Using overflow to Clear Floated Elements

If you have an element whose children are all floated, it won’t have any height to it. I’ve always just put an extra <div style=”clear: both;”> at the bottom of the container to force it to clear, but it looks like there’s been a much better way for a few years now. Alex Walker points […]

Free Icon Sets

These are some of the better free icon sets I’ve seen:

Writing Semantic (X)HTML

Jesse Skinner explains why developers should use appropriate semantic tags when marking up a page, rather than just putting everything inside a <div>. Here’s a quick reference list of what I commonly use: <div> – For large page sections, and when there isn’t a specific semantic tag <h1> … <h6>: For section header titles <p> […]

Placing an Element In Front of an Object

Here’s how to have a drop-down menu appear on top of a Flash object:

Add a z-index of 0 to the object’s containing div
Add <param name=”wmode” value=”transparent”> inside the object tag
Add wmode=”transparent” to the embed tag

via Sheriar Designs

The Good, Bad and Ugly of SEO Methods

I agree with a lot of what Derek Powazek wrote about the SEO industry in Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists. His main gist is that the good SEO techniques — like using tags that match the semantics of the content and setting up 301 redirects when pages move — should just be considered good development practices, and […]

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Monthly Archives: November 2009

Using overflow to Clear Floated Elements

Free Icon Sets

Writing Semantic (X)HTML

Placing an Element In Front of an Object

The Good, Bad and Ugly of SEO Methods