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Sliding Faux Columns For All...

... Er, maybe? Yes, it's me again with another dodgy looking layout. But this time I've been able to test it on every browser at my disposal, and it works! Ok, there was one browser that it didn't work so well in, but that's just because I couldn't get the mutha to work in min-width. Otherwise, all is looking kinda okay, ok! [:))] Unlike a fixed 3-column faux layout, I had to use 2 ...

how do i insert PDF file on my site using Dreamweaver

please could anybody advice me on how i insert a PDF file on my site i have a brochure from a customers site thanks in advance

CSS Browser Selector

I've just come across a javascript equivalent of a conditional comment that can be used for all browsers and operating systems..? [b]Info[/b] http://rafael.adm.br/css_browser_selector/ [b]Javascript[/b] http://github.com/rafaelp/css_browser_selector/tree/master/css_browser_selector.js Once you've got an idea how this work, simply copy that javascript, target it, and select an alternative ...

Slideshow transitions that look like iPhone gallery

I am trying to create a slideshow that uses transitions like the iPhone does for it's photo galleries. Another example of a website where I actually saw it is: http://indigolodges.com/en/summer/p_...ap-martin.html Click photo gallery Does anyone either know the name of transition this is? Or, do you know of a premade downloadable template?? Thank you!

Turn IE6 into IE7..?

Apparently, there is a javascript that will turn the non-compliant and busted IE6 into IE7 & IE8. Eh? Adding this conditional comment is supposed to fix IE6, and for it to behave more like IE7... ...

How Do I Improve The Sales Performance Of My Web Site?

I need help in improving the "selling" aspect of my web site: -----. I get traffic to the site, but the purchasing ratios are low. What can I do to improve the sales ability of the site? E-mail---@cox.net or call me (555) 555-5555 with any ideas and costs. Skip H.

Sliding Faux Columns & Other Sticky Issues

Hi everyone [:)] Well, I've been working at this thing all freeping day. I really wanted to just do a Dan Cederholm sliding faux 3-Column do-dah. First of all I wanted to try and understand it. So, anyway, I now know how to do that old sly, slider... http://www.macrankin.co.uk/web_projects/layouts/grail_hunting/dc_01a.html What I really wanted to do, was to stick on a footer ...

One Click To Open Multiple Browsers For Testing Pages

This may not be a web design tip exactly but since we should all testing in multiple browsers, I thought I would share it. Yesterday, for the umpteenth time, I opened my default brower, navigated to the directory I created on my local server for testing, opened the page I wanted to check, copied the URL, went to the folder on my Start menu where I keep the shortcuts for all the browsers I use ...

CSS 2 color background

I've seen this requested a few times. How can someone have 2 background colors split down the middle. The technique here is to use z-index to create a layer of backgrounds then make a new writing canvas as a top z-index onto which you build the actual web page. Here is the code:

my web templet

i am unable to work with my templet

Creating Favicons

[b]Creating Favicons[/b] First, use a graphics program to create a 16x16 pixel image. Save it as a PNG image and name it [color=darkblue]favicon.png[/color]. Download [url=http://www.winterdrache.de/freeware/png2ico/]png2ico[/url] (PC only) and extract to a convenient place. Create a new text file in the same folder as png2ico and insert the following: [color=darkred]png2ico ...

Favicon

I've created a 16 x 16 favicon on my root directory at www.flexiparts.com but it doesn't appear in the browser window when I go to my website. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. The image is at (www.flexiparts.com/favicon.ico) - so you can verify its there.

Cache Issues (changes not appearing)

[b]Problem:[/b] When you make changes to a site and refresh, the changes may not be seen. This is due to the default setting of browsers to pull pages from the Cache they downloaded to on your Hard drive, this is to speed up showing the site. The issue here is that it does not update new changes to the site every time, so although as a user this may be OK, as a designer we need it loaded every ...

Does anyone know if there is a fix for animated gif's not working in IE8?

As you probably already know IE8 Beta will not display animated gif's properly, no animation...is there a fix for this yet? [:(] And this is kind of a bummer, IE8 no longer supports this meta tag: I like to use this simple effect sometimes, can't anymore... [:(] But it still works with ie6 and ...