Easy cross-browser transparency

If you've ever found yourself in the position of needing to place a semi-transparent image or layer on a web page, you've probably ended up reading various arcane methods involving 24-bit PNG graphics and proprietary IE AlphaImageLoader expressions. Luckily, there is an easier way; albeit at the expense of valid CSS.

Cleaning up code with semantic anchors

The id attribute allows you to uniquely identify any element of choice. Rather than using an a element, we can simply apply the id attribute to the containing element, such as a paragraph or div..

Using the universal selector

The CSS universal selector, denoted by the asterisk (*), selects any element in the document. Using it in combination with other CSS selectors can lead to some powerful results.

CSSVista

CSSVista is a free Windows application for web developers which lets you edit your CSS code live in both Internet Explorer and Firefox simultaneously.

FancyUpload

Swf meets Ajax for beautiful uploads. The release of the long awaited MooTools upload widget thats allows queued multiple-file upload including progress bars. Try it out, the unobtrusive file-input replacement.

Frameworks for Designers

These days, “framework” is quite a buzzword in web development. With JavaScript frameworks like the Yahoo User Interface library, jQuery, and Prototype getting a lot of attention and web application frameworks like Rails and Django getting even more, it seems like everyone is using some kind of framework to build their sites. But what exactly is a framework? And are they only useful to programmers, or can we web designers benefit from the concept, as well?

HTML5 differences from HTML4

This document describes the differences between HTML4 and HTML5 and provides some of the rationale for the changes. This document may not provide accurate information as the HTML5 specification is still in development. When in doubt, always check the HTML5 specification itself.

Iconize Textlinks with CSS

Links are fun, but sometimes we don't know where they take us. With this little CSS technique a user can identify a link by its icon.

Tutorial: Form Styling with CSS

Making a form look good isn’t difficult to achieve. All you need to know is how to apply a little CSS. After reading this little article you should be able to create something like this, or even better!

26 Best ways to implement AJAX, CSS and Javascript based Tabs

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Web Design 101: Backgrounds

The CSS background property allows you to apply background colors and images to elements as required. But there are plenty of strange quirks and bugs that may surprise the unwary developer.

Rediscovering the Button Element

The input with the type=”submit” is either too ugly (Firefox), a little buggy (Internet Explorer) or completely inflexible (Safari).

Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design

The PNG image has been widely overlooked by the web design community—and mostly for good reason. Until recently, it hasn’t been possible to take full advantage of the format and have it work reliably in all browsers. But, with proper PNG support in Internet Explorer 7, and some handy JavaScript and CSS tricks to account for older browsers, we can use PNG images to greatly enhance our design vocabulary.

Fancy Form Design Using CSS

Form design is the necessary evil of web development. Don't you wish you had a wizard's wand to create accessible yet attractive forms? We have found such a wizard! Here, Cameron Adams shows you how to use CSS to create forms that are both great-looking and usable, and gives you the code you need to make the job easy.

Web Designer's Success Guide (Free E-book)

Web Designer's Success Guide is the definitive guide to starting your own freelance Web design business. The author, Kevin Airgid, grossed over $100,000 USD a year developing sites for various national level clients. In this book he gives designers step-by-step instructions on how to achieve the following..

Creating Thumbnails Using the CSS Clip Property

One of the least used properties in CSS is the Clip property. Clip is part of the visual effects module of CSS 2.1 and its job is to place a visible window on top of an object that is being clipped. It is useful for clipping images and creating thumbnails without having to create additional files. This trick can be used to create square thumbnails, or to create other varieties of thumbnails without actually duplicating files on the server.

CSS Dock Menu

If you are a big Mac fan, you will love this CSS dock menu that Nick La designed. It is using Jquery Javascript library and Fisheye component from Interface and some of my icons. It comes with two dock styles - top and bottom.

The Web Designers Tool Kit

Some of the best and the most useful set of links and resources a Web Designer and a Developer would need. Almost every requirement for developers and designers are now as Online Services

Complete Color Matching Guide

"Color effects and directs the decision making process of the customer. It identifies a company, its product lines and the quality of the merchandise. We call this "The Power of Color". "

Learn CSS Positioning in Ten Steps

This tutorial examines the different layout properties available in CSS: position:static, position:relative, position:absolute, and float.