Onyx Design Weblog

What do ancient philosophers learn us about blogging?

Fabian — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:58:00 +0000

Ancient philosophers like Socrates, Plato and Aristotle are still considered as one of the most brilliant men ever. Their range of ideas are still accepted by a lot of people and they are the founders of the modern philosophy. But what can a blogger learn from them? 7 examples of pure wisdom. (more…)

CSS Diseases: Divitis & Classitis

Fabian — Wed, 28 May 2008 13:00:54 +0000

Are you one of the CSS coders that use

-tags for anything and add classes to every element? Learn why it’s wrong to do that and how you can cure your CSS disease.

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CSS coding for cross browser compatibility

Fabian — Mon, 12 May 2008 10:11:06 +0000

Cross browser compatibility can be hard to achieve, but if you follow a few guidelines, you can make your CSS cross browser compatible a lot easier. Reset your CSS, use supported techniques and don’t forget to validate. (more…)

Back from a break

Fabian — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:48:57 +0000

You might wonder why I haven’t posted any post for almost a month. Well, I wasn’t there. I arrived at home today from a vacation in Italy. It was a great experience. I’ve made a lot of photographs too. I’m quite busy this week cathing up but I’ll write a good article or a tutorial this week. Stay tuned! (more…)

12 Articles and Tools for CSS structuring and optimising

Fabian — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:01:56 +0000

Optimising and structuring your CSS file is important, especially when you have a large stylesheet. Optimising and structuring your site makes your stylesheet more readable, which makes it easier to update. It can also make your CSS file smaller in size, so your page will load quicker. A list of great tools and articles to optimise and structure your CSS. (more…)

Nice Drop caps with CSS

Fabian — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:50:46 +0000

There are a lot of websites using a extra -tag for the drop cap. But using the :first-letter pseudo-element, you can easily create nice drop caps with CSS. :first-letter will - how surprising - target the first letter of an element. This pseudo element is included in CSS 1, so the browser support is very good. It’s supported by IE5+, Let’s design some nice drop caps with CSS. (more…)

How to make RSS icons in every colour with just one image

Fabian — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 10:25:28 +0000

In this article, I will explain to you how you can make a RSS in every colour using just one image. The trick is a div with a partially transparent icon and the background color you like. (more…)

Make your site cross browser compatible in 5 steps

Fabian — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 17:56:17 +0000

Making your site cross browser compatible is not easy, but with this tutorial you can make your site cross browser compatible in 5 simple steps.

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2 effective Gmail tutorials

Fabian — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 08:34:04 +0000

One of the best things of Gmail is the simplicity, but you can do a lot more with Gmail than most people know. In this article, I will talk about mail aliases, filters, labels and advanced search. (more…)

Vintage Effect

Fabian — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:50:32 +0000

I did a tutorial on Veerle’s blog, about the vintage effect with a few pictures from sxc.hu and these are my outcomes. I have made some more but I like these best. I think this effect works best on landscape photos. Do you like this outcome? Please share your thoughts.

(Click on the images for a larger view.)

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