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A CSS Framework

Martin — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:42:38 +0000

I just found a nice CSS framework here. I have not thoroughly tested it out, yet, but this should be extremely useful, since every developer starts to use some kind of CSS sheet with default stuff in it, so they don’t have to reinvent the wheel each time. The Blueprint framework is a much more ambitious project though. There are many people involved, to make it as bug-free and generic as possible. So that every project, no matter how exotic the requirements are, can benefit from a fast start by using the Blueprint framework. Here are the features according to the Blueprint website:

An easily customizable grid
Sensible typography
A baseline (like the background here)
Perfected CSS reset
A stylesheet for printing
No bloat of any kind

Update: Darren has created a nice guide on how to start working with Blueprint. Check out the guide over here.

Logo Competition

Martin — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:51:26 +0000

Wanna make some money? freeCSScart has launched a Logo Competition. They want you to create an image to go with their existing freeCSScart text logo. They’re offering $300 to the winner. There are some good submissions already, but none of them are “killers”. Check out it here.

About freeCSScart: (from its website)
Imagine the ability to make a shopping-cart look the way you want. No, not just be able change the background color of a table, but completely change the form and function of a shopping cart with a switch of your css file. Now imagine that it is utilizing 100% CSS2 and xhtml standards. Then, imagine that you could set-up and fully customize this shopping cart in a matter of hours. Finally, imagine that it was Free! This will no longer be just an object of imagination.

Taking a closer look at designing a website

Martin — Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:14:06 +0000

I found this on the net, hilarious, but oh so true. Don’t you think IE users should switch just to make the lives of many web designers (including me) a lot easier? We’ll see how IE7 handles CSS.