Cross-Browser Transparency
Have you ever tried to place a semi-transparent image or layer on a web page? Because of thy way that different browsers treat transparency it can turn into a real mess. Usually I’ll settle for a picture or just skip it altogether. Matthew Pennell wrote a post called “Easy cross-browser transparency” which gives a good […]
CSS Drop Down Menus
Craig Erskine of solardreamstudios wrote this post about how to make a drop down menu with simple CSS. I like drop down menus and to do them in CSS is a good thing, but because, “Internet Explorer does not recognize the psuedo class :hover on any element except the .a tag” There has to be […]
Software Recommendation – Opcion – A free font viewer
Sometimes when I am working on a picture and I want a particular look in a font for the picture I will add them one at a time. Then recently I found Opcion. Opicon is a free open source font viewer that allows you to view both installed and uninstalled TrueType fonts on Windows, Linux, […]
Search Engine Optimization is Really Pretty Simple
There has been quite a bit talk going around SEO blogs lately about whether Search Engine Optimization is dying or is already dead. I don’t believe that’s true. One of the main reasons for this argument is that SEO is really pretty simple and anyone can do it for themselves. 1) Have good navigation that […]
Keep Your Domain Name Up To Date
I always tell my customers to keep their domain name themselves. That if something should happen to me and I am no longer able to help them with their site that they can always go to their domain name host and just point it to a copy of their site on another web host that […]
On Starting Your Own Business
When I was “downsized” a little over a year ago starting my own business was not in any of my thoughts or plans. Then one day at the unemployment office while looking for work one of the workers asked if anyone there was interested in self employment. It turns out that Pennsylvania has a program […]
Web Design Tools
Here’s a great collection of web design tools. I have used several of these and written about some of these tools before, but thepeoplestoolbox has taken the best free web design tools and listed them in one place. You will find: Color Tools CSS Tolls Fonts HTML Tools Icons Images and Much More A very […]
Boogie Jack is Back
Boogie Jack is a site that offers help to everyone who writes websites. I have been reading his work for many years now. I haven’t seen anything new from Dennis for quite some time now and I thought Boogie Jack had gone away. Today I got a new newsletter and it turns out that he […]
CSS Drop Shadow
Here’s an interesting idea from WebToolKit.info This drop shadow is done entirely in CSS, there are no images involved. This could make putting a drop shadow on a block element much easier and cleaner. It’s something that I’m going to use. More…
What Not To Write About
I recently wrote a post called “What Should I Write About?” Today I found a new article by Brian Cooper called “What Not To Write About” a very good article that is about what it’s title says. I am always talking about constantly adding content to your website in order to attract more visitors through […]
