CSS Volume 3
Cascading Style Sheets (or CSS) are documents that are used to control the presentation of elements on a web page. CSS has gone through several revisions since its official publication in 1996, and the current specification is known as CSS2.1. CSS3 is the next CSS specification that will be officially released (at some undisclosed future…
Fabulous Floats
HTML is a rather rigid language that typically displays the contents of a document from top to bottom without any frills. Then CSS comes along and tells HTML to “lighten up” and changes the rules. When CSS tells something to float, what it’s really saying is “don’t be a sheep and go with the flow,…
Typography on the Web
Typography on the web has evolved tremendously from its humble beginnings. In the past, websites have had to rely on a small subset of fonts, known as web-safe fonts, for their text. If you wanted to use a different font, alternative methods, such as text images, had to be employed. Fortunately, the days of web-safe…
The Wonder of Wireframes
There is a lot that can be said about wireframes, both good and bad. While many people feel that wireframes are an invaluable part of the web design process, some feel that they are a relic of the past and should be discarded in favor of more modern approaches. Before some of these questions can…
