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Tag: "CSS"

Using Blueprint CSS for easier CSS layouts in WordPress

| February 14, 2008 | 7 Comments

Blueprint CSS may just be the answer to all our CSS layout woes. Most, if not all, WordPress blog themes use CSS for laying out the design. But as any website or blog developer knows, using CSS for layouts can be one of the causes of early aging, high blood pressure, ... View Post

Guide to converting your XHTML CSS layout to a WordPress theme

| February 10, 2008 | 0 Comments

Updated Feb. 14, 2008 Deziner Folio has a really useful step-by-step guide to taking your XHTML/CSS layout and converting it to a WordPress theme. They say this whole process can be completed in 30-40 minutes! Developing a Wordpress Theme Another option is ... View Post

IE8 Passes Acid2 Test – too good to be true?

| January 5, 2008 | 3 Comments

SitePoint has reported that IE8 has passed the Acid2 Test. As they explain, this test was developed "as a challenge to browser developers. In a single page, the test makes use of a broad range of features from several different web standards that ... View Post

Five new beautiful (and free) CSS templates

| December 10, 2007 | 15 Comments

I haven't posted anything about free CSS templates for a while, simply because I haven't seen anything worth mentioning. But CSS Creme, which is yet another CSS gallery site, has released five free CSS templates, which are real eye candy! Use them for ... View Post

Displaying single post pages differently in specific categories

| July 15, 2007 | 30 Comments

You may have certain categories in your WordPress blog that you want to appear differently than other categories. For example, what if you have a category called "Tomatoes" and a category called "Cucumbers," and you want the titles of every post in the Tomatoes category to be red, and the titles in the Cucumbers ... View Post

Free CSS templates and WordPress Themes

| May 15, 2007 | 0 Comments

CSS Design Templates has a great collection of clean and useful CSS templates and WordPress themes. CSS Design Templates>> View Post

More Free CSS Templates

| April 18, 2007 | 0 Comments

Here's some more free CSS Templates. Solid layouts and simple designs. Free CSS Templates>> View Post

Andreas Viklund Free CSS Templates

| April 18, 2007 | 0 Comments

Andreas Viklund has 11 free CSS templates. The designs are clean and smart, and are probably pretty friendly to modifications. Andreas says the following about the templates: These are my free XHTML/CSS website templates. They are free to use for any purpose without any limitations or obligations. I kindly ask you to keep the small ... View Post

Free XHTML/CSS Templates For Web Design

| April 18, 2007 | 0 Comments

Template World has some really nice Web 2.0ish templates available for free. It's worth checking out. Free XHTML/CSS Templates For Web Design>> View Post

Did you know that you can customize your sitemap?

| April 12, 2007 | 0 Comments

Generating a sitemap for your site is an important step in optimizing it for the search engines. However, they tend to be very unpretty. See the sitemap on this site, for example. Not exactly a thing of beauty.... View Post