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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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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.

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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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Creating multicolumn lists

August 3, 2005 7:00am PDT

Until browsers support CSS 3 specifications, Web builders will need to rely on other techniques for creating multicolumn lists. Here's a look at some of the techniques that work with today's browsers.

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CSS: To hack or not to hack

November 17, 2004 8:00am PST

CSS hacks are the unfortunate reality of dealing with multiple browsers that have flawed or incomplete support for CSS. But using them exacts a price in the form of cluttered and bloated CSS code....

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Developing a CSS strategy

November 10, 2004 8:00am PST

With everything that goes into your site's style sheet, things can get out of hand if you don't have a coherent plan for managing your styles.

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Debunking the myth of style defaults

November 8, 2004 8:00am PST

Most Web builders take default styles for granted. But the small (and not so small) differences in the default style sheets of the various browsers are responsible for a significant portion of 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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Using special characters as typographic niceties

September 8, 2004 7:00am PDT

It's the small details that give a site the professional polish it takes to rise above the crowd, details like paying attention to typography. Here are a few tips for using special characters and...

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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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Designing 3D buttons with pure CSS

September 1, 2004 7:00am PDT

CSS buttons are much more efficient than image-based buttons because they're entirely text-based. Here are two techniques for creating a beveled-edge by styling the borders of a CSS button.

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