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Posted at: January 5, 2007 @ 11:27 pm

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I came across an interesting situation today, where the background of transparent background of PNG’s and printing became an issue. The client being a developer had hired an incredible artist/architect to draw some beautiful renderings of the building based on the plans and the master plan.
The Problem
Due to the gradient background I had to […]


Posted at: December 26, 2006 @ 4:20 pm

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Ensuring that your HTML code is semantic is extremely important. Between HTML’s ongoing shift towards XML, accessibility, and SEO coding in a way that describes the content is essential. Look at microformats where semantic code allows plug-ins and applications to extract data/content from a website and use it in other applications (such as address books, […]


Posted at: December 21, 2006 @ 9:35 pm

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I am still working out all the bugs (and there are quite a few), but I think functionally and in form this design works much better than my previous one. Hopefully I will like it long enough to keep it around, but I am not going to hold my breath.
Type my man, Type
I decided to […]


Posted at: December 20, 2006 @ 9:07 pm

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Earlier last week, Phaziz was submitted through my CSS Gallery, and I am glad it was.
This is a perfect example of “less can be more.” Now I hesitate to definitively say “less is more” because in some cases “more is more.” That is to say you can get so simplistic that it takes away from […]


Posted at: November 21, 2006 @ 11:49 pm

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One of the “special” effect abilities of CSS is the ability to have an element be “fixed” on the page (when you scroll, the element remains stationary) either through positioning or by fixing a background.

The ability to keep items static has a profound visual effect on a designs. With frames falling out of popularity […]


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