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...
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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

