Web Designer

Archive: 10-2011

• CSS3: Dynamic graphics using new transition and transform properties

  Ryan Boudreaux demonstrates the new features of CSS3 transition and transform properties, which can enable dynamic graphics without having to use lots of JavaScript.

  Posted by Ryan Boudreaux | October 27, 2011, 10:06 AM PDT

• Considerations for creating mobile websites

  Justin James lists his recommendations for creating mobile websites that take into account small screens and limited navigational possibilities.

  Posted by Justin James | October 26, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT

• CSS3 properties in process: Line-continuity and underline-position

  Ryan Boudreaux looks at two CSS3 properties that are not currently implemented but will be important for emerging mobile technologies and more universal usability for non-Western languages.

  Posted by Ryan Boudreaux | October 25, 2011, 11:34 AM PDT

• Take a break: Web design humor

  Web design can be challenging, frustrating, and complicated, but everyone can use a little comic relief. Here’s a page that “Geocities-izes” any website. Share your favorite web...

  Posted by Selena Frye | October 25, 2011, 10:57 AM PDT

• CSS3: Working with text-decoration properties

  Ryan Boudreaux shows some examples of the CSS3 text-decoration properties and different ways of styling text.

  Posted by Ryan Boudreaux | October 20, 2011, 10:53 AM PDT

• Google's Dart: An object-oriented JavaScript alternative

  Todd Fluhr looks at Google’s web-programming language Dart, which even at its unfinished stage, says a lot about Google’s plans to dominate the mobile consumer market.

  Posted by C. Todd Fluhr | October 19, 2011, 6:00 AM PDT

• CSS3: New properties for text-overflow and text-wrap

  Ryan Boudreaux illustrates the CSS3 text-overflow and text-wrap properties in these code examples.

  Posted by Ryan Boudreaux | October 18, 2011, 9:00 AM PDT

• CSS3: New possibilities with text shadowing and 3D text

  This segment on CSS3 will review creating text-shadows and 3D text, utilizing color, font-size, font-family, and the text-shadow styling property element in multiple layers to create impressive...

  Posted by Ryan Boudreaux | October 13, 2011, 10:00 AM PDT

• CSS3: Layering multiple shadows creates lightweight pages

  In Ryan Boudreaux’s series on CSS3 updates, he illustrates how layering multiple shadows with the box-shadow property, instead of using images, can result in attractive, more lightweight pages.

  Posted by Ryan Boudreaux | October 11, 2011, 7:30 AM PDT

• CSS3: How to implement the box-shadow property

  Ryan Boudreaux uses multiples examples of CSS3 code to illustrate the effects that are possible with the box-shadow property.

  Posted by Ryan Boudreaux | October 6, 2011, 10:23 AM PDT