The line between mobile websites and web apps is one that is becoming more blended and blurred everyday. In many cases, it is hard to differentiate between the two. For the purpose of this tutorial, we will define a web app as something that requires more advanced functions while a mobile website’s purpose is to push the content of a regular site to mobile browsers in a more easily accessible fashion. (more…)
When a float is contained within a container box that has a visible border or background, that float does not automatically force the container’s bottom edge down as the float is made taller. Instead the float is ignored by the container and will hang down out of the container bottom like a flag. (more…)
To begin, I am not even going to touch the inevitable flame war here. Joomla vs WordPress vs… who cares? And frankly, neither should you. You wouldn’t hammer a nail with a saw, would you? So let’s bear in mind that every job requires the correct tool. (more…)
These are great times for front-end developers. After months of exaggerated excitement about HTML5 and CSS3, the web design community now starts coming up with CSS techniques that actually put newly available technologies to practical use instead of abusing them for pure aesthetic purposes. (more…)
The explosion in user adoption of mobile devices has revolutionized the web. Though designing for the Mobile Web follow similar principles to designing websites, we must consider some notable differences. For one, current mobile device networks don’t run in the same speed as broadband devices. (more…)