Design

I recently got an E-mail from a Lockergnome reader who wanted to ask about titles for Web sites. When push comes to shove, you might get a lot of different views on this, but I will share my own and leave the comments open to others to dispute anything I say. I am [...]

Not often do I find a really good external resource to share with folks when it comes to learning how to create a CSS design. For the most part, in the past I have suggested people take a look at some of the basics layouts that are already out there and then make them [...]

Browsing around the Web, I am always looking for new tools to help in the art of Web site design. Especially when it comes to building the basic foundations, this is not always an easy task to do. Many Web sites feature the basic designs that you can build upon, but often the code for [...]

When designing a Web site layout or just playing in CSS on your recent project, you might run into the same problem I have been having since day one. It is hard to determine exactly where all of these pixel marks are. You say you want the menu 100 pixels to the left, [...]

I got a question E-mailed to me last week wanting to know if I knew of any good places to find fancy fonts that you could use on Web site banners and graphics. Now there are plenty of places Online to find fonts - that should not be a problem. The problem comes [...]

Now I realize that not everybody is a master of PHP or creating the next great online application. Some folks out there only want to do a few simple tasks and they only want a few simple programs to get the job done. Take photo publishing for instance. Now you could have [...]

It might not be the easiest thing in the world to master the art of creating and editing multi-columned layouts in CSS. Cascading Style Sheets can be hard to wrap your mind around sometimes, and getting started with them is often the most hardest part of all. Well I have found another cheat [...]

I have never stopped being amazed by what Cascading Style Sheets can do in the right hands. Learning how to do all of these uber-cool techniques can become a pain though. From learning the basics to becoming a CSS master, I am sure there is a lot of work, learning, trial and error [...]

I do not know who you should blame it on, but for some reason dark designs do not seem to be that popular these days. Maybe it was Google’s fault for showing people that simple could be good as well. Maybe it is this whole Web 2.0 thing that says you have to [...]

Come on, get with the times! Rounded corners these days are all the rage, how come you are not using them yet? I have always wanted to experiment with rounded corners on a Web site layout, but it always seemed too difficult for me. Thankfully though I have found a resource that [...]

The usefulness of a little good style sheet creation can go a long way. The most recent CSS tip that I have run across has to do with adding images to just about anything and everything using CSS. Now you have seen the icons that trail links (or that might show up before [...]

When it comes to getting the bare bones of a CSS layout done, some of us might need a little help. Sure you know where you want you content but do you know how to get it there? When I need a really simple and easy basic layout there is only one article [...]

With Web 2.0-style design and RIA (rich Internet applications) becoming prevalent on web sites, is there any point in creating a Web site if it doesn’t have interactivity features or fancy back-end programming? Of course! There are loads of reasons to have a web site and they don’t all require programming beyond basic JavaScript or [...]

Now there is nothing really new about cascading style sheets - otherwise known as CSS. It has been widely used for some time now. If you find that CSS and yourself are not real good friends just yet, have no fear because I have a couple of hot spots on the Web where [...]

Now I never have understood floating in CSS and probably never will. Well, let me take that back. I think that I have the basics down, but past that I am pretty lost. So when it came to learning a little more about the layout and design aspects of the “float” code [...]

When I first started doing Web layout and designs for my various projects online, I always had a few resources and guides bookmarked to help me as I went along. A few places even offered a dummy or skeleton layout that I would like to use to get started. Kind of like having [...]

Arriving at a Web site only to get it in a pop up window with Flash. Takes control away from user. I want to decide how many windows I have open.
Forms that don’t make it easier for the user to fix when making an error especially those that erase the form when you return to [...]

Now I would not say I was a big pro at CSS editing or even Web design. I am a little sloppy with my code, I still use tables here and there and I wouldn’t exactly say I am the greatest layout artist in the world. Thankfully though, there are good tools out [...]

Now this is an interesting idea at its core. Still, not all that sure what the demand for it will be. Oh its useful, but I am talking about actual numbers.
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“CodeSmith 4.0 Beta 2 has been released and is now available to the public.  Here are just a few the new capabilities in CodeSmith [...]

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