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Friendlier source code with two Firefox add-ons

While Internet Explorer is popular with users, Firefox is the best browser for Web developers. I continue to discover and take advantage of the myriad of add-ons available for Firefox. I recently discovered two tools -- View formatted source and View Source Chart -- for viewing and working with the...

Tags: Web, TechRepublic Inc., Source Code, Mozilla Firefox, Page, Web Browser, Tool, Add-on, CSS Rule, Figure D, CSS, Web Browsers, Productivity, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Internet, Tony Patton

Blog posts 2008-05-12

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CSS 101: Handling multiple rules for the same element

Tony Patton focuses on CSS fundamentals and explains how multiple rules for the same element are handled. Multiple rules ensure that there will be no surprises for either you or the user community. One of the more important details of understanding and using Cascading Style Sheets CSS is...

Tags: CSS, Tony Patton, Web browsers, style sheet, declaration, Web browser, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Web Developer, HTML, Web Application, Rule, Reader, H1, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Technical articles 2007-03-05

Review: Dreamweaver MX 2004 improves CSS support

I've been a Dreamweaver user since 1997 and have faithfully upgraded to each new version upon release. When I heard about Dreamweaver MX 2004, however, I was a bit skeptical. After all, Dreamweaver MX, released in May of 2002, does everything I need it to do.So is Dreamweaver MX 2004...

Tags: Shawn Morton, CSS Code Hints, Cascading Style Sheets Rule Inspector, CSS, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Dreamweaver MX, Dreamweaver MX 2004

Technical articles 2003-10-31

CSS 101: Decide what to style with selectors

Get more information about the many nuances of the CSS standard by learning about adjacent sibling and attribute selectors, as well as pseudo-classes and pseudo-elements. A CSS selector is made up of a pattern that is matched against all elements in the document tree. Its CSS rule is...

Tags: Listing B, CSS, Tony Patton, CSS selector, selector, Web Development Zone Newsletter, Listing E, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Technical articles 2007-04-09

Format Web pages using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)

The Cascading Style Sheets CSS standard enables you to apply a property or group of properties to an object by applying a style to that object. Learn how to use CSS to control the presentation of HTML content in this chapter download from Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Dreamweaver...

Tags: Web, Sams Publishing, Web Page, Chapter Coverage, CSS, Channel Management, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing

Book chapters 2007-08-23

How do I... Use CSS to manipulate a background image?

CSS allows you to use background graphics in a wide number of tasteful and versatile ways. Not only can graphics exist as backgrounds to entire pages, but you can also employ CSS to assign a background image to any CSS rule. John Lee shows you just three of many popular...

Tags: Background Image, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, John Lee, Body, Box, HTML, Background, Window, Link, Leader, Background Graphic, Beowulf, Scyldings

Blog posts 2008-02-04

How do I... Use CSS to manipulate a background image?

CSS allows you to use background graphics in a wide number of tasteful and versatile ways. Not only can graphics exist as backgrounds to entire pages, but you can also employ CSS to assign a background image to any CSS rule. John Lee shows you just three of many popular...

Tags: Background Image, John Lee, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Download resources 2008-02-04

How do I... Create a customized JavaScript jump menu in Dreamweaver CS3?

If you are in charge of maintaining a Web site, one of your recurring tasks is likely accommodating a committee of supervisors or clients that want to add links to the site on a continuing basis. This can often lead to a cluttered navigation interface, if it doesn't destroy your...

Tags: Menu, Macromedia Dreamweaver, JavaScript, Option, Dialog Box, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, John Lee

Blog posts 2007-11-29

Designing 3D buttons with pure CSS

CSS buttons are much more efficientthan image-based buttons because they're entirely text-based. A simpleunordered list is all you need in the XHTML markup—CSS styles take care of therest. Furthermore, you don't need any JavaScript to swap images for a rollovereffect because CSS pseudoclasses let you build separate styles for each...

Tags: 3D, Michael Meadhra, CSS, CSS button

Technical articles 2004-09-01

Benefit from these 10 condensed CSS tips

While scanning the evolt.org Website recently, I read an article by Trenton Moss entitled "Ten CSS tricks youmay not know." It's a great collection of tips, which is why thearticle is receiving its share of comments and links on several other blogs andWeb sites. Some of those comments, including a...

Tags: Web browsers, Michael Meadhra, benefit, CSS, font, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Technical articles 2004-10-13

No-lag rollovers with graphical/CSS hybrid buttons

Editor's NoteThis article originally appeared in the Design & Usability Tactics newsletter. Click here to subscribe automatically.Creating a button by superimposing CSS-styled text over a graphical background image combines the speed and lightweight markup of CSS rollover effects with the rich dimensional appearance of a graphical image of the button...

Tags: Michael Meadhra, image, rollover effect, rollover, CSS, hybrid button, technique

Technical articles 2004-02-11

Try CSS media types to build printer-friendly pages

As a reader of this or any other media Web site, you are undoubtedly familiar with the printer-friendly page, such as this one. It is a version of an article that is free of most graphics, background colors, and advertisements. In most cases, the printer-friendly page is a separate file...

Tags: Printers, Shawn Morton, printer, CSS, media type, HTML

Technical articles 2003-01-27

Adapt to your audience with CSS media types

In addition to worrying about browsers, Web standards, and more, you also have to consider the multitude of devices or media that may be used to view a site. The CSS media type provides the functionality to build Web applications whose presentation may vary with its target media. Here's an...

Tags: Media, CSS Media Type, Media Type, Font Family, Emacspeak Browser, CSS, Advertising & Promotion, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing, Tony Patton

Blog posts 2008-04-04

Enhance interactivity with CSS rollovers

This article originally appeared as a Design and Usability Tactics e-newsletter.By Michael MeadhraThe Web is about creating an interactiveexperience for the visitor, and the hyperlink is the most commontool for creating an opportunity for interaction between Web pageand visitor. Hyperlinks enable visitors to choose what they'll seenext. ...

Tags: CSS, hyperlink, CSS rollover, rollover, Web

Technical articles 2003-09-29

Adapt to your audience with CSS media types

The CSS media type allows you to build Web applications that take into account how users may use or view your site. Find out more about including media type support in your apps. In addition to worrying about browsers, Web standards, and more, you also have to consider...

Tags: CSS, Advertising & Promotion, Tony Patton, Link HTML element, media type, media, style sheet, Web Development Zone Newsletter, TechRepublic Inc., Background, Opera Browser, CSS Media Type, Font Family, Emacspeak Browser, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing

Technical articles 2007-05-21

Make better Web pages by understanding the CSS box model

Cascading Style Sheets CSS have gradually become the defacto standard for HTML layout and positioning. They're easy to use, don'trequire any special software, and work uniformly on most major browsers.However, in their very simplicity lies a danger: many novice Web developers useCSS positioning and layout directives without a sound understanding...

Tags: Contributor Melonfire, CSS, HTML, Web

Technical articles 2006-08-15

CSS: To hack or not to hack

This articleoriginally appeared in the Design & Usability Tactics newsletter. CSS hacks are clever snippets of code that take advantage ofan idiosyncrasy in the way certain browsers parse CSS code to selectivelydeliver different styles to different browsers. Invariably, designers employthese hacks to compensate for inconsistencies in browser rendering bydelivering slightly...

Tags: Web browsers, Michael Meadhra, Web browser, CSS

Technical articles 2004-11-17

Create hybrid graphical/CSS buttons

This article originally appeared in the Design and Usability Tactics e-newsletter. Click here to subscribe automatically. Traditional graphic buttons and the newerbuttons you can create with pure CSS-styled text each have theiradvantages and disadvantages. However, a hybrid technique that usesCSS-styled text over a background image may be the best...

Tags: Michael Meadhra, Click Here, CSS, image, background image

Technical articles 2004-09-02

How do I... Create a scrolling content box in CSS?

In my last TechRepublic Programming and Development blog entry, I showed you how to use Flash to create an animation that mimicked the behavior of the retired and sometimes reviled <marquee> tag. I had mentioned that it was possible to use CSS to duplicate the <marquee> tag as well, but...

Tags: Bedroom, Body, Peg, HTML, Kitchen, Tunnel, Window, Garden, Wound, River, Straight, Hill, Class, Chair, Coat, Wall, Title, scrollBox, Helvetica, Construction, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, John Lee

Blog posts 2008-04-10

Framed style Layout..with CSS

Framed style Layout..with CSSSince the standard way of using css and tables leaves a lot to be desired, from the navigation viewpoint at least.here is an xml/xhtml & css script that creates a framed layout, allowing for navigation to be kept onscreen no mater how much the page content scrolls.yet...

Tags: CSS, Frames Worse

Discussion threads 2005-11-25