Posts Tagged ‘web design’

Inline-Block vs Float

Inline-Block vs Float to knowInline-block and float seems to be alike at first sight. What is more, both these statements can be used to accomplish the same visual effect. You can use them both to create a whole range of other commonly used web patterns. Let’s try to find the differences that help you to make the right choice.

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HTML5 Basics

HTML5 tips to knowHTML5 offers another update that should help you to nest every element inside a link tag. On other words, block level links should solve the problem of linking bigger areas constructed from divs, headings and/or other block level elements. However, it is just theory. So, let’s check it in practice.

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IE6 CSS Fixer – inline-block

IE6 CSS Fixer tips to knowSuppose it is unnecessary to explain in details the specifics of the inline-block display value. The main problem with it is that it has no support in older browser versions. IE6 and IE7 have partial support only while FF2 has –moz specific support. Let’s try to use the following to fix the problem…

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Semantics for Search

Semantics tips to knowTalking about HTML we usually highlight its structural function. However, this time we are going to discuss semantics especially the reasons why it doesn’t provide us with all the advantages promised. The truth is that we spend so much time and effort on writing structurally and semantically valuable html not for screenreader users only.

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How to Create Triangle in CSS

Create Triangle in CSS tips to knowSome web developers use extra wrapper with a background image over empty elements every time they are trying to create triangle. There are several techniques to create triangles in CSS and here are some of them to try. Using the following tips you will take advantage of a browser drawing the borders at angles.

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Usability vs. Usefulness

Usability and Usefulness advice to knowUsability is a new guru of today’s internet marketing. Experts can spend hours on arguing and drawing so that the users can click once instead of twice to reach the information they need. No confusion, no time wasted, no uncanny interfaces. Everything is created to make your life easier and more comfortable.

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Browsers Wars

browsers wars to knowWar is evil or just another chance for improvement? The latter statement can be true for browsers development history. Today we can observe the battle between IE, Mozilla, Opera and Safari. There are two battlefields but the results are obvious for global users. Notwithstanding various complaints, IE still doesn’t have adequate rival.

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HTML Basics

HTML tips to knowHTML is all about structure and meaning. It allows you to publish content on the web, describe and structure that content. While CSS and Javascript are additions for certain clients, HTML adds meaning and context to the elements of a web document. We try to define the content with html tags so that it will be readable for machines as well as for humans.

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CSS Basics

CSS tips to knowAll we know that there are three things to consider while creating a web page – content, form and function. CSS is in charge of the form of the web page if it is html-based. This article contains the review of the very basics of CSS, so that you get an idea of its functioning with modern web deign. Hope this time all the explanations will be clear for you.

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CSS Transparency

CSS Transparency tips to knowTo make some element transparent you can use the css3 property opacity. This css3 property provides you with decent cross-browser support. This property accepts a value between 0 and 1 with 0 – totally transparent and 1 – no transparency at all. As usual, none of the IE browsers accept this property.

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