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Archive for December, 2007

Internet Explorer 8 passes the Acid2 test

There has been a lot of discussion and commentary on different blogs, reddit and digg (to name just a few places) but the overwhelming consensus seems to be that Microsoft is at least taking a good step in the right direction and making a decent effort this time at standards compliance.

You can have a look at how the Acid2 test renders in a range of browsers here

The IEBlog post that announced it correctly renders Acid2 (at least in that particular branch of development) might also be worth a read.

Web Design Andrew 20 Dec 2007 No Comments

phpBB 3 - now gold

phpbb logoToday popular forum script phpBB has reached a new milestone with version 3.0 now available for download. This new version, after five years in development, has a heap of new features and options.

You can view the full release announcement on the phpBB forums

CMS & Web Design Andrew 14 Dec 2007 1 Comment

Convert images to vectors

Ever wanted to convert bitmap images into super-scaleable vector images? Well there is a site which will do all the work for you. Vector Magic comes from Stanford University and is a fantastic web application.

I would recommend watching the short tutorial on the site which guides you through the conversion process.

Sorry, short post today, just to showcase Vector Magic.

Interesting & Images Andrew 11 Dec 2007 No Comments

Stand out from the crowd - how to add a favicon

Favicon’s are the little icons that you might see for some sites in the address bar of your browser or when you add a site to your favourites/bookmarks. These little visual cues help you remember immediately what a site is about. Now how can you get this little icon to appear on your website?

The code is extremely simple. Add the following two lines of code to your <head> section, and you’re set (of course you will have to customise your icon’s address etc):

<link rel=”icon” href=”favicon.ico” mce_href=”favicon.ico” type=”image/x-icon”>
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="favicon.ico" mce_href="favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon">

Now how do you make an icon to use. Not many image editors export .ico files. Fortunately, there is a very useful website which can convert your existing logo to the correct format. You can visit it here: http://www.html-kit.com/favicon/. Simply upload the image you want converted, follow the steps and presto! it’s done. Upload to your site, include the previous HTML and you’re set.

Content Design & Web Design Andrew 10 Dec 2007 1 Comment

Here comes another bubble - video



A video I found while on digg. It’s a great parody of We Didn’t Start The Fire. Watch it, you won’t be disappointed. Kudos to The Richter Scales.

Interesting Andrew 06 Dec 2007 No Comments

A little CSS tip - Center a box in the middle of the page

center boxOften I find that I may want to center some object right smack-bang in the middle of the user’s page. For example if I’m making a splash page or something. If you’re trying to design your site with tables then it is going to be a nightmare, but it works a breeze using div tags and css.

Rather than hoping vainly to guess the user’s browser window size, the following CSS will place a block right where you want it, no matter what resolution it’s viewed at (well, almost).

In this example I want to center a 600 x 400 rectangle. Something like this:

Box

The CSS for the box follows:

#box{
 display: block;
 position: absolute;top: 50%;
 left: 50%;
 width: 600px;
 margin-top: -200px;
 margin-left: -300px;
}

And we can put whatever we want in the box, in a div tag:

<div id=”box”> Content can go here </div>

And that’s all there is to it. Nice and easy and not as messy as trying to guess at it. If you have another way to do it, post a comment.

CSS & Content Design & Web Design Andrew 06 Dec 2007 No Comments

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