Building a Website Using CSS 05: Background Layer
In the very first tutorial of the series, we used a simple, solid-color image as a background layer. In this tutorial, we want to replace it with a 6×6 image vertically and horizontally repeated. So we go back to the original theme image that we created in the first tutorial. Continue reading
The Omni Group has updated its drawing applications OmniGraffle and OmniGraffle Pro to 4.2. Sorry, but we don’t know the upgrade details.
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Within the next 24 hours, we intend to release 3 more video tutorials to end the CSS editing series. And then what?
Next week, we are planning to install a new function to host real-time chat. By using this function, we hope that visitors can exchange information at real time. If you are bored and want to talk about software, Mac, life…, you will be invited. It’s just a plan, and you never know what’s going to happen. And we are still busy doing taxes.
Mozilla has updated its popular web browser to 2.0.0.5. Just like the last update, which was released about 8 weeks ago, Firefox 2.0.0.5 offers several security vulnerability fixes.
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Building a Website Using CSS 04-2: More CSS Editing 2
Why do you want to build a website using CSS in the first place? That’s mainly because you can instantly make changes to a group of webpages by editing a single style sheet. And building a website using CSS is much easier than you think. Besides, you don’t need specific applications. You just need a text editor to edit CSS files and a web browser to view changes. That means you don’t need theme-based website-building applications like RapidWeaver. You can just start with nothing and end up with a nice website by just editing a style sheet.
Many PHP themes are built with CSS. If you want to create your own themes for phpBB, WordPress and RapidWeaver, you need to use CSS. Don’t be afraid. Again, building a website using CSS is easy as long as you know how to use a graphic editor and also how to edit HTML a little bit.
In this video tutorial series, we use a common graphic application and a text editor to build a website. You can use any graphic application (Adobe Fireworks, Adobe Photoshop, Graphic Converter…) to create themes. You can also use any text editor or HTML editor (Adobe Dreamweaver, TextEdit, BBEdit, Windows’ NotePad…). Continue reading