Archive for Web Design

Learning how to design using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) can be a little tricky for the beginner if you don’t figure out a few of the basics. One of the basic concepts in CSS is the box model.

CSS is…

Publishing video on your website or blog is now easier than ever, however there are some common mistake which should be avoided. With sites like YouTube seeding over 100 millions videos to users every day, video content is everywhere and…

I had the awful experience the other day when showing my blog to a friend on their computer. I found out what my blog actually looked like in IE6. As you probably know, web browsers tend to behave slightly differently…

I want to discuss some of the key principles of design. When I teach design to school kids I use the acronym CRAP for them to remember, which stand for: Contrast, Repetition, Alignment and Proximity. These terms come from the book…

The last few weeks have seen some very high profile bloggers do some major redesigns on their blog themes. First we saw Darren from Pro Blogger completely revamping his blog. And today John Chow has finally ditched the “Misty Look”…