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Web Design Blog - November 2009

Optgroup, the forgotten tag

Many web designers can forget about some more infrequently used html notation; however this notation still has a purpose and can be quite useful. I have seen some go through extra effort to try and achieve what can be done with one simple tag. Dropdown option groups are one of these sort of things. There are those who will toil to add spaces, dashes, special styles to try and group their items in a dropdown. When all they really needed to do was surround each group of options with an optgroup ta... read more!

Nov 19, 2009 3:26pm by Mike Vandenberghe

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CSS Tips | :first-child

Using the CSS pseudo-class :first-child allows you to style any thing that is the "first child" of another element. One case that this may be helpful is when you want a different style for the first li element in your list. i.e. additional margin, color, etc. This would be done like this. ul li:first-child { margin-top: 20px; color: #000000; } Support for this pseudo-class is limited to Firefox, Safari and versions of Internet Explored later than IE6. ... read more!

Nov 16, 2009 2:26pm by Jeff Nicholson

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Good Movies Aren’t Made in a Vacuum

When you start making movies, you tend to do every job required. You write, direct, shoot, edit and probably star in your first few projects. You feel a sense of pride that comes with the fact that since you couldn't find anyone to help you, the movie still got made. The bad news is that once you really get involved in this process, you'll need help. Not because you can't do it all (you probably can), but you can't do it all well. There are people out there with skills much better than yours in ... read more!

Nov 09, 2009 3:19pm by Scott Eggleston

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Unobtrusive Javascript

The term "Unobtrusive Javascript" refers to the technique of separating out your javascript from the html presentation of your web page. It is a useful technique that allows you to manage large portions of your website utilizing more centralized javascript. The common way javascript has been used in the past, you would see it strewn throughout the html source code on events for different form fields or anchors. It would be commonplace to see something like: <input type="text" onclick="open_ca... read more!

Nov 06, 2009 5:00pm by Mike Vandenberghe

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