Posted on September 10, 2011 by Web Designers Journal
Image Sprites
An image sprite is a collection of images put into a single image.
A web page with many images can take a long time to load and generates multiple server requests.
Using image sprites will reduce the number of server requests and save bandwidth.
Image Sprites – Simple Example
Instead of using three separate images, we use this single image (“img_navsprites.gif”):
With CSS, we can show just the part of the image we need.
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Posted on June 27, 2011 by Web Designers Journal
Everyone is excited about the possibilities of HTML 5, but there’s a lot to learn and absorb as well. With that in mind, we’ve compiled a list of articles to get you started! Yes, You Can Use HTML 5 Today! – A great beginning overview of HTML 5 Wikipedia: HTML 5 – A basic overview [...]
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Posted on June 18, 2011 by Web Designers Journal
Navigation Bars Having easy-to-use navigation is important for any web site. With CSS you can transform boring HTML menus into good-looking navigation bars. Navigation Bar = List of Links A navigation bar needs standard HTML as a base. In our examples we will build the navigation bar from a standard HTML list. A navigation bar [...]
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