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Mistakes that web developers make – Can you tell Arial from Helvetica?

charles — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:18:09 +0000

The Wake Up Later blog features a list of 8 mistakes that web developers make. These are not the glaring mistakes that are plain to see, like covering a page with animated GIF graphics or writing the site’s HTML in some awful WYSIWYG program.

The mistakes show a lack of polish and design savvy. There is a difference between Arial and Helvetica. Using cruddy stock photos can ruin a good design. Have you thought about the color scheme…or are you going to use the same blue and white pallete again?

Even if you are a rockstar-level web designer, this list is worth a look.

Web designers get little respect

charles — Thu, 03 May 2007 14:52:26 +0000

Jeffery Zeldman writes about how web designers are invisible to most companies. He calls it “Death by ORG chart”. While the importance of web design and services is growing, there is little recognition or respect for those who do the work.

Creating a multi-column layout in CSS

charles — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:02:29 +0000

I mentioned before in a previous post that there are dozens of tutorials on creating a multi-column layout in CSS, but I only needed ONE that worked.

A List Apart features another outstanding tutorial on creating clean and elastic multi-column layouts.

If you know of a better tutorial or have your own code to make a multi-column layout, feel free to post a link to it in the comments or email me at blog AT gnilka DOT com.

71 examples of CSS navigation menus

charles — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:17:46 +0000

A big Digg story recently was an article on Razvan’s Nerve featuring links to 71 examples of CSS navigation.

From the sliding doors method of navigation to CSS drop downs, there are plenty of examples to study and use. It is also useful to have all these examples in one place.

Adobe Apollo in action

charles — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:35:21 +0000

Here is video explaining the uses for Adobe’s Apollo web applications and shows Apollo in action. It is about 13 minutes long, but worth watching.

The Apple Blog features 6 tools for web design

charles — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 13:10:05 +0000

The Apple Blog features a list of 6 tools for web design.

The list is meant primarily for Apple users, but does include the site for W3Schools and the Firefox browser extension ColorZilla which work anywhere.

Desigining a multi-column website in CSS – Which solution is best?

charles — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 02:41:17 +0000

There are many tutorials on how to create a multi-column site with CSS. I do not need many tutorials, I just need ONE that works, is easy to read, and gives me valid code.

It would seem simple enough to design a multi-column site in CSS, but do a Google search on how to create a 3-column or multi-column CSS code and you will be swamped with solutions.

Which one works best? I think this tutorial on The Design Edition explains it best, especially when it comes to making DIVs that expand to allow for more content.

Of course, I encourage anyone who thinks they have a better solution to share it. Send me an email at blog AT gnilka DOT com or post a comment.