Styling email with HTML and CSS can be good and bad.
Tuesday July 31, 2007
HTML and CSS in Email
HTML email is very widespread. Most email clients use it and it makes email a lot easier to read and understand the messages. But HTML email ... Read More
CSS styles can have heirs
Monday July 30, 2007
One of the trickier aspects of Cascading Style Sheets is inheritance. Inheritance tells the Web browser that the styles of the child element will be the same as the parent ... Read More
Poll: Who has the final say in an argument over design practices?
Thursday July 26, 2007
When you're building a Web page there is invariably going to be friction. Someone isn't going to like your colors, or there aren't enough links to Sam's department, or the ... Read More
Don't be mean to your customers
Wednesday July 25, 2007
What is Graceful Degradation and Why Should Web Designers Care?
This seems like an obvious thing, if you want someone to buy something from you, be nice to them. But why ... Read More
How to get customers for a Web design business
Tuesday July 17, 2007
If you're thinking of starting a Web design business, you should realize that getting customers requires more work than just buying a domain, setting up a simple Web site, and ... Read More
Learn to use nature to design your Web pages scientifically
Monday July 16, 2007
Mathematics, Seashells, and Web Design
Fibonacci was a mathematician and number theorist who discovered Fibonacci Numbers: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, ... But what does a ... Read More
Congratulations Michael Tsakrios!
Saturday July 14, 2007
Michael Tsakrios passed the XHTML Certification test at level 2 on July 13, 2007.
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Level 2 is the highest level possible to reach on ... Read More
Congratulations Christina Ball!
Thursday July 12, 2007
Christina Ball passed the XHTML Certification test at level 2 on July 11, 2007.
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Level 2 is the highest level possible to reach on ... Read More
Poll: If you could only learn one Web programming language, which would you learn?
Thursday July 12, 2007
Web programmers are starting to become more and more important as more applications out there are built for Web pages.
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In the three layers of Web ... Read More
Transfer files with Dreamweaver
Wednesday July 11, 2007
Dreamweaver allows you to transfer files within your Web sites.
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But to do that, you need to configure Dreamweaver to use FTP or some other site access ... Read More
Did you know that DOCTYPEs can affect scroll bars?
Tuesday July 10, 2007
A little known "feature" of Internet Explorer 6.0 will add a horizontal scroll bar to the browser window when using a DOCTYPE in a certain (fairly common) way.
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Do what you love to do
Monday July 9, 2007
Doing what you love to do is important - especially in your job. If your job feels like play you'll get up every morning eager to do it.
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Poll: Is the iPhone all hype or should Web designers be worried?
Thursday July 5, 2007
There has been a lot of news about the iPhone around the Web in the last few days.
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It seems like everyone wants one, has ... Read More
Keep your sites secure with HTTPS
Wednesday July 4, 2007
If you're going to run a Web site that collects money or does monetary transactions of some sort, you'll want to have it secured with HTTPS.
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You don't need a separate page for wireless devices
Tuesday July 3, 2007
It's funny, but Web devlopment has been around long enough that we have some habits that we need to change.
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One of those habits is the ... Read More
Do you have an iPhone ready Web site?
Monday July 2, 2007
I have been waiting for the iPhone for a long time. As long as anyone, I suppose.
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I wasn't waiting for it because I want one, although ... Read More

