Category Archive

The following is a list of all entries from the CSS, HTML category.

Background Image on Table Rows Repeating

As per the conditions of my parole, I thought I’d write my quarterly Web-based blog post on something I found the other day. I was working on a tables(don’t cringe or vomit, they can be done properly and be used properly) and to make it look nice, there was a background image on the header. [...]


Web Directions South 2008

Having just finalised my accommodation at a pub and Web Directions Workshop, I can sit back and tilt my chair. Last year I went to Web Directions in Sydney, as a guy whose skill set is somewhat limited I was stunned by the amount of awesome presentations and the passion of the attendees.
Without getting too [...]


jQuery Slide in without Interface

Okay, my first jQuery example was very noob, and anyone that might know what they were doing(or paid more attention than I did) might have noticed there was an infinite amount of JS errors on the slide. I have no idea why. I was working on a submenu sliding in from the left. I tried [...]


My First Simple JQuery Example

Okay, I have been playing with jquery for, oh I dont know, half a day now. I barely consider myself to be of beginner status, but I thought I would post what I have done. In keeping with my video game-themed tutorials, have a look at my latest offering. It is unbelievably simple but hey, [...]


Flexible/Fluid CMS CSS Nav Menus

Okay, let’s do a hypothetical. Say your client signs off on a design and ticks the ‘gimme a cms’ box. You take a look at the design and see a rollover state and and active state that involve rounded corners. Okay, no problems yet. Then the designer says ‘oh and I made the menu plain [...]


Feigning Curved Navs Using CSS

First off, heres a little thinking music, the latest sample from Axe In The Head entitled - Bray. Now, on with the CSS.
The first time I made a curved css nav I was pretty confused(having assumed it was going to be done in flash). Not really knowing how to go about doing it, I [...]


Site Redesign - Starting about as well as my VTR

This may come to some people as a bit of a shock, but, I don’t like designing. I’ll just let you comprehend that for a moment…


Okay, now I know everyone is thinking ‘But Al, you always wear such a stylish array of black cargo pants, band t-shirts and head paraphenalia, how can you not like [...]


The Al Stoiche Website Redesign and Variety Hour - First Thoughts

Its about that time again where I go on a frequent blogging….. fit…. of sorts. I have decided to redo the design and layout for this blog and I thought I would post here on each phase in the development. I think I have learned a bit more than when I had done the first [...]


CSS Rollover and Popup Using Examples

I was pointed towards this site a few weeks ago in an effort to figure out a way to do the menu on this site. I think the end result worked out well, so I thought I would show how it works(in case you didn’t want to read the first link).
First of all, credit where [...]


Crop THIS

Recently I have been trying to sort out a menu that uses PNG images for the background. The image needed to have small transparent areas so it was either a PNG or a GIF. After bantering with the MadPilot on completely unrelated topics, we got to the PNG vs GIF debate. I have always avoided [...]