Tag: HTML
The most underrated language on the web. Markup that loads fast, degrades gracefully, and does far more than people give it credit for.
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2012
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A classless class — on using more classes in your HTML -
The single responsibility principle applied to CSS -
My HTML/CSS coding style
2011
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On HTML and CSS best practices -
Create a notched current-state nav -
Build-along #1, reflection and reasoning -
CSS Wizardry build-along #1 -
Sam Penrose Design — process and write-up -
The CSS Wizardry build-along is go! -
Build-along (testing the water) -
Ordered and numbered lists; the differences -
Two titillating table tips -
More logo markup tips -
Namespacing fragment identifiers -
Styling alt text on images -
Annotated <figure>s in HTML5 and CSS -
On negative hovers -
Coding up a semantic, lean timeline -
Creating a pure CSS dropdown menu -
Pure CSS(3) accordion -
CSS powered ribbons the clean way -
Using the <body> element as a wrapper -
HTML(5) and text-level semantics -
Maximising hit-area for usability -
HTML elements, tags and attributes -
The real HTML5 boilerplate
2010
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Mark up a semantic, accessible, progressively enhanced, mobile optimised progress bar (bonus: style the numbers in an ordered list!) -
Your logo is an image, not an <h1> -
Designing in the browser leads to better quality builds -
In response to ‘Invisible captcha to prevent form spam’ -
Zebra-striping rows and columns -
Semantics and sensibility -
Building sites without using IDs or classes -
Multiple column lists using one <ul> -
A reconsideration — in defence of <b> and <i> (or: people fear what they don’t understand) -
A suitable alternative — on proper use of alt attributes
