In the past, getting rounded corners meant you had to create a rounded rectangle, splice up the image, and then code it with HTML and CSS. A couple years ago, developers came up with a rounded corners attribute in CSS. It is called the border-radius. This CSS trick does not currently work in Internet Explorer.
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5 Ways to Help Give Your Site A Better Focus
I was laughing lately about the title in the article that Dan Keller writes, called Does your blog suffer from ADHD?. However, as much as it was a funny title, the article shares a serious issue. Before I go into sharing some ways to help give your site a better focus, I thought I would
[Continue Reading...]Basic HTML: Using The Anchor Tag For A Page Jump
The page jump is a simple HTML trick that involves the anchor tag and a little naming. The page jump allows visitors to click and jump to a different part of a page. This is a great trick to use in FAQ type pages, especially if the list is quite long. 1. Create your hyperlink
[Continue Reading...]How To Make Your Own Emoticons And Smileys
Making your own emoticons (smilies) involves using your creativity. However, in this lesson, you are going to be give a zip file filled with the basic smilies that I use for mine which I like to say are considered cute anime smiley templates. They are only the eyes and mouth and whatever comes with it,
[Continue Reading...]Basic HTML: Explaining the PRE tag
The PRE tag, or <pre> is short for preformatting. It is a way to space your text the way you like, especially for those who like to do poetry with some fancy spacing. The PRE tag allows you to leave your text exactly how you typed it, including the spaces. The PRE tag requires an
[Continue Reading...]Graphic Tutorial: How to Make A Vexel Guitar
This tutorial is on how to make a guitar vexel. When you vector or even vexel, it is about your personal preference. You can put more layers to make your guitar look smooth or more realistic, or be very basic with using a few layers. We are going to use a base image. In the
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