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the Worst Web Sites of 2006 / 2007
I thought it might be fun to list some of the worst‡ Web Sites of recent discovery. I hope you are entertained by the following list of disappointments‡. Why compile a list of disappointments? Because, when I viewed the items listed below, what I found may have been unexpected; may have initially produced a feeling…
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CSS 2.1 (W3C Working Draft) 6.4
!Important; and the Precedence of non-CSS presentational hintsthe following is an excerpt from the Cascading Style Sheets, level 2 revision 1 CSS 2.1 Specification which appears in the Panelizer, a convenient package of resources, available FREE in a .zip archive, and downloadable via Rijk‘s handy link (Rijk is a well known, and credible People.Opera.com user and author).This is not the complete text from the original…
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A Compiled List — on short notice and little time…
Stuff i wanted to log real quick before signing off, and before my head hits the keyboard; yet again my glasses fall to the floor… I thought this sounded like pretty good advice, so i’m passing it on to you! Five Steps to Good Blogging Newsome.Org – The “real reason” – Why Blogging is [difficult]…
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Understanding CSS:
Syntax and Basic Data TypesThe Following excerpt is borrowed directly from the W3C CSS 2.1 Specification: Ch. 4 Syntax and basic data types. It has been modified from the original code only in that relative paths have been changed to absolute URL’s. Rather than cite specific sections of Ch 4, i thought it best to leave it open to case-by-case…
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Dynamic-Outlines (e.g. :focus {outline:color}) | CSS 2.1 Spec: W3C
Much like the border property, the outline property will create a line surrounding the element— however, the main remarkable difference is that Outline unlike border does not take up screen real-estate (it doesn’t cause the ‘outlined element’ to get wider and taller as would adding a border property. 18.4 Dynamic outlines: the ‘outline’ property At…
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White-Space | W3C Specification: CSS 2.1
NOTE:This page formerly located at : http://WordpressCenter.net/2006/02/26/white-space-w3c-specification-css-21/ . the URL was modified to insert the decimal point for ‘2.1’I am sorry for any inconvenience. I hope you have been able to use this resource nonetheless. I logged this excerpt from the W3C Spec on White-Space to make more clear my entry on the :before Pseudo-element…
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Quick-start rules of thumb: the Steps of Development
(developing the idea here) Need is determined Functions Researched Application Development Process Begins More Research More Development (repeat #4 and #5 as necessary) Test “First Working Version” of an App now, the critical steps that follow are those which i must begin to focus on with more concern so as to develop a better method,…
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W3C Specification: CSS 2.1 | Inline-level elements and inline boxes
Inline-level elements are those elements of the source document that do not form new blocks of content; the content is distributed in lines (e.g., emphasized pieces of text within a paragraph, inline images, etc.). Several values of the ‘display’ property make an element inline: ‘inline’, ‘inline-table’, and ‘run-in’ (part of the time; see run-in boxes).…
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Best FREE Source-Code Editor?
(Edited: 04.14.06 [orig entry 03.18.06]) (modified timestamp until i can write a better article– this is sort of “tucked away” for now, but potentially useful, so i didn’t want to totally un-publish it) EditPad Pro vs. Notepad++ This is a really tough call. From what I know of these editors, considering my relative inexperience w/…
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