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Handy Tips from Tipster

1. May 2009

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Handy Tips from Tipster

There have been a ton of helpful and interesting tips posted to Tipster recently, so I thought we’d pull a few out for you all (and give the submitters a bit of well-deserved publicity). Topics that we’re covering are: MySQL, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, JQuery, life hacks and server admin. MySQL Geo Search Here’s a MySQL statement to [...]

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Tables: The Next Evolution in CSS Layout

19. November 2008

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Tables: The Next Evolution in CSS Layout

Today, a talented web designer must be a modern-day MacGyver—that 80s TV action hero who could turn a rubber band and three tin cans into a serviceable aircraft. Turning the average site design mockup into a living, breathing slice of HTML and CSS is a comparably delicate miracle, which must be accomplished using whatever makeshift [...]

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Stay on :target

31. January 2008

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In this article, I want to introduce you to a really powerful CSS3 pseudo selector called :target. Much like :hover, :target is invoked during certain interactions with the website. Specifically, when applied to a fragment identifier. On a page such as http://example.com/index.html#hello-world, the id=”hello-world” element is the target and any matching :target styles would be [...]

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Creating Sexy Stylesheets

6. December 2007

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Lately, I have taken interest in discussing methods of creating sexy stylesheets. While CSS can be used to create sexy websites, writing CSS can actually be an artform by itself. The way in which CSS is created, structured, and maintained can be a thing of beauty. So how does one create sexy stylesheets? What characteristics would [...]

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Ensuring your HTML Emails Look Great and Get Delivered

28. November 2007

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Boy what a difference 18 months can make! In my last Vitamin article I was singing the praises of standards based email and encouraging the use of CSS in your email designs. While the browser market has continued to strive for better standards support, a major player in the email industry has unfortunately done the [...]

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The Standards Way to Do Dynamic Data

8. May 2007

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Somewhere in between presenting static information graphics and complex, interactive data dashboards there’s a need for a way to visualize moderately dynamic data on the web. Oftentimes the solutions you see implemented are clunky, for example, manually creating multiple frames of various data points and uploading them by hand. These methods scale poorly and [...]

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Book Review ‘Beginning CSS Web Development’, by Simon Collison

15. February 2007

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Gareth Rushgrove checks out Simon Collison's comprehensive guide to CSS, published by Apress.

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Enhance your (Page) Performance!

30. January 2007

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One of the biggest obstacles to tackle in web site and web application design is the initial response time of the product. There is a common feeling among web users that things just don’t happen fast enough. Why is this such an issue? Perhaps people who’ve been using the web for years remember the times when [...]

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Microsoft Expression Web Final Release

22. January 2007

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Microsoft recently launched the final release of Expression Web, its web editing tool for designers and developers. We asked Rachel Andrew, CSS maven and experienced web developer, to put it through its paces.

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Bye-bye to Boring Page Footers

4. December 2006

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Gone are the days when a footer merely ended the page. Now it is just as likely to be an all-encompassing launchpad to other areas of the site. Typically a footer will run the full length of the layout, and it is usually used to display information at the bottom of the content hierarchy, such [...]

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