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22: Generic containers—the div and span elements
By Mark Norman Francis · Friday, September 26, 2008 11
Sometimes you'll come across a grouping of content that doesn't have an existing HTML 4 element (or elements) that will suit it exactly. Typical archetypes include page headers, footers, and navigation menus. In these cases, you can wrap the content in a
or element, and give it a class or id attribute. This will group it together and provide a hook to manipulate the content as a single entity using JavaScript or CSS at a later date. These generic elements are the subject of this article.Read more… -
Opera Presto 2.1 - Web standards supported by Opera’s core
By Bruce Lawson · Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4
This article details the standards support provided by the Opera Presto 2.1 rendering engine. Read more…
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Opera Binary Markup Language
By Chris Mills · Wednesday, September 10, 2008 22
In this article Chris Mills gives the lowdown on OBML, the one of the main technologies behind Opera Mini, which is also available in the Opera Devices SDK 9.6. Read more…
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Opera Devices SDK 9.6 developer documentation
By David Storey · Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4
The Opera Devices SDK 9.6 is now available, allowing device manufacturers to build custom browser solutions for any devices they wish on top of Opera core technologies. In this article, David Storey explores what features are available in the new SDK. Read more…
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Zebra striping tables with CSS3
By Christopher Schmitt · Thursday, August 28, 2008 3
In this article Christopher Schmitt gives a succinct overview of how to use the nth-child CSS3 property to easily create zebra-striped HTML tables. Read more…
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CSS3 attribute selectors
By Christopher Schmitt · Thursday, August 21, 2008 4
In this article, Christopher Schmitt carries on his detailed exploration of what CSS3 has to offer us, looking at CSS3 attribute selectors that allow us to write selectors matching strings of text inside attribute values. Read more…
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CSS and opacity: methods for creating translucent elements
By Christopher Schmitt · Friday, August 15, 2008 3
Christopher Schmitt has been playing with the CSS opacity property a lot lately, and loves what he can do with it. In this article, he shares his findings with the world. Read more…
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Grid design basics: Grids for Web page layouts
By CraigGrannell · Friday, August 15, 2008 3
In this article, Craig Grannell builds on his previous article to take us through the basics of actually laying out pages on a grid. It is packed with essential tips. Read more…