Category Archives: Articles

Buckets of Inspiration – New Dribbble Feature for Design Inspiration Collectors

May
21

No Comments - LEAVE A COMMENT

Yesterday, Dribbble announced a new feature addition to it’s already awesome service called “buckets“. If you haven’t heard,�Dribbble allows designers to connect with their peers by following each other’s “shots” – 400×300 pixel crops of current work.

Dribbble is show and tell for creatives. Designers, developers and other creatives share�shots�small screenshots of the designs and applications they are working on.

The latest feature, buckets, allows Dribbble members to arrange any shots into a collection, however they choose.

WordPress.com Drops Support for IE6

May
19

No Comments - LEAVE A COMMENT

Well, it’s about time isn’t it!

WordPress.com has announced that it is dropping support for IE6 due to the fact that “It has required increasingly complex code trickery to make the WordPress dashboard work in the IE6 browser, which was introduced 10 years ago and does not support current web standards”.

How to Drive from New York to China… according to Google :D

Oct
24

3 Comments - LEAVE A COMMENT

Ever wondered how long it would take you to drive from New York to China? Just ask google maps! Interesting bits are highlighted in the image with yellow.

I edited the image for size. :D

So, just in case you wanted to know, it will take 38 days and 17 hours in total to “drive” to China, from New York, NY. The total miles traveled: 12,207. Oh and you will have to kayak twice across the Pacific Ocean for a total of 6,636 miles (34 days and 5 hours) and jet ski for a total of 486 miles (13 hours and 2 minutes). You better be in tip-top shape.

I tried this with other countries (Ireland, Australia, Puerto Rico England, Russia, Mongolia, France, Greenland, Iceland, etc), but Google says it cannot find directions for those. The only other country I was able to make it work for was Japan, and the directions were similar. The walking directions are amusing as well.

Anyone else find anything like this?

How do you code?

Feb
23

13 Comments - LEAVE A COMMENT

When you work on a new web design project and have entered the stage for coding, how do you go about it?

Do you start with the HTML and write the whole HTML page first, then code your CSS then troubleshoot?
Do you write all of your CSS first, then the HTML markup, then troubleshoot?
Or, do you write chunks of HTML first, add in the styles, troubleshoot/test, repeat?

Personally, I have done it just about all three ways – but my most often used method is the 3rd. I start from the top and work down to the bottom from left to right. I will start and code the entire header of a site in HTML first – then write my styles. Check in firefox, and repeat. Then, after the whole page is completed I check in all browsers to trouble shoot compatability issues – which are usually minimal and related to IE6 only – go figure!

So, how about you?

Loading ...

VOTE: I Want Your Opinions

Aug
21

10 Comments - LEAVE A COMMENT

In the beginning of 2006 I launched CSSgirl. I moved all the content from my old site (triplelproductions.com) and started CSSgirl Designs with a brand new design. Over time I’ve changed the design a bit, adding and removing sections, images and content.

Since last summer I’ve been planning a redesign, but I just can’t settle on one that I am happy with. So, I would like to have some feedback from the people who visit my site- who see it regularly!

I have four designs that I’ve created that I am deciding between. View them and let me know your opinions – good or bad! Two have already been coded, two are just image mockups:

1. Watermelon:

(HTML Mockup)

2. Super Serious Dark:

(Graphical Mockup)

3. Dark Rainbow:

(HTML Mockup – semi- complete)

4. Whiteboard:

(Graphical Mockup)

Vote for your favorite:

(PS: If you vote for “something else entirely”, let me know WHY. otherwise I’m going to remove that choice because I won’t know which direction people are looking for! Your comments won’t hurt my feelings, I promise!)

Loading ...

Voting ends September 1st, 2008.

The three designs I do not choose will be converted into free WordPress themes (and Movable Type too, if I find the time!) :)

Please leave comments with suggestions, criticisms, etc!