Stylegala
We all have those days where we are scratching for an idea, a little creative spark to light the designer fuse within us. Well, check out Stylegala which “aims to promote, discuss and inspire the web...
View ArticleStandards-Compliant New Windows
Standards-Compliant New Windows – “a method for opening links in a new window that doesn’t fail XHTML validation tests”
View ArticleSlide Show Beta 2
Eric Meyer has created a standards-based slide show system – think PowerPoint on the Web. Good stuff.
View ArticleClearing Floats: The FnE Method
OrderedList.com : Clearing Floats: The Float (Nearly) Everything Method – An interesting alternative to my current practice of using a special horizontal rule with clear: both; as its sole rule. I may...
View ArticleDigital Web Magazine – Making News with Web standards
Digital Web Magazine – Making News with Web standards – “The San Francisco Examiner recently became one of the first newspapers in the country to fully adopt Web standards and publish a site that...
View ArticleA Developer's Progression
Steve Smith adds to the many reasons that a developer should learn and apply standards-based design in his post A Natural Progression at OrderedList.com. Pointing to recent articles about the business...
View ArticleThe alt and title attributes
Roger Johansson has provides a great post discussing the purpose of the alt and title attributes as defined by the HTML spec, and the way browser makers have muddied the usage of each. > Alt text is...
View ArticleStandards Compliant Flash Detection and Embedding
Web standards compliant Javascript Flash detect and embed: “a standard way to embed my Flash movies, whether it be a single movie on a page (full Flash site) or multiple inline Flash elements on a...
View ArticleAllowed nesting of elements in HTML 4 (and XHTML 1.0)
Allowed nesting of elements in HTML 4 (and XHTML 1.0) is a very handy page for Web Developers. Hat tip to Jeff Croft
View ArticleAbbreviations are a Breeze
Juicy Studio: Abbreviations are a Breeze – A lengthy, and impressive post describing the differences and proper use of abbreviations and acronyms, with an eye toward correct markup.
View ArticleTables and Dogma
Dave Shea has written a great post about his misunderstanding of when to use (or not use) tables in his post Too Far. For those of you unfamiliar with Dave, he has provided a wealth of information and...
View ArticleIE 7 + IE Hacks = Breakage
As expected, the introduction of IE 7 will wreak havoc on those sites that utilize CSS hacks to serve up different styles to IE browsers. The IE development team is urging developers to clean up their...
View ArticleCollapsible Menus
I have implemented pureDOMexplorer (pde) in the sidebar to clean up the navigation a bit. It sits upon a foundation of accessible, XHTML-compliant unordered lists and uses unobtrusive JavaScript to...
View ArticleAnatomy of a Document
Anatomy of a Document – “deconstructed, annotated XHTML document for your education and enjoyment.”
View ArticleEfficient WebDev Tip
The post Write Stylesheets Simultaneously has a great tip for easing the initial development of a new site. Instead of manually reloading your browser each time you want to view your changes to your...
View ArticleMmmm Code Snippets
Code Snippets is an online resource, providing a central user-writable repository for chunks of reusable code. A stroll through the language-agnostic site provides a plethora of tasty bits and bytes...
View ArticleEliminating the IE duplication bug
This site demonstrates a few ways to eliminate the duplicate characters bug, which is one of the most annoying issues in IE 6. The bug causes the last character(s) within a float to appear twice, the...
View ArticleRaising the CSS B.R.A.T.
CSS B.R.A.T. is a great idea, but one that should be seriously thought about before implemented. For those Web folks responsible for supporting intranets, having to wrangle many editors, this is a...
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