Archive for the ‘CSS’ Category.
15. Oktober 2008, 12:41
Since the publication of HTML 4.01, HTML standard was not changed. Many developers declared HTML dead and switched to XHTML. I am also not an exception, because I switched from HTML to XHTML Transitional, then to Strict and later completely to XHTML 1.1. Mostly I develop web pages based on TYPO3 and use many plug-ins. I have a lot of work in the adaptation of templates so that they generate a proper code. The reason is, different developers of the plugins are using different technoligy.
Today, I learned via Golem.de that Mozilla integraded into Firefox 3.1 a video-tag. Moreover, according to Golem, Opera and Safari made it too. This means that you can soon use video-tag instead of Flash or Silverlight. It also means that HTML is not dead, because video-tag ist a part of the HTML 5.0 specification.
It’s just so that when you are the developer, you have to lern every day something new. If you stop for some time, to lern new technologies, then you have bad cards, if you would like to stay in business for a long time. But why must it be so complicated? Why should I use parallel HTML and XHTML? Would it not make sense, to develop an once technology constantly, instead to develop multiple specifications? I could understand the situation if there was no organization which control the developing of standards. But this organisation exists! I would prefer to continue using XTML, instead of HTML 5, because there will be a chaos, between developers, who works on the same project, e.g. TYPO3.
25. Mai 2008, 17:14
Doctype Google is the new ambitious project by Google. It is an attempt to create a free technical encyclopedia for CSS, HTML and DOM. It consists of not only from the articles, it has also the code of the encyclopedia freely accessible. As in the Google video presentation the saying goes, “Google doctype is an encyclopaedia, by the developers and for the developers”.
Although there are a few articles and HowTo’s there, I am sure that Google can find many motivated supporters which will constantly fill the encyclopedia with new knowledge. Anyone who has a google account can participate.
Whether Google Doctype could be a competitor to selfhtml.org? At the moment it is still difficult to say, but the themes are very close to each other. It is important that selfhtml is only in the German language very detailed. The English version and also those in other languages, are less complete.
Therefore, I can say that Google Doctype could not be described as comptetitor for selfhtml.org, it is a device to close the knowledge gap. Previously you had to browse through various sources to find an answer for your question, today, thanks to projects such as Google and Wikipedia, the knowledge in consolidated in a few sources. This saves time and time is money.
17. Juli 2007, 19:11
Today I have found an interesting web resource with css tutorials. You can reach it at
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/index.htm
15. Juni 2007, 14:02
Matthew O’Neil wrote an article about a possibility to make gradients with different
colours and only one graphic file.
This method doesn’t work in IE6, but because IE7 will be released by Microsoft on the next time as security update for all windows users, I hope that IE6 will lose a priority.
http://alistapart.com/articles/supereasyblendys
9. April 2007, 09:02
Center of an element is very simply, but many beginners have problems with it. I was asked about it many times and that’s why I would like to present you a little HowTo:
<body style=”text-align:center;”>
<div style=”position:absolute; top:50%; margin-top:-50px; height:50px;
left:50%; width:100px; margin-left:-50px;” >
<div style=”position:absolute; text-align:center;”>
<div style=”height:100px; width:100px; background:red;”></div>
</div>
</div>
Attention: the value of margin-top should be a 50% of height-value and value of margin-left = 50% of with.
19. Februar 2007, 15:17
Bulletproof Webdesign is one of the best books about css that I ever read. The author was able to explain the most important rules of bulletproof webdesign in one book.
Each article of the book has a example of methods and an explanation why it is bad and how you can make it better.
I would suggest Bulletproof Webdesign for all, who are interested in learning of modern methods of web design.