Background Positioning vs. Centered Elements

When the browser is told to center a background image within that container, it has to decide where the actual center lies. In the case of an odd total pixel width, the browser must select one side or the other of the central odd pixel as the "center" of the container.

Bergevin, Holly and John Gallant. Position is Everything (2006). Design>Web Design>Document Design>CSS

PNG Drop Shadows

This article will describe a modification to existing drop shadow methods, employing semi-transparent .png's. Therefore the method is meant for use in in IE7 and the other modern browsers, but not in IE6 and below, which do not correctly display such .png's.

Bergevin, Holly and John Gallant. Position is Everything (2006). Design>Web Design>CSS

Wither the Star-HTML Hack?

Recently the Microsoft blog told us that some of our CSS hacks will stop working in IE7, a fact we detailed in our first IE7 article. While this is generally good news, it is a bit disturbing that the Holly hack in particular will cease to function while many of the layout problems it is meant to fix will still be there, and will still need fixing.

Bergevin, Holly and John Gallant. Position is Everything. Design>Web Design>Standards>CSS