Even if standards are set up browser don’t use the same standards style. For example the margin-bottom on a paragraph in IE hasn’t the same amount of pixel than in Firefox.

So to start on a fresh base we use CSS reset. Take off evrything and rebuild all the style you need. A comon technique is using the * selector:
*
{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
This is very simple and reset pretty much everything that is set up originaly in the browser. Now if you want to get a more efficient and selective reset theire is some out there that can help you.

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Content is determinant for the performance of your website in search engine. It really helps to have a fresh content, talking about the subject you want to rank for. For more optimization here is a little trick you can use to place your content to be read first by spiders, after any menu or sidebar. This technique use the CSS absolute position property. (more…)

The king illustration I could watch for hours. The new version of the map, still in beta version, is based on the same concept as the previous ones. (more…)

Yes it’s there! The gallery of valid sites is now up and running. It has been a long work but the result worth it. You can now browse a selection of w3c valid website ordered in categories. Each entry comes up with a little description, the doctype of the website and a large thumbnail. Feel free to submit your own entries througth the form Submit Entry.

Submission are checked before going live so you wont see it straight away but don’t worry, it will comes. If it is valid anyway…

Who has never used Lorem Ipsum before? So good when you need some content to see how your layout behave with text, when is it too much for the container etc…

There is a good number of text generator on the web but I particularly like one called Dummy Text Generato.

Very simple and clear, choose how many paragraph you want, what kind of text you want, option to display <p> tag and much more.

Very web 2.0 the site is easy to use, with a fresh design and guess what, valid xhtml 1.0 Strict. All in all a very good site, to be kept in your web design favourite tools.

Adobe has released recently a online version of Photoshop called Photoshop Express. Basicly it is a simple version of the photoshop you use on your computer.

It is not the first photo-editing sofware available on-line but considering the background of the creator we can expect some good result.

Registration is free and comes up with 2GB of online storage for your creations. The first page is pretty impressive by the quality of the flash.

Check it out at https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html