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How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 14: Formatting, Shorthand, Resets and Organization
We continue with our examination of CSS with some real basics- formatting, writing rules, organization and the like. Nothing groundbreaking, but the basics are important in any endeavor, so here they are. Formatting During development I format my CSS with … Continue reading
How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 13: The Cascade/CSS Specificity
One of the most important things in CSS is understanding the way rules are inherited and applied in the browser. This is one of those things that many developers “get” intuitively but don’t necessarily understand at a granular level. There’s … Continue reading
How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 12: Cascading Style Sheets
After a long break, I’m finally back with the long-awaited CSS portion of this little series. In this article I’ll go over some core concepts. Next post I’ll outline one poorly understood, but vital part of CSS. More posts full … Continue reading
How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 11: The New HTML5 Elements
I promised one last post on HTML elements. This is it. This one will be a quick tour through some of the new semantic HTML5 elements. I’ve been using them regularly for a while now and I’m still trying to … Continue reading
How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 10: Forms
Forms. Forms are boring. 75% of all work you do with forms is exactly like all the rest of the work you do with forms. BO-RING. But, they’re the gateway to making real money on the web, so they’re kind … Continue reading
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How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 9: Tag (and Attribute) Soup
In case you were wondering, I’ve got two more posts after this one and then I’m moving onto CSS and JavaScript. I’ve got a post on forms (which I’ve been avoiding because forms feel like work) and then a post … Continue reading
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How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 8: Tables!
Before I jump into the proper way to use tables, I’m going to share an anecdote that should bring a smile to the face of anyone who’s done this stuff for a while. A few months ago I was both … Continue reading
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How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 7: Best Practices for Lists (UL, OL, DL)
Lists! They might seem boring, but if you look at a lot of site source code (good sites at least,) you’ll see a lot of lists. A lot of obvious content on the net is in the form of lists … Continue reading
How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 6: Best Practices for Common HTML Elements (IMG, A)
We’ll finish up our tour of the body tag with several posts featuring general notes about common content elements. I’ll be taking my time with these as getting this stuff right will go a long way towards getting the most … Continue reading
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How To Make a Web Site the Modern Way. Part 5: The Body – How To Structure Your Markup
Five posts in and finally we get to the heart of the matter- getting your content onto the page for your users to enjoy. This will be done in two parts. This, the first part, will deal with how to … Continue reading