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  • Smooth tab to content transition in CSS

    That method would work. So would inscreasing the bottom padding on that tab. In either case you would want to push the sides of the tab down to where they touch the content border and then remove the bottom border from the tab. The hard part will b…
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  • Faster website development

    Chris just wrote an article on that: http://css-tricks.com/what-are-the-benefits-of-using-a-css-framework/
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  • 1 guy is hacking my Word Press blog

    Before you get too gung ho about IP banning, keep in mind that most people are now surfing with dynamic IPs. If you see a hacker and block his IP, you are blocking the IP not the hacker. He could easily be back shortly on a new IP but other people o…
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  • Is There a Better, Faster Way?

    I've tried various wysiwyg editors in the past and hated them all. There are some that aren't quite wysiwyg where I felt I was still in control but didn't feel they really helped the process any. Until very recently, I've used wo…
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  • IE 7 Float Bug (missing bottom border)

    The nearest I've seen is when whitespace between and tags causes issues like that. For instance: This can result in a pixel line between elements before and after it: whereas, this takes care of it: I don't expect that wi…
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  • Wordpress devlopment help

    Get XAMPP at http://www.apachefriends.org/en/index.html. Basically, it allows you to install a webserver on your machine in order to test your web sites locally. Anyone who does webdesign should get it! They have versions for Windows, Mac and Linux.
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  • Size of form elements

    IE often doesn't like WIDTH and PADDING being set in the same definition input, textarea, select, .fyi { display: block; width: 50%; padding: 2px; border: 1px solid grey; } Try removing the padding and see if it makes any difference.
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  • Size of form elements

    Your DIV is missing a semicolon but I don't think that would account for it. Nothing else jump out at me. Sorry.
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  • Pros/Cons of offering hosting?

    I've toyed with the idea a number of times.The big reason I haven't is that if anything goes wrong, they will expect me to fix it. If they are unhappy with the hosting, they will see it as my fault. If they get hacked, they will blame me f…
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  • CSS-Tricks' Syntax Highlight Plugin?

    Thanks for posting the link. It looks pretty cool.
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  • CSS Behaves Different on MAC vs PCI C

    At a glance I noticed that you are missing a closing brace at the end: .text { align:left; Also, if you don't mind a suggestion, you might restructure your css a bit. 1. You are referencing a table with "table table table table" w…
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  • [Solved] Problem with Myspace Banner

    "crockettkid" said: div table table, table table table { margin-top:0; } Here's part of your problem. Dump the nested tables and switch to css layout. Once you try it, you'll never go back! :)
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  • Do you? Should I?

    I use two stylesheets: a reset.css that stays the same for all sites and a stylesheet.css that is specific to each site. Keep in mind that every stylesheet that you use beyond the first is an unneccessary http request which slows down page loading.
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  • Space between divs in IE

    Another technique is to detect the user agent and if the user is using an older version of IE (that exhibits this problem), send a large electrical current back to the user's machine. When that causes the smoke and stink to be let out of the us…
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  • Designer Etiquette...link back to your site?

    I always put a designed by credit and have never had it mentioned. However, if a client wanted it removed, I would cheerfully remove it. I am careful to make it small, unabtrusive, and in a color that doesn't significantly standout from the ba…
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  • CSS Layout - is this possible??

    Yes and don't be intimidated. I didn't know anything about css laout and just started ripping out and tags and converting tags to . It really got to be quite easy after just a few stumbles while learning. Just make backups and chant yo…
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  • Q&A Question - Browser Compatbility Testing?

    Thanks for posting the link. They look wonderful. And free is always a great price!
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  • Stationary Background when content scrolls

    BODY { background-image: url('bg.gif'); background-attachment: fixed; } or shorthand BODY { background: #000000 url('bg.gif') repeat fixed top left; } w3schools: http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_background.asp has some good in…
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  • Do you frown on 'shortcut' classes?

    Thanks Cotton, Solid reasoning. That makes great sense. And I definately like the term Utility Classes better than Shortcut Classes. As to redeclaring .red as blue or bold... I am one of those sick individuals who would rather manually change 1000…
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  • Vertical alignment of markers

    That's an interesting idea! I've been using list-style-image: url(images/arrow.gif); and trying to manipulate the marker or the LI text. I'm very disappointed with the lack of control over the built in markers but your idea sounds l…
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  • Looking for Coda-like editor for Windows

    Just a followup.. I'm coming to love Notepad++ ! I changed all the text options to display Courier New 12px. The colors are all much more subdued. They are still informative but no longer distracting. Being a fairly wide, fixed width font mak…
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  • cannot get any simpler.. but works differently in ie and fir

    At a glance I don't see anything wrong with that. Although I just woke up so I may have missed something :) First thing I'd do is stick a doctype on there. That may be affecting how browsers are interpreting it. If that doesn't fix …
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  • Text on sprite button disappears on rollover

    I'm such a dork! By default I have: A { color: 000000; } A:hover { color: ffffff; } Of course my black text on a white button was 'disappearing' on rollover. Geez, what a noob! :oops:
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  • Looking for Coda-like editor for Windows

    I'm playing around with Notepad++ atm. It has a lot of the features I want but it's very distracting and I'm not sure why. It may just take a while to get used to the keyword highlighting. What really bugs me so far is that when you …
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  • CSS rollover image - USA Map

    My first thought was... Instead of a sprite containing 50 versions of the US, why not use 50 sprites each containing 2 normal and highlight versions of each state and use absolute positioning for each image? But the images would still be rectangul…
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  • table-based sites

    I was a long-time holdout when it came to embracing css layout. I always thought that all the cross-browser issues made css layout too big a headache and I liked tables. I was used to them. Recently, being tired of all the snide comments about tabl…
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  • e-commerce

    I'm a very strong supporter of osCommerce. It is a freeware open-source project that started in the 90's so the code is older and still table-based although it has been updated many times and is stable right out of the box. It may not be t…
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  • Webspace Security

    I already had some security background but in the last few days I've learned a LOT! The reason I stopped learning about security the last time I got interested (years ago) was because it was so overwhelming. There is no way to win. If someone …
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  • Webspace Security

    There were five files each containing the same php code: /index.php /sjy.php /tey.php /cgi-bin/index.php /sofye/del.php Here is a snippet of the code: I left out the other functions as I don't think they should be listed in a public forum. …
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  • Empty divs just feel wrong...

    That was just a quick example but often I do leave off width. I haven't run into an issue with it yet but I'm sure it would have driven me crazy when I did. Thanks for the heads up!
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