Posts Tagged ‘CSS’
Changes to pipwerks.com, part 2
Posted Friday, September 4th, 2009.
Filed under web design with the tags CSS, css3, HTML, HTML 5, web, web design, wordpress
In case you hadn’t heard, pipwerks.com was hacked last week. The entire database was erased. Bastages. Luckily, I had a recent backup. While going through the pains of a new WordPress install (with new plugins, extra security, and imported posts/comments), I decided “why not throw a new layout in the mix, too?” I mean, if I’m going to make changes, I may as well do them all in one shot, eh?
Gotchas in Internet Explorer 8
Posted Saturday, March 21st, 2009.
Filed under JavaScript, web design with the tags best practices, CSS, Internet Explorer 8, JavaScript, microsoft, standards, web development
Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is at Release Candidate 1, which means it will be released very shortly. IE8 is a brand-new browser and will represent a considerable shift from IE7/IE6; it will follow standards more closely and will offer much improved CSS 2.1 support. However, because of some of these changes, it is also widely understood that IE8 might ‘break’ websites that have relied on IE-specific hacks targeted at previous versions if Internet Explorer.
Font replacement techniques
Posted Tuesday, March 10th, 2009.
Filed under JavaScript, web design with the tags @font-face, canvas, CSS, css3, cufon, image replacement, sIFR, typeface.js
Like many other web professionals, I’m tired of the limited font set we have to work with. Gee, should I use Verdana on this site or Georgia? Maybe Arial? Meh. Bor-ing.