Category: CSS

  • Improvements to eNews Park Forest

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    Gary K
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    One of my most important projects is eNews Park Forest, a news site for the Park Forest, IL, area. I use PHPList to send announcements of new issues and breaking stories. Today I simply want to showcase the email sign-up page, located here, which is the newly styled sign-up page for the site. One can…

  • Introducing State Rep. Al Riley’s Legislative Web Site

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    Gary K
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    Park Forest, IL–(ENEWSPF)– Shire Enterprises web creations announced the release of its newest design this week, the official web site for Illinois State Rep. Al Riley, of the 38th Legislative District. The site was designed using Adobe Dreamweaver 8.2, and images prepared and edited for the web with Adobe Fireworks 8.0. The site can be…

  • Pop Menu Magic

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    Gary K
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    I made my first purchase from ProjectSeven.com: Pop Menu Magic.  I’m not disappointed with the purchase.  While I enjoy creating my own menus, like the simple CSS menu I employed at Kopycinski.net — a site very much still in development — Project Seven does have some very nice products. They’re a bit on the pricey…

  • Meet the Tall Grass Artists

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    Gary K
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    Tall Grass Arts Association, an art gallery in downtown Park Forest, IL, is a very busy place. Now, Park Forest itself is an interesting town. By way of full disclosure, I do serve on the Park Forest Village Board, so I do have a bias in promoting my town. The village has struggled to bring…

  • The Switchy McLayout Technique

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    Gary K
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    This is very cool.  A List Apart has an innovative article on a technique that allows one web design to suffice for a number of screen resolutions.  The technique allows for a truly liquid layout.  The page changes on the fly as the resolution of the browser changes. It’s not all CSS.  The Switchy McLayout…

  • Relative vs. Absolute Positioning

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    Gary K
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    Designers have many more options today for doing layout than the early days of web design when tables ruled.  The terminology can seem rather confusing.  On the surface, absolute positioning may seem like the ideal.  Just tell the layout where to live on the browser window.  Everything can be measured right down to the last…