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Recent blog posts

• A 'Liquid' List Apart

  

  A liquid layout would be much more accessible and user-friendly for the 'A List Apart' website, see my mockup.

  Date

  3 Feb 2008

  Tags

  Cascading style sheets (CSS) Web accessibility Web design Website layouts

• Ultimate multi-column liquid layouts (em and pixel widths)

  

  A new series of solid layouts that use pixel and em widths for columns. SEO friendly. No CSS hacks. Free for anyone to use.

  Date

  20 Jan 2008

  Tags

  Cascading style sheets (CSS) Search engine optimisation (SEO) Semantic XHTML Tutorials Web design Website layouts

• Print out your own MacBook Air

  

  Can't afford a MacBook Air? Print out one for free!

  Date

  15 Jan 2008

  Tags

  Apple Tutorials

• How to post forms to clean, rewritten URLs without JavaScript: a PHP and mod_rewrite tutorial

  

  A simple way to use clean rewritten URLs directly from posted forms without JavaScript

  Date

  14 Jan 2008

  Tags

  Mod_rewrite MySQL PHP Programming Search engine optimisation (SEO) Tutorials Web accessibility Web design

• Carbon Neutral Christmas Lights

  

  Environmentally friendly Christmas lights that are fun and interactive

  Date

  6 Dec 2007

  Tags

  Carbon neutral Christmas lights

• Animated Photoshop selection on a web page!

  

  Highlight areas of your website with animated select boxes just like you can do in PhotoShop

  Date

  16 Nov 2007

  Tags

  Animation Gif animation Photoshop art Tutorials Web design

• Get down! How to keep footers at the bottom of the page

  

  A simple method using valid CSS to keep your footer at the bottom of the screen on pages with little content.

  Date

  10 Nov 2007

  Tags

  Cascading style sheets (CSS) Progressive enhancement Semantic XHTML Tutorials Web design Website layouts

• Perfect multi-column CSS liquid layouts - iPhone compatible

  

  The best website layouts. No CSS hacks. SEO friendly. No Images. No JavaScript. Cross-browser and iPhone compatible.

  Date

  27 Oct 2007

  Tags

  Cascading style sheets (CSS) Search engine optimisation (SEO) Semantic XHTML Web design Website layouts

• The art of sharpening pencils

  

  See all the popular styles and methods of sharpening pencils and learn a few tricks too.

  Date

  8 Oct 2007

  Tags

  Chalk drawings Charcoal drawings Drawings Pencil drawings Tutorials

• Preventing a common security problem with login forms

  

  A potential security risk with login forms that all web designers should know about

  Date

  7 Oct 2007

  Tags

  JavaScript Web accessibility Web design