September 2005
NFL Week 4 Predictions
September 28, 2005, 2:39 PM | 0 Comments
Note: Predictions for week 4 of the 2008 NFL season can be found here: NFL Week 4 Predictions.
8-6 last week is better than I did in week 2, but after 3 weeks of NFL action, things are becoming slightly more clear. The good teams are starting to separate from the pack. There are still some teams that make me scratch my head, but it’s getting easier to see who the contenders are.
Portfolio
September 27, 2005, 1:08 PM | 0 Comments
Finally, the portfolio section of this site is now online. I’ve been working on it over the past few weeks and actually got around to ‘finishing’ it up today.
It’ll probably see a lot of tweaking and updating in the weeks and months ahead, but at least it’s online now. Check it out.
NFL Week 3 Predictions
September 21, 2005, 11:32 AM | 0 Comments
Note: Predictions for week 3 of the 2008 NFL season can be found here: NFL Week 3 Predictions.
Week one left me with a lot of questions, and week 2 answered some of those. I think that after this week, we’ll be able to see which teams will contend, and which teams are going to have a very long year.
CSS Hyperlink Styling
September 19, 2005, 1:49 PM | 3 Comments
In this CSS tip, we’ll be looking at various ways to style hyperlinks using CSS. There are many different methods and techniques that you can use to create uniquely styled links, and we’ll explore some of them here.
By default, hyperlinks in browsers are underlined. Normal links are blue, visited links are purple and active links (depending on the browser) are red. Designers do not want to live life by default though, so CSS provides some powerful ways to style your hyperlinks, allowing you to create a look and feel that best suits your design.
CSS Font Styling
September 15, 2005, 1:35 PM | 0 Comments
CSS is very powerful when it comes to font styling. From line height to letter spacing, CSS gives designers complete control over their text and how it appears on the web. I do not claim to know all there is to know about font styling, but I thought I’d at least post some of the methods of font styling as a starting point.
While the web is still a little bit behind on giving designers a flawless way to use whatever font face that they want (although, several people have come up with awesome solutions using Macromedia Flash - see sIFR), CSS allows you to customize how your text appears, even if you are forced to use the more standard fonts.
NFL Week 2 Predictions
September 14, 2005, 7:30 PM | 0 Comments
Note: Predictions for week 2 of the 2008 NFL season can be found here: NFL Week 2 Predictions.
Wow, what a week it was in week one. So many questions. Are the Dolphins really that good, or are the Broncos really that bad? Is Chad Pennington ever going to be as good as he once was? Did the 49ers actually beat the Rams? What happened up in Minnesota? Are the Giants that good? Is Green Bay going to be able to bounce back after a tough loss, and the loss of star wide receiver Javon Walker?
CSS Centered Layouts
September 10, 2005, 1:03 PM | 9 Comments
So you want to create a centered layout, but you don’t want to use a table to accomplish your goal. That’s fine, CSS has been the way to go for quite some time now, and centering your layout is actually pretty simple.
I’ll go through some examples and explain the old way of doing things, and the new way of doing things. If you’re new to CSS and wondering why using CSS is considered a better practice, you may want to take a look at some of the following articles:
- Throwing Tables Out the Window - By Douglas Bowman.
- Practical CSS Layout Tips, Tricks, & Techniques - By Bob Stein.
- Complete CSS Guide - by John Allsopp and Maxine Sherrin.
Old School
The old way of doing things was to create a table that took up the page’s entire width, and center another table that contains your content inside the first table. This is called table nesting.
Are you ready for some football?
September 7, 2005, 3:00 PM | 0 Comments
Note: Predictions for week 1 of the 2008 NFL season can be found here: Are you ready for some football?.
NFL Kickoff Weekend is here! I’ve been waiting for this weekend since early February when last season ended. I’m a sports nut and even though I’m Canadian, hockey is not my favourite sport. That distinction belongs to football… NFL football.
CSS Tips
September 6, 2005, 7:37 PM | 0 Comments
I’ve been thinking about this for the past few weeks now, and I’ve finally decided to move on it. I’m going to start a CSS Tips library that will be updated frequently and filled with tips and how-to walkthroughs of various CSS techniques.
These tips will probably start off at the beginner level and will progress in difficulty as they move forward. In honour of these new tips, a new category has been added to the Blog called CSS Tips, where all of the Tips will be filed.
Most of the time, I will discuss the techniques in detail and a sample page will be posted. Sometimes the tips themselves will be links to other websites or other articles from the web, and will include some ‘editorial’ comments.