Sunday, 17 June 2007

Lightbox Image Viewer

Lightbox is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It's a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.

http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox/

http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/

Other alternatives

http://www.blinklist.com/tag/lightbox/

Friday, 15 June 2007

Webdesign from Scratch

Great site for everything web design, from logos to usability, html and css:

http://www.webdesignfromscratch.com/

Some new resources

Smashing magazine:

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/

Top resource tips:

http://www.snap2objects.com/2007/06/06/85-killer-resources-every-designer-should-know

Wednesday, 13 June 2007

Template Sites

Good source for templates

http://www.templatetouch.co.uk/
http://www.templatemonster.com/

dwt body tag edit

Use this method to change the body tag for good css use:

Select the id="whatever" in the body tag, then go to Modify Menu -> templates -> Make Attribute editable.

In the dialog box, make sure id is the selected attribute, check the checkbox to make it editable, and fill in whatever other information is needed.

then on your child pages, choose Modify -> template properties, and you get a box that lets you enter some other value for the id attribute.

Friday, 1 June 2007

External links in css

Use the following code to indicate the difference between an external link and an internal link:

*Does not work in Internet Explorer 6 (I think) One for the future!

a[href^="http:"]{
selectors
}

a[href^="http:"]:visited{
selectors
}

a[href^="http:"]:hover{
selectors
}

a[href^="http:"]:active{
selectors
}

It can also be used for mailto:

a[href^="mailto:"]{
}

Best Web Gallery

Good resource for the best sites out there:

http://bestwebgallery.com/