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Lorem Ipsum Text
By Aashni on March 4th, 2011. Filed under CSS/HTML, Web HelpYou have probably seen around many sites that offer premade layouts, the same generic “Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet” text. You’re also probably wandering what on earth it is. Well, Lorem Ipsum Text (as I call it) is commonly used as dummy or placeholder text. It began in the 1500′s, when a printer needed some [...]
Using CSS to Implement Custom Fonts
By Aashni on March 2nd, 2011. Filed under CSS/HTML, Web HelpWith CSS3, we are now able to easily use custom fonts in a website without having to use flash, or images. Unfortunately CSS3 isn’t supported in all browsers yet, which means that some visitors won’t be able to see your custom font. Browser Compatibility Here is a list of browsers that, when tested, support CSS3, [...]
Removing Blue Border From Around Images
By Aashni on December 26th, 2010. Filed under CSS/HTML, Web HelpWhen using an image as a link, you sometimes find that there is a blue border around the image. This code produces the type of image link shown below. <a href=”http://www.enchantmenot.info”><img src=”http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/zz190/enchantmenot/buttonContest1/88x31s.png”></a> These blue borders can mess with your layout aligning, and generally look ugly. Wouldn’t you prefer to get rid of them, so that [...]
Understanding CSS External Stylesheets
By Aashni on December 24th, 2010. Filed under CSS/HTML, Web Help, WordPressExternal stylesheets are a lot better than having your CSS code on every page for several reasons such as it saves time since there is less to edit, and it saves space. It also increases the amount of time needed for your page to load. An external styelsheet is a single page that contains all [...]
Centering Your Layout Using CSS
By Aashni on December 24th, 2010. Filed under CSS/HTML, Web Help, WordPressCentering Your Layout Using CSS Centered layouts are more attractive than layouts which are aligned to the left, or worse, to the right. The easiest way to align a layout is to use a div container, and style it with CSS tags. Many people use the position:absolute; style to center the layout, and although this [...]
Tutorial: How To Make A Theme/Layout For WordPress
By Aashni on November 13th, 2010. Filed under CSS/HTML, Featured Post, Free, Tech Help, Web Help, Websites, WordPressHere is a tutorial showing you how to make a layout that is WordPress friendly. Create a new folder with the name of your layout. For this example, I’m making a “Heart Broken” layout with Blair Waldorf from Gossip Girls. I’m calling my file “hbb” – “heart broken blair”. You can call your file anything [...]
3 Ways to Redirect a Page
By Aashni on August 3rd, 2010. Filed under CSS/HTML, JavaScript, PHP, Web HelpHere are some nifty little codes that will let you redirect a visitor from the page they are on to a new page. There are three versions to this code; an HTML, a PHP and a Javascript version. The HTML Version <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; URL=URLHERE"> </head> <body> </body> </html> The HTML version is [...]
Random Image and Link Generator – Good for Advertising Sites
By Aashni on July 29th, 2010. Filed under CSS/HTML, Web HelpThe following javascript code allows you to input a list of banner URL’s, and corresponding links, and will then randomly display them on your site. This is great if you want to advertise other websites on your site, but only want to show one image or site at a time. This script is broken down [...]
Creating Minimum and Maximum Heights and Widths using CSS and HTML
By Aashni on June 26th, 2010. Filed under CSS/HTML, Web HelpI just discovered the use of min-height, max-height, min-width, and max-width, and thought that I would share all these wonderful uses with you! What do they do min-height creates a minimum height for your div or content area. As you can see in the examples below, if the text stretches the box less than 100px [...]
