CSS!

[Threeboy]

I had a quick coding job where I had to just use CSS and strict HTML - and here she be:

http://www.threeboy.com/syndicate/

was tedium and took hours more than I originally thought it would - but I learned a tonne.

Note: I did not do any graphics, just the coding!

[Jamblo]

Whilst I tend to not get involved with STRICTness, I am pretty confident in CSS these days. It is very powerful, and there's a lot of work around to get what you want.

You still have to fake 100% heights with a repeated body background, which isn't always ideal, though. Being able to affix something to the foot of your page (without using grotty absolute positioning) would be a very welcome development.

[Threeboy]

all the browsers render sizes, margins and paddings slightly different - that stuff is so annoying...

[Jamblo]

Ah ha, yes, but after a time that becomes a good thing because by specifying everything and therefore leaving nothing to chance, you know that your layout will work in every browswer.

My biggest, simplest tip:

after you've specified body in your css file, add this as your next line:

body, div { margin: 0; padding: 0; }

A very simple piece of code that will ensure all divs have the same margin/padding, unless you specify otherwise.

Also, for content, don't stick a padding on your div, just get mucky and embed a new div without a specified width, but with the padding of your dreams, and nothing will try to bust out!

[Ooka]

Well, I was wondering if anyone had a link to all of the Hex color numbers. I can't seem to find a good one so if anyone could help, it would be appreciated.

[Threeboy]

The photoshop color selector displays hex codes for you.

[Devil]

The photoshop color selector displays hex codes for you.
Like someone would buy photoshop only for the hex codes it provides. (y)

[Jamblo]

No, but they could download the trial.

[jacky1982]

Thanks! That's great!

[Threeboy]

*
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

That works too for clearing padding & spacing of everything.

[Threeboy]

Learned a sheet-tonne about CSS working on vblog.