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I’ve had quite a few questions regarding the tooltip on my side navigation so I figured I would write a tutorial on it. The tooltip used on my blog was actually from www.jQueryForDesigners.com, but I decided to write my own with some simple jQuery.

I recently had a chance to write a tutorial/article for DesignM.ag, which is run by freelance blogger and designer Steven Snell. Being a dedicated reader to DesignM.ag, it was an honor that I was able to contribute to his site.

This is an annoying bug that frequently pays us a visit when trying to align a combination of center aligned backgrounds. If you pay close attention, you will catch these bugs on a number of sites, but for those who don’t know what I’m talking about let’s take a look at the issue.

Does your style sheet ever feel bloated and overweight? If you notice some love handles growing on your style sheets, it may be time to stop and give it a good make over. Learn the following steps and your style sheet will be in shape in no time.

I’ve been asked a few times by readers on how to create fluid backgrounds while maintaining a fixed width. When I was just getting my feet wet with CSS layouts, I too was a bit stumped by this situation as well. It’s really not that complicated as it seems, let’s look into it now.

Over the past few years, the debate over using a liquid vs. fixed layout has heated up. But as we move forward with standard screen resolutions growing larger and larger, the truly important question would seem to be: what will become the new standard, and when?

Although there are many useful plug-ins out there that dress up code snippets, I would like to share a technique playing with the background of the <pre> and <code> tag with CSS.