How To Make a CSS Sprite Rollover List Part 2
I know there have been many people anxiously waiting for Part 2 of How To Make a CSS Sprite Rollover List . Didn't read part 1 yet? Well before you learn how to make a CSS Sprite, why don't you head over to part 1 and learn Why Use CSS Sprites . View the working DEMO Now let's get to work. Follow these easy three instructions on producing a cross browser compatible list with a CSS sprite and rollover functionality! 1 Create your image First thing is first. Go ahead and create your CSS sprite ima...
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Jonathan Crowe
10/20/2009 12:00:00 AM
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Why Use CSS Sprites Part 1
You’ve heard the term bouncing around the Internet, but still not sure what, why, or how to use CSS Sprites. I’m here to enlighten you on this neat little feature that is sure to help speed up your site. This is part 1 of a 2 part series blog. Part 2 will entail How To Use CSS Sprites. Why would I want to use a CSS sprite? CSS sprites reduce the total number of http requests, can reduce the total size of the images, and increase your pages load time. For example, if you build an unor...
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Jonathan Crowe
9/10/2009 4:07:00 PM
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Internet Explorer 8 and Web Standards
Internet Explorer 8 is out of beta and the final version is available! It actually became available today at noon ET. On the IEBlog , they state that IE8 will comply more with web standards. Internet Explorer’s development team actually worked closely with the Web Standards Project . Which is huge for web developers, because many web developers have to use CSS hacks or javascript to get around the IE browser bugs. Microsoft could be moving in the right direction by adding a new optional mo...
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Jonathan Crowe
3/19/2009 12:35:00 PM
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Website Asset Rather Than Expense
There seems to be a misconception by many businesses that a website is an expense. Of course this is true to the extent that a properly built and marketed website costs a decent amount of money, but so does a new building to facilitate your employees and day to day business. If we want to make a further analogy, the land the building sits on is also an asset. A website sits on a domain or URL or URI rather than land. There are expense associated with buildings; electricity, taxes, water, upkeep....
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James
3/15/2007 1:47:00 PM
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