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How should a Christian manage his or her Christianity in the workplace? This is a question most Christian designers have considered at one time or another during the course of their career. In our current age (especially in America), the attitude of
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 EM is a measurement just like PX or PT. One EM is equal to the pixel measurement of the current font size. So, for example, 1em on a web page with a font size of 16px equals 16px. The direct relationship between font size and EM allows us to bui
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.
A huge list of fonts that are great for headlines.
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
Our view of truth is the Rosetta Stone for how we interpret life, relationships, ethics, vocation, and even design. It's the foundation of our worldview. Without a firm grasp on the popular views of truth we encounter, we will find ourselves in situ
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
Mod_rewrite is an Apache module that can be accessed from .htaccess files to perform all kinds of complicated URL manipulation. The main mod_rewrite function, RewriteRule, is powered by regular expressions. For the purposes of this tutorial, though,
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.
Every web designer has a list of favorite tools—a set of indispensable programs and resources that we couldn't live a day without. Fortunately (or unfortunately) for us there is constantly a newer, better tool emerging for just about everything a we
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.
A large collection of tutorials and resources related to designing with gradients.
A look at some of the best marketplaces to sell your illustrations and vectors.
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
