Tag Archives: CSS

HTML5 compatibility

09-08-2011

I’m going to make a bold prediction. Long after you and I are gone, HTML will still be around. Not just in billions of archived pages from our era, but as a living, breathing entity. Too much effort, energy, and investment has gone into developing the web’s tools, protocols, and...

Javascript’s vital role

09-08-2011

Whether or not a project can accommodate new HTML5 and CSS3 features, we still turn to JavaScript to provide users with rich and meaningful experiences, including inline form validation, error handling and live page formatting. The key difference between JavaScript and traditional HTML and CSS is that the former is...

Slim and sexy style sheets

09-08-2011

When it comes to conservative code, CSS files usually get the short end of the stick. Grabbing all of the presentation and layout information from the HTML and dumping it in the CSS has finally become a standard process for most designers. (If it isn’t yet, make it yours.) While...

Resources to help you make the most of CSS in Email

24-07-2011

With funky CSS support and coding practices from circa 1994, designing HTML emails might seem like rocket science. Thankfully, quite a bit of solid documentation exists on effective HTML email design, so below is my recommended reading list if you want to take your newsletters to the next level....

Mobile ready CSS in HTML Email

24-05-2011

HTML email has a reputation for being a particularly tough design medium. So tough, in fact, that many designers regard coding and testing even the simplest email design to be almost as bad as fixing display quirks in Internet Explorer 6, and only slightly better than a tooth extraction. So,...