Archive for the 'CSS' Category

FREE Course: CSS Level 1 Week 9

Monday, November 12th, 2007

It’s been a couple of months since Week 8 of the FREE CSS Course went online, and according to Westciv they got a bit waylaid with another venture. However, Week 9 of the FREE CSS Course has finally been posted on the Westciv web standards software and learning web site!
If you need a refresher, Week […]

FREE Course: CSS Level 1 Week 8

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

It’s been 4 weeks since Week 7 first went online, and to be honest I’m not sure what the delay was, but at last Week 8 of the FREE CSS Course has just been posted on the Westciv web standards software and learning web site.
Week 7 is also still available if you’re struggling to […]

FREE Course: CSS Level 1 Week 7

Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

Week 7 of the FREE CSS Course has just been posted on the Westciv web standards software and learning web site.
Week 6 is also still available if you’re struggling to keep up!
If you’d rather move ahead at your own pace instead of following online, all Westciv courses are also available for purchase at very […]

FREE Course: CSS Level 1 Week 6

Tuesday, July 24th, 2007

Week 6 of the FREE CSS Course has just been posted on the Westciv web standards software and learning web site.
Week 5 is also still available if you’re struggling to keep up!
If you’d rather move ahead at your own pace instead of following online, all Westciv courses are also available for purchase at very […]

FREE Course: CSS Level 1 Week 5

Monday, July 16th, 2007

Week 5 of the FREE CSS Course has just been posted on the Westciv web standards software and learning web site.
Week 4 is also still available if you’re struggling to keep up as I was last week.
If you’d rather move ahead at your own pace instead of following online, all Westciv courses are also […]

Reminder: FREE HTML and XHTML for CSS Course

Friday, July 13th, 2007

Just a quick reminder that Weeks 3 and 4 of the FREE CSS Course are currently posted on the Western Civilisation web site. Hopefully you didn’t miss the first two weeks (like me), but if you did, it’s fairly easy to jump right in and quickly catch up. Just download the course materials, follow the […]

FREE HTML and XHTML for CSS Course

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

Westciv, the excellent web standards software and learning site, are currently offering a free course: HTML and XHTML for CSS. Week 1 has been posted, so you’d better hurry if you don’t want to miss anything.
About the free course: “In CSS Level 1 we cover the key theoretical and practical aspects of CSS, so that […]

Yahoo! Music Free & Legal Lyrics Search

Friday, May 25th, 2007

I really like music, but can never understand what the singer or the band is saying. To make matters worse, I seem to be the only one in my household that suffers with this affliction. Luckily for me, Yahoo! has just launched an all new Lyrics Search feature as part of their Yahoo! Music offering. […]

CSS iPod Guide: brought to you by Western Civilisation

Friday, May 18th, 2007

The Style Master CSS podGuide is an iPod ready edition of WESTCIV’s renowned Complete CSS Guide. Featuring a handy overview of CSS concepts, and in-depth information for every selector, property and @rule of CSS 2.1, the CSS podGuide is a must have for any web developer with an iPod, and just one more reason to […]

Simple CSS Vertical Navigation using a list

Friday, November 10th, 2006

Haven’t posted much on web design or CSS for a while, so I thought I’d jot down something that (a) readers will find useful and (b) something I can refer to in the future. A nice way to create a navigation piece in a web page is to use the good old HTML list tag. […]