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I realize that there are about a million rollover tutorials out there. Some use JavaScript, some use CSS, but there are very few that are geared toward creating semantically correct rollovers that degrade gracefully. That's exactly what I'll be doin
Should Christians give approval to a collection of knowledge that was essentially voted into truth by the masses? Does the Wiki model break the historical Christian principle that truth and reality are objective? These are some of the questions disc
As the number of screen size and screen resolution possibilities increase, gracefully resizing text becomes more and more important to the usability of websites. This article explains how to set up a page for dynamic text resizing and implement a Ja
The example we will be looking at uses a combination of relative and absolute positioning to place columns where they are supposed to go. We'll start out with some good semantic XHTML markup for our layout and then we'll jump right into the CSS.
What's the most important job in the world? This question sounds like something a curious young child would ask. But closer consideration reveals that this question is actually utterly profound. It is one of the most basic teleological inquiries and
CSS works very well for designing one and two column layouts. It's shaky but workable on three-column layouts. But if you want a four column layout, you have to get downright creative. This article presents an easy, straightforward method for design
Building a three or four column layout on the web without the help of a table can be a difficult task. There are a number of ways to overcome the lack of multi-column support in CSS and none of them is very pretty. The three-column layout is the ea
Is there really a Christian way to analyze design? Can non-religious works of creativity still be considered Christian? What makes a design good or bad? If you're a Christian designer and you haven't considered these questions, you're probably conse
5 for Friday is a weekly list of blog articles compiled by Mirificam Press. It links to the best of the web design related articles on the web.
Bits O' NewMedia has officially made the transformation into Mirificam Press. The task of creating a new design that fit the personality and direction of the blog ended up being more difficult than I had anticipated. I'd like to kick off the new sit
5 for Friday is a weekly list of blog articles compiled by Bits O' NewMedia. It links to the best of the web design related articles on the web.
5 for Friday is a weekly list of blog articles compiled by Bits O' NewMedia. It links to the best of the web design related articles on the web.
No matter how well you stick to your time-line, or how hard you work to meet deadlines, or how on-top-of-it you are, missing content will shut you down. When you can't finish a project, you can't get paid. That's why the art of coaxing content is su
Well placed vector artwork can liven up and design and give it just the spark it needs to set it apart from the competition. Here are a few of the top sites for searching and downloading vector art.
After a few years in the web design industry you'll inevitably reach a point where your first clients will be ready for a redesign of your original work. If managed carefully, you can build a lasting business foundation and a client base you love to
5 for Friday is a weekly list of blog articles compiled by Bits O' NewMedia. It links to the best of the web design related articles on the web.
Over the last eight years designing websites as a freelancer, I've developed a fairly solid process for building a website. I'll be walking through that process in this article. I welcome comments from other designers who work on teams, under employ
There's a divisive little tag at the top of every web page called DOCTYPE. It's not divisive because web designers disagree about what should go in that tag or which doctype should be specified (although they argue about that too). It's divisive bec
5 for Friday is a weekly list of blog articles compiled by Bits O' NewMedia. It links to the best of the web design related articles on the web.
Just exactly how does a Christian worldview shape a web designer? Should it change the way he or she approaches ethics, style, or even layout? In this article I'll build a practical model of a Christian web designer with a total Christian worldview
5 for Friday is a weekly list of blog articles compiled by Bits O' NewMedia. It links to the best of the web design related articles on the web.
In Christianity we find a unique and inspiring worldview grid through which we may create and understand design. Other worldviews have assimilated pieces of truth from the Christian worldview; but none can account for reality so satisfactorily or li
This is the second list of ten inspiring website designs posted by Bits O' NewMedia. The list is a compilation of designs that use simplicity rather than sensory overload to achieve dazzling design results.
5 for Friday is a weekly list of blog articles compiled by Bits O' NewMedia. It links to the best of the web design related articles on the web.
The hybrid worldview is the mutant offspring of modernism and post-modernism. It's by far the dominant philosophy amongst designers right now. This article is a brief summary of the hybrid worldview, how it affects design, and where it's headed.
