Archive for August, 2008

CSS Sprites and JQuery Bring Your Site To Life

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

CSS Sprites2 - It\'s JavaScript Time

In 2004, Dave Shea optical communicationstook the CSS rollover where it had never gone before. Now he takes it further still—with a little help from jQuery. Say hello to hover animations that respond to a user’s behavior in ways standards-based sites never could before.

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CSSVault ranks #1 in TOP.ORG

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

We have recently registered with TOP.ORGландшафт and I’m happy to announce that we are the #1 for the CSS category, so big w00t! :)

10 Things to Factor into your HTML

Monday, August 11th, 2008

Ahmed of Techsoapbox has come up with a short but sweet post on the 10 most important factors in developing HTML. At a glance, this consists of the following rules:

  • Load Content First
  • Load JavaScript Last
  • Load Important Ads First
  • Follow HTML Conventions / Standards
  • Follow Best Practices For Title Tags (H1, H2, H3, <title>)
  • Use UTF-8
  • Use Outline:0
  • Use Tabindex
  • Optimize Your CSS
  • Use CSS Sprites

These are 10 simple tips anyone can surely follow. Now if only everyone did, we can surely have a better web browsing experience.