making sense of web design
Archive for February, 2005
Why tables for layout is stupid: problems defined, solutions offered
Feb 27th
Why tables for layout is stupid: problems defined, solutions offered
CSS Design: Taming Lists: A List Apart
Feb 27th
Another great article, this one on creating CSS Menus, very nice!
CSS Design: Taming Lists: A List Apart
UPDATE***
I found the examples in the above article hard to work with, so I have another for CSS Lists, Pure CSS Tabs.
UPDATE***
Found another great css menu.
UPDATE*** 03/29/05
Found another example of CSS Tabs, this one is nice and is browser More >
Colour Contrast Check
Feb 27th
Here is a cool tool that will make sure the colors you are using for your site has good contrast.
Colour Contrast Check
This will keep your text nice and crisp instead of getting the blurry edges.
Optimizing MySQL: Queries and Indexes
Feb 27th
Found a good article that helps explain how to use MySQL Indexes in your database tables. Databases are great, but if they are large and you do not have your-indexes-in-a-row they can slow down to a crawl. Have not had any problems with the HHR db, but this should help speed it up More >
Auto MySQL Backup Script
Feb 25th
Here is an automatic MySQL backup tool that will email the backup to you, ftp it somewhere or just drop it to a directory. Pretty cool. Easy to setup with a CronJob.
AutoMySQLBackup Cron Job Script
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