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3 column

styling problem

March 10, 2009 8:51am PDT

3 column styling problem I'm new to the forum and apologize in advance if this topic is not appropriate. I have been able to create a nice 3 column list using method two, manipulating margins,...

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Get expert advice on how to decide which Web browsers to support

August 4, 2005 7:00am PDT

Creating Web pages that display as intended in all Web browsers is a practical impossibility. See what design expert Michael Meadhra suggests for enlightened browser support.

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Creating a double-gradation background with CSS

August 4, 2005 7:00am PDT

Michael Meadhra recounts working on a project that needed a double-gradation background effect. He notes that this even though this didn't seem like a particularly complicated idea, implementing...

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Alternate approaches to styling a You Are Here button

August 3, 2005 7:00am PDT

Michael Meadhra compares two approaches for creating a "You Are Here" button and explains when you might want to use each technique.

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Creating indented navigation lists

August 3, 2005 7:00am PDT

As a Web site's navigation lists get longer, it often helps for Web builders to group some of the links into categories. Michael Meadhra offers some tricks to styling those lists to achieve the...

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Proper usage of check boxes and radio buttons

October 27, 2004 7:00am PDT

Entirely too many Web designers misuse check boxes and radio buttons. Builder.com columnist Michael Meadhra shares his thoughts on basic guidelines for working with form controls.

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Designing a CSS layout with an interesting header treatment

October 20, 2004 7:00am PDT

In this project, Builder columnist Michael Meadhra shows how to construct a header that stretches with the page and has overlapping logo, picture, and nav bar elements.

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Benefit from these 10 condensed CSS tips

October 13, 2004 7:00am PDT

Michael Meadhra read an evolt.org article by Trenton Moss detailing ten clever CSS tricks you may not know. Here's a quick reference list of the article's tips, complete with the corrections and...

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Gain insights into Web-viewing patterns

October 6, 2004 7:00am PDT

Builder.com columnist Michael Meadhra looks at the results of Eyetrack III, a research study that tracked the eye movements of readers browsing mock news Web sites and real multimedia content.

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Suggesting Web design standards with a spin

September 29, 2004 7:00am PDT

In a recent Alertbox, Jakob Nielsen makes a case for standardizing numerous details of Web page design. He bases his usability recommendations on solid research and observations, but Builder...

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Stock your toolbox with these add-ins

September 23, 2004 7:00am PDT

When you think of Web design tools you probably think Dreamweaver, Fireworks, your favorite FTP utility, and your browser. But most Web builders also have an assortment of smaller, special-purpose...

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Add clickable icons to your links

September 15, 2004 7:00am PDT

Need to find a CSS way to add clickable icons next to a list of links? Builder.com columnist Michael Meadhra shares a simple technique to make it work.

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Create hybrid graphical/CSS buttons

September 2, 2004 6:01pm PDT

Learn about graphical buttons, CSS buttons, and the graphical/CSS hybrid button. Michael Meadhra demonstrates how you can create buttons that have the speed of pure CSS text buttons but also...

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Creating a fixed-width layout with CSS

August 25, 2004 7:00am PDT

Columnist Michael Meadhra shares his tips for building fixed-width, CSS-based page layouts. This approach better handles content that includes lots of large images and other elements that don't...

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Analyzing a Web design survey

August 18, 2004 7:00am PDT

Michael Meadhra analyzes Francois Briatte's recent Web design survey, shares his observations, and draws his own conclusions about the current state of design.

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Standardizing CSS class and id names

August 4, 2004 7:00am PDT

Web builders create CSS class and id names to identify divs and other page elements for formatting. Builder.com columnist Michael Meadhra shares his thoughts on emerging naming conventions.

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Raise text relevance by rearranging a three-column layout

July 7, 2004 5:36pm PDT

Michael Meadhra demonstrates how to build on the basic technique for creating a three-column liquid layout by adding a wrapper div surrounding the divs for the three columns.

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Rearrange page code to raise text relevance

July 1, 2004 5:25pm PDT

Micahel Meadhra examines how to rearrange the order of the elements in a typical two-column page layout consisting of a full-width header panel across the top of the page, followed by the...

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Prevent the flash of unstyled content

January 28, 2004 8:00am PST

Have you ever seen a brief glimpse of unstyled text appear as a CSS-styled Web page loads in the browser window? Our usability expert Michael Meadhra shows you how to avoid this little quirk.

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Styling text with pseudo-elements

August 4, 2005 7:00am PDT

Learn about two CSS pseudo-elements, :first-letter and :first-line, which enable you to create styles that apply to the first letter or first line of a text element such as a paragraph.