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How to Work with a Designer

How to (and not to) Work with a Designer
This is an excellent article about what you should and should not do and/or expect when working with a web designer.
I especially agree with #6: Make sure your message and content are clear.
As a web designer, it is very difficult to come up with a truly unique […]

“10 Quick Tips for an Easier CSS Life”

I just ran across this article today and thought it was full of good information. Check it out!
10 Quick Tips for an Easier CSS Life

Keep it simple
Don’t use hacks unless it’s a known and documented bug. (I would expand and say don’t use hacks at all. It’s better to use conditional comments)
Take […]

Got Stripes?

If not, check out the Stripe Generator . This is an ajax application that helps you create striped backgrounds on the fly. You can choose colors, directions of the stripes, size of stripes, backgrounds, etc. Then you download your creation for free to use on your website. I love it!
Does […]

Free Icons

Wikimedia has some great, free icons available for use.

Tables or Divs?

Have you ever looked at the source code of a website which uses tables for designing the layout? If so, you’ve seen numerous <tr><td></td></tr> tags. They can get pretty darn confusing and they make updating a website (for a hand coder like me) a nightmare! Tables are okay to use when appropriate - […]