Category Archives: CSS & Design

WordPress 3.8 with new and responsive admin design!

November 29, 2013
The first beta of the 3.8 is now available, and the next dates to watch out for are code freeze on December 5th and a final release on December 12th. 3.8 brings together several of the features as pl...

How to remove the active/focus borders

May 3, 2010
I’m sure you have noticed that when you click a hyper link, and especially a linked image, a dotted border appears around it. Have a look at CSSplay for more examples and proper CSS code fix re...

Rounded corners without graphics

September 17, 2009
I know this isn’t a new trick but I’ll post it anyway for my own records, and anyone else that may find it useful. As shown below you can add a few lines of code to your stylesheet(s) and...

Include Apple’s OS X fonts on Windows

July 11, 2009
It’s common knowledge that a lot of (most) web/graphic designers uses a Mac. Consequently, they tend to use Mac fonts in their style sheets as their first options (at least quite often). Unfort...

Yet another IE fix

May 27, 2008
Later this year Microsoft will release a public version of their next browser. Compared to previous versions Internet Explorer 8 will by default be set to follow web standards rather than “MS s...

Another browser detection method

April 25, 2008
First let me emphasise that I’m not a big fan of making up different styling rules for the various browsers. But in some (most) cases it’s an absolute necessity. Before I continue I’...

CSS Naked Day 2008

April 9, 2008
The idea behind this event is to promote Web Standards. Plain and simple. This includes proper use of (x)html, semantic markup, a good hierarchy structure, and of course, a good ‘ol play on wor...

Introducing markItUp!

April 6, 2008
markItUp! is a JavaScript plugin built on the jQuery library. It allows you to turn any textarea into a markup editor. Html, Textile, Wiki Syntax, Markdown, BBcode or even your own Markup system can ...

Spry framework for Ajax

February 25, 2008
The Spry framework for Ajax is a JavaScript library that provides easy-to-use yet powerful Ajax functionality that allows designers to build pages that provide a richer experience for their users. It...

Preparing for HTML 5

January 26, 2008
Last year Tim Berners-Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), announced that it was about time to revise the HTML (HyperText Markup Language). Version 4 came back in 1997, followed by a...