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By Jennifer Kyrnin, About.com Guide to Web Design / HTML since 1997

An Event Apart in Texas

Thursday August 31, 2006
If you didn't sign up quickly enough for the sold out Seattle An Event Aparat, you can still sign up for it in Texas on November 6th. An Event Apart ... Read More

Poll: Which is more important: Design or Development?

Thursday August 31, 2006
Design Development Something else What? Leave a comment... View Results

New template - faux columns

Wednesday August 30, 2006
I've created a new template using the faux columns technique. Two Column Faux Column Layout Template

Welcome | Webmaster Jam Session 2006

Wednesday August 30, 2006
If you're in Texas in mid-September, this sounds like a fun session with Eric Meyer and others talking about CSS and the World Wide Web. Welcome | Webmaster Jam Session ... Read More

When to start using CSS layouts?

Wednesday August 30, 2006
I got this email from a reader asking about when he should start writing CSS layouts rather than tables. What do you think? I've designed many Web sites using tables ... Read More

Designing for IE - You're probably doing it backwards

Tuesday August 29, 2006
Since Internet Explorer is one of the most popular Web browsers out there right now, many designers are designing their Web pages for it. Of course, there is also the ... Read More

Use backgrounds to fake column heights in CSS layouts

Monday August 28, 2006
One of the frustrations of CSS layouts is that CSS compacts the vertical height of an element to fit whatever space it takes up. When you have multi-column layouts, this ... Read More

Poll: Do you work on a Web team?

Thursday August 24, 2006
Yes, everyone has a different job Yes, but we all do everything No, I work alone View Results Related Poll: How big is your team? More than 10 people 7-10 people 5-7 people 3-5 people 2-3 people I work alone View ... Read More

11 new designs added

Wednesday August 23, 2006
I've added 11 new pages to the Web Design Design Gallery. Most are still table based layouts, but a few offer some CSS styles and one or two are completely ... Read More

There is a difference between outlines and borders

Tuesday August 22, 2006
When I first learned of the CSS 2 outline property, I was a bit skeptical. After all, how many types of borders do we actually need? But there is a ... Read More

Your Web site becomes your resume

Monday August 21, 2006
When you're a Web designer, the sites that you design are your portfolio, obviously. But your Web site is arguably almost as important as your resume when you're trying to ... Read More

Poll: Which is your first source for Web design ideas?

Thursday August 17, 2006
Other Web sites Magazines Newspapers Books TV or other visual media Nature Architecture My imagination Some other source View Results

Different speeds for different access levels?

Tuesday August 15, 2006
Okay, I do agree that how long you're willing to wait for a Web page depends upon what you think is going to be on it, but some people have ... Read More

Poll: How slow is too slow for a page to download?

Thursday August 10, 2006
5 seconds 10 seconds 15 seconds 20 seconds 30 seconds no speed is too slow View Results

All WYSIWYG all the time

Wednesday August 9, 2006
Most of the WYSIWYG editors that I've reviewed have the ability to edit the HTML code as well. But then I was sent Web Studio 4.0. This is a tool ... Read More

What You See Isn't What Everyone Gets

Tuesday August 8, 2006
I've been thinking about the concept of WYSIWYG editors lately, especially in light of the controversy I kicked up in my poll about learning HTML. I think the problem is ... Read More

You really don't have any alt tags in your Web pages

Monday August 7, 2006
Even if you think you are using alt tags - you're not. You're using the alt attribute of the img element (or applet or input). There is no such thing ... Read More

Poll: Should Web designers know HTML?

Thursday August 3, 2006
Yes, definitely Yes, but only to fix things No, Web programmers can learn it No, that's what Dreamweaver is for I don't know View Results

DIV is your friend, but don't get too friendly

Tuesday August 1, 2006
I admit, I am as guilty of this habit as the next person - I have built Web pages that are infected with divitis. This is the condition where nearly ... Read More

Flash can be accessible

Tuesday August 1, 2006
One of the things "everybody knows" is that Flash is not accessible, but if you're careful, you can create Flash applications that are accessible. The problem is, unlike with Web ... Read More

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