#28653
Print Stylesheet: The Definitive Guide
A print stylesheet will automatically make all your web pages print-friendly. Find out how to make one with this definitive guide.
Moss, Trenton. Webcredible (2007). Design>Document Design>CSS>Web Design
#28235
Going from the browser to the printer has always been a bit of a guessing game. In this article, Pete McVicar shows us a method for providing users with a reliable print preview.
McVicar, Pete. List Apart, A (2006). Design>Web Design>CSS>Printing
#26520
Printing a Book with CSS: Boom!
You like microformats? Weï¿ll give you some freakin' microformats. CSS luminaries Hakon Wium Lie and Bert Bos introduce the boom! microformat and show you how to make book the easy way.
Bos, Bert and Hakon Wium Lie. List Apart, A (2005). Design>Web Design>CSS>Printing
#29561
The iPhone includes a sophisticated new Safari browser. This version is touted as 'the most advanced web browser on a portable device' and from what I've seen, it deserves this accolade. So what does this mean for you? Millions of visitors accessing your content on a small display with very high resolution. At some point in the near future, you're going to want to take a look at your current site design to make sure that it looks good and works well on this new device and its Mobile Safari browser.
Hockenberry, Craig. List Apart, A (2007). Design>Web Design>Wireless Web>CSS
#28711
Quick CSS Mockups with Photoshop
You need to make a set of web design mockups for your client. You'd like to find an easy way to show these mockups in clean XHTML and CSS code, because plain JPGs don't convey the full sense of the design, and sliced tables are evil. In fact, let's forget table slices ever existed. This article is for people who need to produce valid, standards-compliant mockups quickly, with the graphics tools they already use.
Voogt, Casper. List Apart, A (2007). Design>Web Design>Planning>CSS
#31958
Real-World CSS Zen for Your Site
By now we all know the benefits of “web standards” - creating sites where content and presentation are separated by use of semantic XHTML and CSS. Early adopters of web standards have long extolled the many payoffs.
Sheriar, Mani. Vitamin (2007). Design>Web Design>CSS>Standards
#26312
A short report (circa 1997) on how one documentation deparment could use Cascading Style Sheets to format the HTML-based documentation it produces.
Nesbitt, Scott. ScottNesbitt.net (1997). Articles>Web Design>CSS
#25546
Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards
A look at the markup behind Slashdot.org that demonstrates how simple -- and cost-effective -- the switch to a standards-compliant Slashdot could be.
Frommelt, Daniel M. List Apart, A (2003). Design>Web Design>Standards>CSS
#20770
Retooling Slashdot with Web Standards Part II
In Part I, we showed how Slashdot could save money and reduce bandwidth requirements by converting to semantic XHTML markup and CSS layout. In Part II, we explore how standards-compliant markup and deft use of CSS could make Slashdot (and your sites) play nicely in print and on handheld devices.
Frommelt, Daniel M. List Apart, A (2003). Design>Web Design>Standards>CSS
#27629
Rough Guide to the Document Object Model (DOM)
In two parts, this series introduces the Document Object Model, explaining its benefits, and exploring its implementation.
#30472
Screen Readers and 'display:none'
When an element is hidden with display: none, the browser doesn't generate a box for the element; the element is not visible on the screen, and the layout of the page isn't effected by the element. As screen readers are supposed to read the screen, it makes sense that they do not announce content that is hidden with display: none.
Lemon, Gez. Juicy Studio (2007). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>CSS
#25006
Seiten gestalten ohne Tabellen
Für die Positionierung der Inhalte auf Webseiten werden derzeit hauptsächlich Tabellen eingesetzt. Das entspricht zwar nicht ganz den Intentionen der Entwickler von HTML beim W3C, aber es ist unbestreitbar praktisch. Wenigstens solange man die Seiten in einem Browser betrachtet, der auch verschachtelte Tabellen einigermaßen sauber wiedergeben kann - was durchaus nicht alle können.
Charlier, Michael. Webwriting-Magazin (2004). (German) Design>Web Design>CSS
#25408
So you've built a beautiful, standards-compliant site utilizing the latest and greatest CSS techniques. You've mastered control of styling every element, but in the back of your mind, a little voice is nagging you about how ugly your SELECTs are. Well, today we're going to explore a way to silence that little voice and truly complete our designs. With a little DOM scripting and some creative CSS, you too can make your SELECTs beautiful… and you won't have to sacrifice accessibility, usability or graceful degradation.
Gustafson, Aaron. Easy! Designs LLC (2005). Design>Web Design>CSS>DHTML
#22928
Separation: The Web Designer's Dilemma
With all the discussion about separating presentation from content (and structure), it's easy to lose track of the goal. So let's step back, define our terms, and take a look at why it matters.
Cohen, Michael. List Apart, A (2004). Design>Web Design>CSS>Theory
#10888
Size Matters: Making Font Size Keywords Work
The cascading style sheets standard includes seven font-size keywords intended to give designers a simple means of setting font sizes without creating accessibility problems. Sizes range from xx-small to xx-large and are relative to users' preferred 'medium' settings. Putting these seven sizes to work should be a no-brainer. Unfortunately there are plenty of obstacles ahead. Fortunately there is a workaround. Let's start by surveying the damage, then move on to a working solution.
Fahrner, Todd. List Apart, A (2001). Design>Web Design>CSS
#20368
Image-driven, visually compelling user interfaces. Text-based, semantic markup. Now you can have both! Douglas Bowman’s sliding doors method of CSS design offers sophisticated graphics that squash and stretch while delivering meaningful XHTML text. Have your cake and eat it, too!
Bowman, Douglas. List Apart, A (2003). Design>Web Design>CSS>DHTML
#20365
In Sliding Doors of CSS Part I, Douglas Bowman introduced a new technique for creating visually stunning interface elements with simple, text-based, semantic markup. In Part II, he pushes the technique even further with rollovers, a fix for IE/Win’s CSS bugs, and lots more.
Bowman, Douglas. List Apart, A (2003). Design>Web Design>CSS>Semantic
#20211
So You Want Cascading Style Sheets, Huh?
This tutorial is an updated version of my original style sheet tutorial. Style Sheets, A.K.A.: Cascading Style Sheets, A.K.A.: CSS, are becoming more popular now that they are cross-browser models thanks to Netscape's version 4.x including the commands. This is a general overview of Style Sheets. You'll find more specific Style Sheet elements explained in the Positioning, Class & ID, and DHTML tutorials.
Burns, Joe. HTML Goodies (1997). Design>Web Design>CSS
#31954
In this article, I want to introduce you to a really powerful CSS3 pseudo selector called :target. Much like :hover, :target is invoked during certain interactions with the website. Specifically, when applied to a fragment identifier.
Suda, Brian. Vitamin (2008). Design>Web Design>CSS
#31955
Streamline Your Forms with Widgets
“Advanced forms” are rarely that. A more fitting name would be “Overwhelming and confusing forms”. But with Jason Long’s clever approach to streamlining a screen full of checkboxes, you might just be able to once again look fondly on your forms.
Long, Jason. Vitamin (2008). Articles>Web Design>Forms>CSS
#21172
Streamlining with Web Standards
Save time, money, blood, sweat, and tears by rebuilding your old-school site with standards-friendly CSS and XHTML.
Penhaligon, Greg. Webmonkey (2003). Design>Web Design>CSS>XHTML
#28455
This tutorial teaches CSS using both hand-coding and Style Master for Windows. You can also follow it using instructions for Style Master for Mac OS X. By working through the exercises you will learn all about CSS for text styling and page appearance including layout, and create a stylish looking page like this. If you want to learn CSS by hand-coding alone, simply work through all the exercises and code examples and skip all the specially styled Style Master instructions.
Western Civilization (2005). Design>Web Design>Software>CSS
#20205
Web style sheets have been around for a number of years, but their power and importance went largely unnoticed since few implementations existed. Web authors, anxious to add creativity to their pages by influencing the presentation, began to use Netscape's proprietary extensions rather than the more powerful style sheets. This was quite natural, since Netscape's proprietary extensions could be seen by a significant portion of Web users, while few would see style sheet enhancements.
#11890
Style Sheets: Solid Presence, Expanding Future
With the release of Netscape 6.0 earlier this year, we finally have comprehensive support for the original Cascading Style Sheets specification (CSS1) from the two major browsers. Millions of people will continue to use older browsers, and designing for the Web may always be a complex and thorny proposition. But the gradual acceptance of CSS1, and the innovations promised by CSS2 and the still-unfinished CSS3, should motivate designers to add style sheets to their Web palettes.
Burner, Dell. EServer (2001). Design>Web Design>CSS
#21218
CSS (cascading stylesheets) is a simple mechanism for controlling the style of a Web document without compromising its structure. By separating visual design elements (fonts, colors, margins, and so on) from the structural logic of a Web page, CSS give Web designers the control they crave without sacrificing the integrity of the data - thus maintaining its usability in multiple environments. In addition, defining typographic design and page layout from within a single, distinct block of code - without having to resort to image maps, tags, tables, and spacer GIFs - allows for faster downloads, streamlined site maintenance, and instantaneous global control of design attributes across multiple pages.
Webmonkey (2000). Design>Web Design>CSS
