Posted by Mimic on 08/24/05 21:07

PerfectReign wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Aug 2005 21:07:11 -0500, Noodles Jefferson pretented somebody
> gave a rat's ass and spewed forth:
>
>
>>In article <pan.2005.08.24.01.49.28.559351@127.0.0.1>, PerfectReign
>>(root@127.0.0.1) dropped a +5 bundle of words...
>>
>>
>>>On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 00:19:25 +0100, Mimic pretented somebody gave a rat's
>>>ass and spewed forth:
>>>
>>>
>>>>A List Apart have just released their redesign.(like within the last 8
>>>>hours :P)
>>>>Given the amount of webdesign talk around here, I think alot of people
>>>>could do with looking at it.
>>>>
>>>>Looks GREAT, 100% valid code and xbrowser compatible. Take heed.
>>>>
>>>>www.alistapart.com
>>>
>>>Very cool, dude. I passed this along to some of my co-workers, as we've
>>>been trying to get pure CSS-compatible code done, where we even exclude
>>>the use of tables as in this site.
>>>
>>>Unfortunately, a few of my developers - when I gave them this link - asked
>>>if it could be done in Front Page.
>>>
>>>sigh...
>>>
>>
>>I have to admit, that's a pretty incredible layout. I don't think I've
>>seen anything like it. That No. 201 picture's freaking me out. You
>>can't make an underline do that, it has to be a rollover effect but I
>>can't a link to a js file, no script tags, no nothing. SO HOW IN THE
>>HELL IS HE DOING IT? The underlining for the headers too. That big one
>>where only the ends are highlighted. How the hell's dude doing that
>>too? The layout's just incredible. I'd like to pull some nifty ass
>>tricks like that.
>>
>>I see but I cannot believe. Like I said, I don't think I've seen
>>anything like it. Goddamn.
>
>
> This is just standard CSS layout. I saw an article on it awhile back (and
> even may have posted it here) but haven't done squat about it. One of our
> new web pages for the county is in QA right now with a flash header and an
> entirely CSS layout. I thought it looked pretty cool. (I wasn't involved
> - too busy working on my projects.)
>
> I first used this on a site I did for the group The Church, using a design
> from Blue Robot (http://bluerobot.com/web/layouts/layout1.html). You can
> see the (not functional) site here:
> http://www.perfectreign.com/carnivore/index.html
>
> I should make an effort to get it working, I suppose. I was having fun
> getting classes working in PHP and making everything completely n-tier
> structured. But, that was in 2002, before the second child showed up and
> my life went berzerk. :)
>
>
>

Exactly! perhaps people will now start to see the actual point - you can
create stylish, visually appealing sites without the need of excessive
technologies and widgets. Furthermore, creating accesible and usable
sites doesnt mean they have to be bland and uncreative. :)

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