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Mobile web design: Learning & Implementing
by Ayush on Dec.16, 2009, under General, Site Promotion, Web, XHTML
Designing for mobile devices comes with its own set of hurdles and considerations, just like designing for the desktop screen.
All mobile browsers are not created equal, and you’ll need to be aware of their positive aspects and failures alike. Some mobile browsers allow you to zoom in and out of a page for easy access to links, some don’t. Some allow you to change the aspect ratio and some don’t. And of course mobile devices have varying screen resolutions, and are nowhere near the same as their desktop counterparts. If you thought designing for 800×600 years ago was painful, try 640 x 320 or lower.
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Center a div vertically and horizontally on a page
by Ayush on Dec.16, 2009, under CSS, General, Web
I came across this issue of how to center an element on the website and not using the table. Using table layout is was very easy but not so obvious when we use divs. I am not going to go into details why divs not tables because it is not the intention of this article.
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Guide to HTML Emails
by Ayush on Jul.11, 2009, under CSS, XHTML
This guide will tell you exactly what HTML emails are, how to make them and how to design your HTML emails.
What are HTML emails?
HTML emails are emails send with mark-up. Most of the time, an email just contains letters and words to bring over a message to the recipient. It doesn’t need any fancy colors or tables. HTML emails can be used to make the user experience more entertaining and can be used to focus the visitors’ attention to the most important parts.
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CSS Conditional Comments Guide
by Ayush on Jul.11, 2009, under CSS, Code, Web, XHTML
Original article by Stefan Vervoort
As you might know, Internet Explorer 6 isn’t the most modern browser out there. In fact, it is almost 8 years old, but many people are still using this un-secure access to the web. Because of this fact, webdesigners still have to worry about how their work looks in Internet Explorer 6.
When CSS Frameworks & Templates came around, some layout problems have been fixed, but definitely not all. These problems can usually be solved via normal CSS, but sometimes it is better to only display some (style)information to Internet Explorer users only.
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The Timeline of World Wide Web
by Ayush on Jun.23, 2009, under Code
It all started with a BANG!!.. Naah… it was a slow and steady development of the one of the most important services we use in our modern lives.
All started with a reaction of US against the first satellite shot by Soviet Union, Sputnik, into the space. As a matter of fact, many efforts were thrown into high gears, and one the most comprehensive of them was a new network, initially called Arpanet. (continue reading…)