Confessions of a style sheet hacker
It took hours to markup and style your latest tableless layout and the results are better than you expected… in Firefox. When you check for cross-browser compatibility, IE6 can’t get with the program. What now? Here we’ll look at CSS hacks from the perspective of a style sheet hacker and show you the proper, albeit messy, alternative to hacking your style sheet.
Web design and when to leave well enough alone
If you’ve designed for long, you’ve been there before. One minor change turns into another, then another. Before you know it, the almost finished layout you had is gone and you’re staring at an entirely different design. Here we’ll discuss what it is that keeps web designers from letting go of the mouse and leaving well enough alone.
Is your CSS reset doing more harm than good?
You followed the tableless web design program like a good web developer and started your style sheet with the latest and greatest CSS reset. But did that tiny block of style declarations just set you up for issues down the line? Here we’ll cover the problems that can be caused by a CSS reset that’s too comprehensive and show you a simple way to create a custom reset for any layout.
Simple Photoshop trick for nondestructive image adjustments
Photos are an integral part of any website design, but they’re not always easy to work with. Every adjustment and transformation you make has the potential to degrade image quality if you’re not careful. Here we’ll show you a simple Photoshop trick you can use to preserve the quality of your images as you resize and work with them.
The big problem with standards compliant websites
You’ve spent countless hours perfecting the art of standards compliance so you can stand toe to toe with the best professional web developers. Now you want to charge your clients accordingly, but there’s one thing standing in your way. Here we’ll show you the biggest problem with standards compliant websites and how to pitch clients so they’re willing to pay you what you’re worth.
