Nice CSS menu with feed reader icons list
# Linked to 30 June 2008 in Tutorials by Sam Brown
This tutorial illustrates how to design a nice CSS menu with a list of feed reader icons.
An Argument Against Faux Absolute Positioning
# Linked to 29 June 2008 in Articles by Sam Brown
Eric Sol’s development of the Faux Absolute Positioning technique was born of frustration in trying to use the two dominant positioning techniques: absolute positioning and floats. However, I fear his cure might be worse than the disease.
CSS Layout Cheats
# Linked to 27 June 2008 in Other by Sam Brown
The following CSS template cheats have been tested in all browsers and provide an excellent starting point for a wide range of CSS based web layouts.
CSS: Fun With Floating in the Grid
# Linked to 26 June 2008 in Tips by Sam Brown
Sometimes for bigger design projects that will need to be pretty flexible, I tend to use several CSS classes to make it easy to maintain from a design and layout perspective in the long run. If you’re a fan of grid-like design, this is most certainly things for you to consider.
50+ Nice Clean CSS Tab-Based Navigation Scripts
# Linked to 25 June 2008 in Code by Sam Brown
Tab navigation has been one of the most fundamental element in any modern web structure. In order to make sure visitors can properly navigate through the website. One of the biggest challenge web designers and developers faced is to integrate a simple and nice tab navigation that not only don’t confuse, but helps visitors easily understand where they should be clicking.
Small bits about Firefox 3 and CSS
# Linked to 24 June 2008 in Tips by Sam Brown
Firefox 3 came out last week, and next to the awesomebar and some other GUI improvements, Firefox 3 has some cool CSS improvements. In my opinion, these are some of the more interesting ones.
How to get Cross Browser Compatibility Every Time
# Linked to 23 June 2008 in Articles by Sam Brown
Cross-browser compatibility is one of the most time consuming tasks for any web designer. We’ve seen many different articles over the net describing common problems and fixes. I’ve collated all the information I could find to create some coding conventions for ensuring that your site will work first time in every browser. There are some things you should consider for Safari and Firefox also, and IE isn’t always the culprit for your CSS woes.
From Pixels to Print
# Linked to 20 June 2008 in Articles by Sam Brown
An overview of print stylesheets, covering the basic setup and useful tricks picked up from the web.
A Semantic List-Based CSS Calendar
# Linked to 19 June 2008 in Code by Sam Brown
Most calendars on the web these days are built using large, complex tables. And while an argument could possibly be made that calendars are a form of tablular data, it seems to me that a table is overkill for most situations. So my goal was to create a list-based calendar that used CSS for its layout.
Introducing SenCSS
# Linked to 18 June 2008 in Links by Sam Brown
SenCSS is a sensible standards CSS Framework. This means that SenCSS tries to supply standard styling for all repetitive parts of your CSS, allowing you to focus on the fun parts. In that sense, SenCSS is a bit like a large CSS Reset. SenCSS was developed mostly for myself. I noticed that the stuff common to most of my designs and projects wasn’t the layout, and thus all layout CSS frameworks had very little use for me (I’d be writing exceptions all day, no thanks!). However, There was a lot to gain from a smarter CSS Reset, vertical rhythm and a set of often used styles.