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

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

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

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 it was not as straightforward as you might expect.

Software

Alternate approaches to styling a You Are Here button

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 multicolumn lists

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.

Developer

Creating indented navigation lists

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 desired rollover effects in a navigation bar.

Developer

CSS: To hack or not to hack

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. Here are some strategies for reducing the pain.

Developer

Developing a CSS strategy

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.

Enterprise Software

Debunking the myth of style defaults

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 page rendering inconsistencies between browsers.

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Proper usage of check boxes and radio buttons

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

Styling text with pseudo-elements

Creating a double-gradation background with CSS

Alternate approaches to styling a You Are Here button

Creating multicolumn lists

Creating indented navigation lists

CSS: To hack or not to hack

Developing a CSS strategy

Debunking the myth of style defaults

Proper usage of check boxes and radio buttons

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