http://www.nowcss.com CSS Tutorials, Samples, Opinions and Findings Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:34:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some times as designers, we don't think about using tools to make our job easier. Either it is pride, or we are just don't think about it, but we can benefit from tools. Here are some tools that will make your designer life a lot easier. Postable Have you ... http://www.nowcss.com/tools/six-design-tools-to-make-your-life-easier CSS coding allows developers to write web friendly code for their clients. Its best to stray away from the old methods of HTML with rollover images using JavaScript as that never produces clean optimized code. The old style OnMouseOut and OnMouseOver functions in JavaScript should be discarded in favor ... http://www.nowcss.com/navigation/how-to-create-rollovers-in-css-without-javascript It has been close to a month since Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8, and there hasn't been too much news about the browser.  For Microsoft, this could be a good thing if you live by the saying "No news is good news", but it can also be a bad thing ... http://www.nowcss.com/articles/internet-explorer-8-whats-changed You may have heard the saying, "Cleanliness is next to Godliness.". This is a term that every programmer should learn and obey when creating code. When you create clean code it will help you troubleshoot any issues you may have with your code in the future. Here ... http://www.nowcss.com/articles/coding-etiquette-five-ways-to-improve-your-code There are three ways to call for a CSS attribute. Using classes, you can put the code either in a separate document, or in style tags in your header. You can also put the CSS attributes directly in the HTML elements. We will talk about which you ... http://www.nowcss.com/articles/where-to-put-your-css-code There are some sites have a tree structure menu. If you have used Windows at any time you may be familiar to this system. It use to be the default menu at the left when browsing files, and is the system that is used in the Registry Editor. ... http://www.nowcss.com/navigation/expanding-tree-menu Ever have some text that you wanted a person to read before they submitted content to your site. Most of the time, the people just scroll to the bottom of the page and click the submit button. In the Web 2.0, people have added additional code to make ... http://www.nowcss.com/javascript/javascript-countdown Due to the growth of the web there are many different browser on the market, and many different ways for users to connect to your website. During the internet boom in the 90's, you would see websites all the time that would say Best viewed in Internet Explorer 4 ... http://www.nowcss.com/articles/what-browser-should-i-code-for The default buttons in today's browser are plain. Mostly just a shade of gray, and do not fit with the color scheme of most sites. With the use of the HTML button tag and some CSS, you customize your buttons for your site. If you look at a ... http://www.nowcss.com/layouts/custom-buttons One of the most over looked attributes in CSS is the :first-letter attribute. With this attribute you can add a lot of style to your site, with very little code. If you wanted to make your pages have theme similar to books in the Dark Ages, this attribute ... http://www.nowcss.com/layouts/first-letter