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Calculating a selector’s specificity

March 17, 2010

(from http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#specificity) A selector’s specificity is calculated as follows: * count 1 if the declaration is from is a ‘style’ attribute rather than a rule with a selector, 0 otherwise (= a) (In HTML, values of an element’s “style” attribute are style sheet rules. These rules have no selectors, so a=1, b=0, c=0, and d=0.) [...]

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10 things web design taught me in 2009

December 30, 2009
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The thing I love about web design is getting to learn something new everyday. There are a few lessons this past year that stand out. Maybe you can relate. Do not buy software that does not have a manual or help files. If a company doesn’t take time to write out a FAQ or help [...]

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I learned something today

July 12, 2009

I have a new server now, so I am in the process of transferring all of my sites and my customer’s sites from the old hosting account to the new server. The old Dreamweaver sites all went smoothly as expected. The newer WordPress sites on the other hand, have been a little more challenging. What [...]

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Everything you need to design a website

June 11, 2009

Assuming you have basic HTML/CSS skills, you can find everything you need on the web available at no cost to design a nice looking, professional website. First we will start with some web design tutorials. Next you need a grid system to hold up your site structure. Try the 960 Grid. Very good, very free. [...]

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