Cross Browser Minimum Height (CSS)

A issue in my coding life is dealing with IE6 and making things work in it and Firefox (among other browsers). One thing I’ve learned to deal with successfully is putting minimum heights on DIVs. Some people may put a “spacer” image or DIV inside the parent DIV to stretch it out. The problem with that, is sometimes it can be buggy.

Here’s my solution:

#div_name {
    min-height:500px;
    height:auto !important;
    height:500px;
}

Firefox will go off of the min-height property, however, IE will ignore that and will render the element according to the height property.… read more

So, what do you create websites in?

Something I get asked a lot is what I create websites in. Some people come to me for advice for which editor I think is the best or to boast about their personal favorites. Among the many editors I’ve heard mentioned have been Dreamweaver, Front Page / Expression Web, and Notepad.

See, I have a problem with each one of those choices. Well, actually I have a few problems with those options. First of all, if I’m on a guest computer and I notice something I need to change on one of my websites, I’m a 200-300mb trial away from… read more

Making Your Site Mobile Friendly

Making your site friendly for all the mobile devices out there, is often over looked, but with the rise in the use of mobile devices maybe it’s something you consider.

Everyday we use our mobiles more and more. If we have mobile internet, the world is at our finger tips as we can quickly find directions, phone numbers, and much more. So creating a stylesheet to make it easier for mobile users could be very good for you. The best part, is we can do this pretty much effortlessly.

Now, I’m assuming that you have a properly coded XHTML layout.… read more