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Manage your space and your whitespace
The vast majority of people are often so focused on creating a great layout that the only aspects they analyze are tables, CSS, frames etc. This is great but in most cases it leads to ignoring the basics of Web Layout, which in turn translates into mistakes that could have easily been avoided. For instance use the whole space without giving the impression that you are trying to do just that. An easy way to realize that is by using relatively sized layout sections. In this way they will contract and expand to adjust the browser window. Read the rest of this entry »

What is color? Well according to W3C the definition is quite simple actually. In the W3C perspective a CSS color is one of two things: a number or a keyword. In reality an artist for instance doesn’t create a painting by simply writing on the canvass the numbers or the keywords corresponding to the colors he pictured in his head. The same applies to Web designers. Read the rest of this entry »