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Listamatic
Ahh… the power of the list, the ultimate semantic markup for navigation bars (and other things) Listamatic
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Layout-o-matic
In a hurry? Need a valid, standards compliant, table-free layout? This site is for you. Layout-o-matic
Case Study
Iowa State University Dept of Horticulture
*update* Apprently they have redesigned this site for whatever reason. Which is really good, because their old site was simply a ripoff of (tribute to?) WSU. It’s hard to be creative when someone tells you to rip a site’s design off. I have been working on this project since last fall through ISU Extension IT. […]
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If you must use tables…
Use them properly. Isolani does a great job with a succinct, easy to understand Guide to creating accessible, structured tables for your tabular data (the only thing for which you should be using tables).
Tutorial
Forms
Forms are usually pretty messy to deal with in a pure CSS layout. They look very nice in tables, but are rather hard and hackey to deal with without tables. The Man In Blue , along with Eric Meyer came up with some very pretty ways of dealing with Accessible, Semantic, Table-less form layouts
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How do I become a Web Designer??
Here is a well put article by D Kieth Robinson on how to learn to be a Web Designer. It is fairly reminiscent of part of a presentation I gave on Web design (to a bunch of 7th graders ;)). Here’s the main point I think: So what does it take to become a successful […]
Resource List
CSS Crib Sheet
A nice resource by Dave Shea (with colaboration from the Web community). Helpful to have on hand when developing a site with CSS. CSS Crib Sheet
Commentary
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Why are Web designers so under-respected? I am of the opinion that only Professional Web designers should develop professional Web sites. (Hobby sites, personal sites, and volunteer organization sites are exceptions). This is an old article (april 2001) that seems to be relevant still… Web Designer and Proud of It. The hardest part of being […]
Essay
Why Use CSS?
If you are a Web developer, you should know that CSS-based layouts have distinct and heavy advantages over traditional, hacky, table-based layouts. If you don’t know this, you should read this article on why you should use CSS with your Web designs by Greg Rewis from Macromedia Recently, however, a novice user asked a question, […]
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Cynthia Says
Check the ADA accessibility of your Web site. Cynthia Says
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4096 Color Wheel
A Web safe color picker. Very handy. 4096 Color Wheel
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Accessible Typography
Something I have taken interest in recently is Web Typography. Like graphic design, it is something I have very little experience with, but am pursuing in order to become a better Web designer. You may have noticed some changes to the typeface of this site in an effort to be more readable, artsy, and generally […]