Quick Coding Tips: IE6 max-width

How to use the max-width CSS attribute in IE6. Read More

Quick Coding Tips: Rounded corners

CSS for cross browser rounded corners, with the exception of IE8 and below. Read More

Quick Coding Tips: Remove the scroll bar from a textarea in IE

To remove the scroll bar which IE automatically places in a textarea, you add the following to your CSS… Read More

How to get Dreamweaver to give you better CSS

Dreamweaver is often criticised for creating unnecessary long handed CSS, when a user is using the in built CSS editor. For example using the default settings Dreamweaver would create the following when you want a div with a right hand … Read More

Quick coding Tips: Textarea resizing in Safari/Chrome

Ever been annoyed that a Safari/Chrome user can resize a textarea on your page causing the layout to break? A simple fix is adding “resize:none” to your CSS. For example: textarea  { resize:none; } This will prevent any WebKit based … Read More

QBS UK Ltd. goes live

This work was done sub contracted by Turton Middleton. I was approached by Turton Middleton to do the front end coding of the site (CSS and HTML) and convert it into a fully working WordPress theme. The finished website can … Read More

Quick coding tips: Minimum height in IE6

As you may be aware the CSS property min-height unfortunately doesn’t work in IE6, however if you add the following hack after the attribute: height:auto !important; height: (the min height value); You’ll be able to get it to work, an … Read More

Quick Coding tips: Source formatting

I’ve read a lot of blog posts lately from developers commenting on the messy way Adobe Dreamweaver inserts code into a build, stating its unformatted (nested elements aren’t indented) and not as clean as it would be if the page … Read More

How I deal with IE6

All web developers have to take into consideration Internet Explorer 6 at some point during a build, catering for the browser requires extra development and will therefore increase the time and money spent on a project, which can deter some. … Read More

How I use my ems

Firstly what are ems? Ems are a unit of measurement in the field of typography, equal to the point size of the current font. This unit is not defined in terms of any specific typeface, and therefore is the same … Read More