CSS Blueprint Framework
A big THANKS to Donnie for providing the following information: [Blueprint CSS] Blueprint is a CSS framework designed to cut down development time and ensure cross-browser compatibility when working with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). It also serves as a foundation for many tools designed to make CSS development easier and more accessible to beginners. Blueprint is released under a modified version of the MIT License, making it free...
CSS
CSS is FABULOUS! It’s a quick and easy way to make your pages look cool and consistent. I STRONGLY recommend that before you start working on your webpage, go to [Free CSS Templates] and download a template that you like. Make a copy of the index.html original so you can reference it later if necessary. Then start messing with the HTML and CSS. You can view these simple pages in a browser without ever having to put them up on...
Search Bar Tutorial
Scott has had some trouble with a search bar in his dad’s website, but Brant says that Google has a great one that works very well. You can check it out at [Pit Row Sports]. It looks great and plays well with his CSS. I got it working on my HTML site, but it doesn’t work on my PHP page. Tutorial Go to the the Google [Google Custom Search] page. Make sure you choose the FREE standard edition. This one will have ads. (See...
CSS3
It seems that CSS3 is all the rage and you can do some cool stuff like rounded corners. Some examples: Good example on doing a drop-down menu with rounded corners Here’s a Rolling Coke Can done completely in CSS Here’s an interesting Polaroid Gallery done using CSS A Mac OS X – type dock can be made using CSS. See it Here. This is a really cool Lightbox Gallery Here’s an Elastic Thumbnail Gallery Here’s...
Search Bars
Scott has had some trouble with a search bar in his dad’s website, but Brant says that Google has a great one that works very well. You can check it out at [Pit Row Sports]. It looks great and plays well with his CSS. I got it working on my HTML site, but it doesn’t work on my PHP page. See the [cref search-bar-tutorial] page for instructions for implementing this.
Blogging
We briefly discussed blogging softwares. I and a few others use [Wordpress] – an open-source Blogging software. WordPress also has CSS support. This is also implemented through Godaddy and has a great admin UI. You can see it in action on [My Author Site]. This Blogging Page What I had: As I have been doing more and more research and developing my skills, there has been a need to record the things I’ve learned and be able...