CSS
Yahoo Graded Browser Support – Which Browsers Your Website to Support
One of the most frustrating things for a web developer is creating cross-browser compliant websites. According to Yahoo there are over 10,000 browser brands, versions, and configurations and that number is growing. With this many combinations it is virtually impossible to support all variations. At the same time it is important for a website to [...]
How to Design Websites for Mobile Phones
It is officially 2009. I am proud to say I was awake to watch the ball drop. Generally I end up in bed long before it is time to ring in the New Year. In preparation for 2009 I have read about 50, what is coming in 2009 prediction posts. Almost all of them had [...]
Helpful In-Browser Web Development Tools
There are a number of helpful in-brwoser web development tools out there. I have used Firebug and the Web Developer Toolbar for quite some time. Recently, I have added some additional features like YSlow and Live HTTP Headers which have proved to be helpful. I know there are a number of other tools out there [...]
A Great List of Web Safe/Friendly Fonts
Today I came across a great chart showing web safe fonts by operating system and I thought I would share it with all of you. Designing for the web is difficult and one of the primary differences between print design and web design is freedom with fonts. For years, fonts have been a major issue [...]
MooTools / JavaScript Popup Calendar / Date Picker for HTML Forms
MooTools 1.1: If you’re using MooTools 1.1 on a project here is a great MooTools based calendar / date picker popup for use in HTML forms. It is very easy to get running and also to customize. Both the style and position of the calendar can easily be modified. The author also has good instructions [...]
How to Make a Fixed Background Image Using CSS
This is just a simple bit of CSS but I thought I would probably need it again in the future. Adding a fixed background image to a website is something I do very rarely but every now and then there is cause for it. The code I have shown below demonstrates how to add a [...]
A Non-Review of Dreamweaver CS4
I have used Dreamweaver on and off for a long, long time. I have lived through many versions of the software. It has been my primary development environment for most of my web development career. During these years it has received a lot of criticism from developers because of bloated and messy code created by [...]
Stemkoski.com is now iPhone Friendly Thanks to WPTouch, Enjoy!
Shawn and I went and got iPhones as soon as the 3G version came out. Anyone that spends a significant amount of around either of us knows how much we enjoy our iPhones. The iPhone is a very powerful tool and it has proved to be extremely helpful in organizing my day to day life. [...]
A Great List of CSS Gallery Sites
I was reading up on various CSS techniques this morning when I came across a list of 25 CSS Galleries. I really like to browse these CSS galleries looking for ideas and cool trends that I can apply to new projects. Often these websites have some great looking designs, very cool CSS, or innovative JavaScript [...]
CSS Stylesheet Management
A few weeks ago, I was tipped off by my friend Alex to a post by Clearleft developer, Natalie Downe. Clearleft is a high profile UK based web development company that is known for their CSS. I learned about Clearleft through BoagWorld quite some time ago and since then, I have kept on eye on [...]