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Building a Website from Scratch A to Z – Part 2 (Coding)

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This is the second part of a two part series on building a website from scratch a to z. If you have not yet seen part 1 on “design”, you can follow the link below. Part 1 (Design)

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Underused NOSCRIPT Tag

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While 98% of the browsers have Javascript turned on, there are still others out there that does not. So let’s explore what the “noscript” tag can do for you.

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Add a Countdown Timer on Your Website

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Many times as an online marketer or a product promoter you want to draw a hype to a specific campaign be it a 24 hour sale or days left until free giveaways are over. What better way than to use … Continue reading

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Building a Website from Scratch A to Z – Part 1 (Design)

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In this tutorial I want to show you how “I” build a website from designing the layout in Photoshop to coding it in Dreamweaver A to Z. I am expecting this to be a 2 part series. The first part … Continue reading

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Instead of Using "list-style-image" Property

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In this article I want to share my opinion on using the property “list-style-image” to place an image next to a list. I found that it is difficult to position/align the image to the proper place relative to the list … Continue reading

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The Future of "Newspaper" Column Style Layout with CSS 3!

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In this article I want explore what can be achieved with the “Multi-Column Layout” module. While we can’t fully use this feature just yet, it is something we can all look forward to.

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Discovered: Syntax Sensitivity with IE

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As I was creating the tutorial for the input style I came across a CSS syntax sensitivity with IE6-IE8. It appears the following syntax will cause IE6-IE8 not to display the background image.

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How to Style a Form Input Field

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In this tutorial, I want to show you how I personally style my form input fields that is cross browser compatible all with just CSS.

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The Future of Rounded-Corners with CSS 3!

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As many of you already know that the upcoming CSS 3 allows for rounded corners to be implemented with the “border-radius” property. Here I want to demostrate the use of this property and which current browsers supports it.

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Discovered: Images Supercedes Input Field Elements in IE8

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Recently I’ve discovered that in IE8 if you have an input field element on top of an image, you will not be able to get focus inside on the input field.

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