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For A Beautiful Web Blog: CSS

More on developing naming conventions, Microformats and HTML5

By Andy Clarke

It seems like a lifetime ago that I first sat down with a cup of tea and a bourbon biscuit and thought about the conventions that we use for naming HTML/XHTML id and class attribute values.

15/11/08 21

Is CSS3 RGBa ready to rock? (screencast)

By Andy Clarke

Who said that you can't teach an old rocker new tricks? At An Event Apart Chicago, it was Dan Cederholm's latest talk example, Color Transparency With RGBa that made me sit up and take notes.

25/10/08 27

Are CSS tables ready for prime time?

By Andy Clarke

I was lucky to be sent a preview copy of Rachel Andrew's soon-to-be-published book Everything You Know About CSS Is Wrong!, published by those nice chaps at SitePoint. I'll be writing a full review later this week, but as the book is largely (almost exclusively) devoted to CSS display : table; properties, I couldn't wait to try out some of the techniques she advocates.

07/10/08 15

(Exclusive) Conditional-CSS for Safari Touch

By Andy Clarke

Want an easier way to re-style and optimize your pages to work better in Safari Touch (or Mobile Safari if you prefer) on the iPhone or iPod Touch? I did and now with a custom version of Allan Jardine's Conditional-CSS I have it. And you do too.

01/09/08

Activate The Death Ray, Microformats workshop example site

By Andy Clarke

By Andy Clarke

Back in April, I was booked by Carsonified to present a half-day workshop on Microformats as part of their Future Of Web Design London spectacular. So what have Microformats got to do with death rays?

01/09/08 1

I Keep Faith, CSS workshop example site

By Andy Clarke

By Andy Clarke

Having been booked by Carsonified to host a full-day workshop on advanced CSS back in May, in the weeks leading up to the show I had a flash of inspiration. Why not combine one of my favourite topics with one of my favourite musicians?

01/09/08

From the people behind For A Beautiful Web and Stuff and Nonsense. You will find news about our events, links to sites and articles elsewhere that have inspired us, plus original articles and screencasts on the creative and technical sides of web site design and development by Andy Clarke and others.

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Transcending CSS (Book)

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Inspired CSS (DVD)

In this new video, Andy Clarke follows up on the core principles from Transcending CSS, taking you even further along the path to creating beautiful and accessible web sites.

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