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Category Archives: CSS + HTML

A Caveat of Using Inline Image Sprite with the CSS Clip Property

Aug 29 2010
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A while back I’ve written a tutorial on how to use the CSS Clip property to load an inline image with a sprite image file. (How to Use CSS Clip Property for Inline Image Sprites). After using it for some … Continue reading

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How to Use CSS Clip Property for Inline Image Sprites

Mar 28 2010
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In this tutorial I want to show you how to use the CSS “CLIP” property. This property has many uses and one of them allows you to create sprites with inline image tags. Most of the time you are using … Continue reading

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How to Add “AJAX Like” Validation to Forms with jQuery

Feb 27 2010
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In this tutorial I want to show you how to add “AJAX like” validation to a form with jQuery. For those of you who are not familiar with AJAX, without getting too complicated, allows you to validate on the client-side … Continue reading

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

Jan 03 2010
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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

Dec 07 2009
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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

Dec 07 2009
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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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Instead of Using "list-style-image" Property

Nov 08 2009
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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!

Oct 22 2009
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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

Oct 20 2009
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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

Oct 20 2009
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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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