CSS Circle

Archive for September 2008

Opacity in CSS

Posted by: siddesigner on: September 29, 2008

Today we learn about opacity in CSS! I made an example here and here you have the files.
Information about opacity in CSS:
The opacity property takes a value of the amount of transparency from 0.0 to 1.0. 0.0 is 100% transparent – anything below that element will show completely through. 1.0 is 100% opaque – [...]

10 Usability Principles to guide you through the

Posted by: siddesigner on: September 29, 2008

Motivate 
Design your site to meet specific user needs and goals. Use motivators to draw different user “personae” into specific parts of your site.
User task flow 
Who are your users? What are their tasks and online environment? For a site to be usable, page flow must match workflow.
Architecture – it’s 80% of usability 
Build an efficient navigational structure. [...]

Web usability has a direct correlation to your potential to effectively make money online. This is largely because the usability of your website very strongly affects the number of return visits you will see from search and referral visitors, as well as your ability to sell any product or service.
Visitor loyalty and the overall size of [...]

Efficient CSS with shorthand properties

Posted by: siddesigner on: September 11, 2008

I get a lot of questions about CSS from people who aren’t crazy enough to have spent the thousands of hours working with CSS that I have. Sometimes I’m asked to take a look at something they’re working on to see if I can figure out why it doesn’t work as expected. When I look [...]