How to Create an Advanced CSS Menu
Posted on Apr 26, 2007 09:04:23 AM
A few people have asked me how did I create the sidebar menu on Web Designer Wall. Some people thought it was done by Javascript. Actually, it is just some basic CSS image replacement tricks. So I decided to write a tutorial on how to design and code an advanced CSS menu. Typically, a CSS menu either goes horizontal or vertical. In this tutorial I will show you how to utilize the CSS position property and place the menu buttons anywhere you want. It is a two-part tutorial (and don’t forget to Digg it):
Tags: Advanced, Create, MenuIntroduction to XML
Posted on Apr 25, 2007 08:13:16 AM
What is XML?
If you've been producing sites for any length of time you probably hear about XML, and wonder exactly why so many people are excited about it. XML stands for Extensible Markup Language. Let's take a closer look at the parts of the acronym, and then we'll show you how it all fits together.
Markup
Markup comes from the bad old days before word processors. If you needed a brochure, you'd type it on a typewriter, and then Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: IntroductionPortable Social Networks, The Building Blocks Of A Social Web
Posted on Apr 23, 2007 09:34:01 AM
Social networks as we know them—MySpace, Facebook, Twitter—each keep identity and personal relationships separate from one another. Every time you join a network, that information has to be duplicated, by hand, by you. It’s a familiar process, but in 2008 we have the tools to break that trend.
It’s inevitable that information has been siloed in the young technologies of the internet, and it’s taken Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Blocks, Building, Networks, Portable, SocialThis Old Website: Web Renovations
Posted on Apr 20, 2007 11:10:55 AM
Hello and welcome. Today we are going to renovate this large, old, static HTML Web site, circa 1997, bringing it up to the latest standards and utilizing the latest technologies available to us. Oh, and I forgot to mention that while we renovate this site, starting with ripping out the foundation, the site will need to continue to serve its visitors and stakeholders. Don’t forget that you will still be expected to do your regular chores, Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Renovations, This, WebsiteInformation Architecture for the World Wide Web (Third Edition)
Posted on Apr 16, 2007 10:54:09 PM
The first edition of Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, by Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville, was regarded as a groundbreaking book on the relatively new field of information architecture. Also known as the polar bear book (for the animal that O’Reilly Publishing featured on the cover), it has been the go-to resource for students, teachers, and professionals looking for an education in website design and construction. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Architecture, Edition, Information, Third, Wide, WorldPreparing for standard-compliant browsers, Part 2
Posted on Apr 15, 2007 05:25:20 AM
This is Part 2 of two articles written specifically with web designers rather than coders in mind, about preparing for World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards-compliant browsers such as Netscape 6 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 for the Macintosh.
Since Digital Web is a webzine for designers, I am assuming that most of you reading this article are not programmers. But so far, much of the writing about Netscape 6, the new Document Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: browsers, compliant, Part, Preparing, standardThis Video from 1967 Accurately Predicted the Web?
Posted on Apr 11, 2007 11:42:43 AM
I won’t go as far as saying this was a real “prediction”, but this video by the Philco-Ford corporation was astonishingly accurate about the future of the internet and ecommerce.
Keep in mind that the video was produced in 1967, and it fore casted the way consumers would shop in the year 1999.
Can’t see the video? Click here to see it on Youtube.If only they predicted and Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 1967, Accurately, from, Predicted, This, VideoForm vs. Function: Finding the Balance
Posted on Apr 5, 2007 11:07:58 PM
Back to the basics In 1896, architect Louis Henri Sullivan said, "Form ever follows function." His quote implies not so much the importance of function over form, but rather that the two are intricately intertwined and inseparable. The same idea can be applied to any type of design, be it industrial, web, print or product. The problem is that most designers fail to draw from Sullivan's words.
We have all seen them: sites that Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Balance, Finding, Form, Function