<html> <head> <style type="text/css"> div { border:1px solid #000; min-width: 50%; } </style> </head> <body> <div>This is some text. </div> </body> </html> I believe the div should be 50 percent of the page, unless, for some reason, the text inside the div makes it larger. However, the border around the di...
I know this won't be a popular question, because a lot of web designers want to assume that their craft is difficult and valuable. IT IS. But I do not believe that it is difficult because HTML and CSS are difficult to master, I believe its difficult because being a good creative designer is difficult. Please resist the urge to reflexive...
Hey, How often do we see stuff like "Send this page to a friend" on a webpages? Well, I see them quite often. My question is, how do you guys see it's effectiveness? If I hit a webpage that's interesting, and I think my friend would enjoy it, I can just copy the URL from my browser bar, paste it into the email and press "Send" button. ...
I have only a basic knowledge of css, is it possible to inherit a property from one style into another style. So for instance I could inherit the font size specified in my default paragrah tag settings into my hyperlink tags. The reason I want to do this is to make it easier to maintain multiple styles. ...
What are the usability considerations that should be taken into account by anyone who decided to build a good adult web site? Disclaimer: I know the question is going to cause some controversy, but please let’s stay professional, stop giggling and see if tasks that audience of such sites tries to achieve make usability considerations an...
We're running into issues with how we specify font sizes. If we specify the font sizes using pt, they don't always look the same across browsers/platforms. If we specify font sizes using px, IE6 users can't resize the text. ...
What I want to know is when you decide that you need to create a site, maybe for a customer, maybe not, what do you do? What is your process? What do you do in the planning stage to make it easier to create the site. I'm looking at this as in more of a web app... I've only technically created on business site, and it was mostly just ...
As web based designer who has designed web sites using tables but never with css, how can a novice get started with css? Related SO posts SO - Css Book & website for CSS SO - Css blog ...
Hi, I'm going to make my monthly trip to the bookstore soon and I'm kind of interested in learning some user interface and/or design stuff - mostly web related, what are some good books I should look at? One that I've seen come up frequently in the past is Don't Make Me Think, which looks promising. I'm aware of the fact that programme...
Hi We are looking to create programming tutorials to teach new developers how to get started with programming. But we aren't sure of what "format" and "layout" really works best. We needs some good examples of what works best. ...
Hi all, I had an interview recently where my prospective employer wanted to me to sign something promising I wouldn't do any web design work outside of their company, i.e. no freelancing. Are they allowed to do that? Surely if it's in my own time & doesn't interfere with my 9-5 I should be allowed to do as i wish. If someone can think...
I would like to see if there is such a tool that allows reusable web template with components like menu and form easily applied. Basically I want to mock a very simple interface using html, to see if the navigation is working, then generate a pure XHTML/CSS for me to use on my web projects. For your information, I use Ruby on Rails. H...
If this question has already been asked I appologies, please point me in the right direction. I was wondering if anyone has any insight into how StackOverflow pops up the "n new answers have been posted, load new answers" thing at the top of a question when you are adding a post. This seems like a very useful function for my forum web-s...
Hi friends, I have designed my site with a 900 x 600 fixed background image. On the computer it looks fine. How will it look on a PDA device? Will I have to design it separately for PDA? How should check whether my site can be browsed effectively from mobile phone? What should I do? ...
I'm looking for a quick start or template, or something, to get a web site's basic layout done quickly and looking fairly professional, and then let me do the coding. I don't want a CMS, as this is for a highly customised reporting application, but I need something like frame header and two columns and frame footer. I can design the pr...
I've been fooling around with PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, CSS, XHTML for about a year, and I still consider myself a beginner. Recently, I decided to start a project and work on it during my winter break from school to improve my skills in webdesign. A couple people recommended that I try and code my own blog. Can you guys think of other pr...
In a world where IE didn't exist, what things would be easier, less hacky, less buggy and generally more used. What could the internet have been if all features were available cross browser? List one point per post. This is community wiki, so feel free to amend the question/answers for clarity. ...
What are some guidelines for displaying information to a user in a web-browser? I am trying to determine some guidelines and best practices for displaying information to a user. The exact case is a confirmation button: once it’s been pressed and the subject is confirmed the button is disabled (to prevent users from clicking it again)....
I've seen many website designs with frequent inclusions of 'back to top' links and am just wondering when, if ever, they can really be justified? What use cases demand a 'back top top' link, and what are their effects on usability? ...
I am currently doing IE-hacks on a website I'm working on: http://www.timkjaerlange.com/wip/co2penhagen/ I got a problem with this unordered list. IE seems to add extra top-margin for every li-element, making my navigation look like a flight of stairs: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/228089/ie-prob.jpg I'm using conditional comments to tar...