Entries tagged with tag: design

CSS inline to create tab-based navigation tabs

Sunday, May 29th, 2005

Create mini tabs using standard and compatible CSS and HTML
With the helpful concepts explained on Eric Meyer’s article, a while ago I turned to inline one of the nicest horizontal menus in its simplicity: the famous Mini Tabs by Dan Cederholm. I thought I’d share here the results.
Inline Mini Tabs

Improve your Landing Web Pages

Saturday, May 28th, 2005

What is a Landing Page?
A landing page is the page visitors arrive at after clicking on your promotional creative.
Your landing page has to convince the visitor to stay and (depending on your goal):
* Fill out a form (but people hate filling out forms)
* Provide personal details (but […]

fontBROWSER: online font browsing utility

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Browse all fonts installed on your computer, using this online font browsing tool. No installation required!
STC :: fontBROWSER ::

Graphic navigation menu by CSS styling unordered lists

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

CSS styling of unordered lists to create tabbed menu navigation with high quality and refined graphics.
Sliding Doors of CSS: A List Apart

UI Patterns and Techniques: Introduction

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

Each of these patterns (which are more general) and techniques (more specific) are intended to help you solve design problems. They’re common problems, and there’s no point in reinventing the wheel every time you need, say, a sortable table — plenty of folks have already done it, and learned how to do it well. Some […]

Using Colour And Type Effectively

Thursday, May 26th, 2005

There are lots of different mediums that good colour and typography should be used - magazines, books, posters, signage and (most applicable for us) screens. How we use colours and fonts (and just as importantly, how we use the spaces in between them) is the most telling aspect of web design - these things more […]

Successful Web Development Methodologies [Site Planning]

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Having tried, trusted and standardised approach to Web development would go a long way to helping avoid the mistakes we all see over and over again. We need a Web methodology. However, finding a methodology that seems suited to Web development is not easy; making it work in the real world is even harder.
As the […]

How to Style a Definition List with CSS - WebReference.com

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Most tutorials on the styling of CSS lists for menus use unordered lists, which, for people starting out with CSS, can be a little difficult to grasp as the use of unordered lists requires extra styling to remove the bullets.
In this tutorial I demonstrate how to style a Definition List, which is equally suitable for […]

Web Design Practices

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Web Design Practices is a site devoted to helping designers understand what design practices are currently in use on the Web—and aims to gather research about the usability of commonly-employed design practices.
The data presented on this site are intended to inform design decisions, not dictate them. Common practice does not necessarily equate with best practice—and […]

Essential Fonts For Designers | 300 Free Truetype Fonts You Should Have

Wednesday, May 25th, 2005

Essential Fonts For Designers | 300 Free Truetype Fonts You Should Have


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