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CSS Articles on DMXzone
Ever get that feeling that you know what you want, but not how to get at it? Well here at DMXZone, as our article and tutorial back catalogue increases the ease with which an article can be found diminishes.
OK we know our article browsing facility is – ahem – slightly less than user friendly (yup that's on the list the next time we re-design), but also when you're new to a subject area it's not so easy to immediately navigate to the type of articles you want.
So, to help, I've tried to put together a laundry list of the CSS articles (and some related XHTML and accessibility ones) residing in our Premium Content section all linked with accompanying notation describing the content.
Hope you find it useful.
CSS Articles on DMXzone
Key:
S = Subscription article (paid for content)
F = Free article
eB = Article features as a chapter in the the DMXzone e-book CSS Web sites with Dreamweaver MX: Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Web Standards, CSS and Dreamweaver but were afraid to ask.
If you're interested in getting a number of CSS articles, the e-book might present an economic way forward (or there's our bundle deals - for instance a 10 article coupon).
Client = Contains purely client side code
Client* = Small amount of server side script contained in article – enhancement, not core to article
PHP = Article/series relies on use of PHP for core functionality
ASP = Article/series relies on use of ASP for core functionality
ASP.NET = Article/series relies on use of ASP.NET for core functionality
Web Page Layout
Many Boxes – a CSS Layout (S, Client)
CSS Design: Creating a Two-Column Layout (S, eB, Client)
CSS Design: The Ubiquitous Three Column Layout (S, eB, Client)
Creating an Accessible Layout (S, Client)
Centering Designs with CSS (S, eB, Client)
CSS Layouts: Fixed widths and float (S, Client)
Tables to CSS (S, eB, Client)
Tables to CSS: Taking CSS Further (S, eB, Client)
Transforming a table based layout into valid XHTML/CSS (S, Client)
Page layout with CSS - Layers and CSS Positioning (S, eB, Client)
CSS Design with Dreamweaver MX: Creating a Weblog Layout (S, eB, Client)
Positioning footers with CSS (S, Client)
Dynamic Menus with ASP and CSS (S, ASP)
Web Content Styling
CSS Units (S, Client)
Accessible Tables for data(S, Client)
Switchin' Styles! (S, eB, Client)
Stylesheets for all Occasions (S, Client*)
Creating a Print Stylesheet (S, eB, Client)
CSS: Mini Events Calendar (S, Client)
List basics in (X)HTML and CSS (S, Client)
A Beginners' Guide to CSS Backgrounds (S, Client)
CSS Curved boxes layout (S, Client)
Playing With the Edges: CSS and Curves (S, Client)
Creating a site map from styled lists (S, Client)
CSS Tabs for Beginners (S, Client)
Styling forms with CSS (S, eB, Client)
FREE! Applying CSS to Forms (F, Client)
FREE! Same link text – different colours (F, Client)
Working with Images
All CSS Photo Album layout (S, eB, Client)
Free! CSS Sprites: Image Slicing’s Kiss of Death (F, Client)
Free! CSS Drop Shadows (F, Client)
Night of the Image Map (F, Client)
ASP/ CSS: Searchable Image Gallery (S, ASP)
Site Solutions
Free: Remaking DMXzone in CSS and XHTML (S, Client)
CSS: User-customisable Site #1 (S, ASP)
CSS: User-customisable Site #2 (S, ASP)
CSS: User-customisable Site #3 (S, ASP)
A Photo Album site in PHP, MySQL, XHTML and CSS: Pt.I (S, PHP)
A Photo Album site in PHP, MySQL, XHTML and CSS: Pt.II (S, PHP)
A Photo Album site in PHP, MySQL, XHTML and CSS: Pt.III (S, PHP)
A Photo Album site in PHP, MySQL, XHTML and CSS: Pt.IV (S, PHP)
Idea to Implementation (S, PHP)
Idea to Implementation: Wireframing and Prototyping (S, PHP)
Building and Validating the Front End (S, PHP)
Adding Dynamic Data (PHP/My SQL) to your site (S, PHP)
Making a site admin page in PHP (S, PHP)
Idea to implementation: Password protect the Admin site and Use PHP Upload (S, PHP)
Basic Site Marketing and Search Engine Optimisation (S, PHP)
Grabbing an RSS Feed with PHP (S, PHP)
Battling with Browsers
CSS and Old Browsers (S, eB, Client)
Testing for Validation and Cross-Browser Compatibility (S, Client)
Rough Guide to CSS Hacks (S, Client)
Theory
Zen and the Art of DOCTYPE switching (S, eB, Client)
HTML or XHTML: Which should I use? (S, Client)
Ten ways to speed up the download time of your web pages (F, Client)
Accessibility
FREE! Web accessibility: The basics (F, Client)
Accessibility F.A.Q. (F, Client)
FREE! Web accessibility myths (F, Client)
Accessibility Validation (S, Client)
FREE! Ten Quick Tests to Check your Website for Accessibility (F, Client)
Forms and Accessibility (S, Client)
Alternate Stylesheets for Accessibility (S, Client)
Fahrner Image Replacement and Accessible Images(S, Client)
Testing Accessible Web Sites (S, Client)
Next Step CSS: Image Replacement Techniques (S, Client)
FREE Web Development Tools: The Accessibility Toolbar Version 1.0 (F, Client)
JavaScript
JavaScript Tricks for Usable Forms (S, Client)
CSS/ JS: Show-hide help on forms (S, Client)
Drop Down Menus With Standards (S, Client)
Specifically Dreamweaver Related
Setting Dreamweaver Preferences for Forward Compatibility (S, Client)
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly: CSS Features in Dreamweaver MX 2004 (S, Client)
CSS Tips and Tricks for Dreamweaver MX 2004 (S, Client)
Introduction to Accessibility in Dreamweaver MX (S, Client)
CSS Design with DreamweaverMX: Borders, Backgrounds, Blocks and Boxes (S, eB, Client)
CSS Design with Dreamweaver MX: Type, Lists, Positioning and CSS Extensions (S, eB, Client)
Understanding Draw Layers (S, Client)
Draw Layers and DHTML (S, Client)
Animating Draw Layers(S, Client)
Using Server Behaviours – Good or Bad? (S, ASP)
CornerStones of Dreamweaver Design: Text Time! (S, Client)
Cornerstones of Dreamweaver Design: The Fabulous Hyperlink (S, Client)
Working with Images (S, Client)
Minding Your <table> Manners (S, Client)
Intro to Frames in Dreamweaver MX (S, Client)
Cornerstones: DMX Forms (S, Client)
Cornerstones: Simple Server Side Includes (S, Client)
Ian Blackham
Following a degree in Chemistry and a doctorate in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Ian spent several years wrestling with acronyms in industrial R&D (SEM with a side order of EDS, AFM and TEM augmented with a topping of XPS and SIMS and yet more SEM and TEM).
Feeling that he needed a career with more terminology but less high voltages, Ian became a technical/commissioning editor with Wrox Press working on books as diverse as Beg VB Application Development and Professional Java Security. After Wrox's dissolution and a few short term assignments Ian became content manager at DMXzone.
Ian is a refugee from the industrial Black Country having slipped across the border to live in Birmingham. In his spare time he helps out with the website of a local history society, tries to makes sure he does what his wife Kate says, and worries that the little 'un Noah is already more grown up than he is.