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15 annoying Internet Explorer 6 bugs + simple solutions

Friday, March 26th, 2010

15 Internet Explorer 6 bugs, and how to deal with them in your web design

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If you’re a web designer, IE6 probably makes you cringe. What’s worse than having to waste countless hours resolving IE6 bugs? – The advice of other fed up designers – “Just stop supporting IE.” It’s just not that simple my friend. Even today, 1 out of every 10 internet users have IE6. Check out the statistics. (more…)

How to vertically center text in a div using CSS

Saturday, February 27th, 2010

How to vertically center text in a div using CSS

CSS

It’s pretty easy to center text in a div using CSS…horizontally that is. But what about when you try to use CSS to center text vertically? Just a bit tricky, huh? The trusty “vertical-align:middle” CSS method works wonders in a table td, but somehow fails you when you try it in a div. And you don’t want to have to resort to using a table JUST to vertically center text. Here’s the CSS solution that lets you vertically center text in a div. (more…)

How to create a simple yet attractive CSS horizontal menu (with depth effect)

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010

How to create a simple yet attractive CSS horizontal menu with depth effect

CSS

Using CSS to create your website navigation (or menu) is the smartest thing you can do. Why? – Because updating it is a breeze, and you will thank yourself everytime you have to add or remove a menu item while avoiding having to edit tons of individual pages on your website. (more…)

10 awesome CSS tricks to enhance the design of your website

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

10 awesome CSS tricks to enhance the design of your website

CSS

CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) provides amazing solutions for an infinite number of web design challenges. The benefit of CSS is that it allows a website to be flexible and easy to update. With all your styles in one file, CSS eliminates the need to update every single page of your website everytime you want a change. CSS not only makes a website easy to maintain, but it also poses countless creative ways to enhance the design and usability of the website. (more…)