not display correctly in Opera. I appreciate that Opera users are a minority, but with such a popular website I find it …
- Opera developer tools (22 Nov, 2006)
- I just came across Opera's own collection of web development tools on the Opera Development Community site. I'm really impressed with what they w
- DA Skin - Column Streams (2 Dec, 2006)
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This is a simple CSS I created to modify DeviantArt's front page so the 'streams' (Newest, Popular, Prints, Daily Deviation) are organised into columns instead of …
- No Scrolling Banner (6 Dec, 2006)
- I had a request for a scrolling banner today. I know this is bad but I would never have been able to articulate why to the client. Fortunately I found this page to do it for me.
- Who is trustdotcom? (29 Dec, 2006)
- I'm not sure if my site has been hacked or if my host Take This Host has been screwing with my site, but today the following HTML code appeared at the very beginning of my index.php …
- DeviantArt Favourites on Your Website (24 Feb, 2007)
- Well, if you look to the left you'll see that my site now displays one of my DeviantArt Favourites at random. Clicking the thumbnail will take you to the full view on the DeviantArt …
- Auto-positioning of figures (29 Nov, 2007)
- A few months ago A List Apart posted a really nice article on how to use a javascript function to automatically position figures (images with captions) on a web page.I thought it was really …
- CSS Positioning Explained (12 Apr, 2008)
- I'm embarrased to say that despite messing around with web design for
years, I've never fully understood CSS positioning - specifically the
use of absolute positioning and the idea of a …
