Monthly Archives: November 2008

Nov 27
CSS, Web Standards, WordPress Themes, wordpress 42

Typograph - new WordPress Theme

I’ve been planning to launch a proper free WordPress theme for some time now but there have always been major projects in the way. This week I had some extra time so I sat down and developed the Typograph theme which is now available for anyone to use. For free.
The theme is as simple as [...]

Nov 21
CSS, Expression Web, News 1

Pure CSS Drop-Down Menu tutorial - a slight omission

I just got a comment from a reader of my recent Expression Newsletter article The No-Code Way to a Pure CSS Horizontal Drop-Down Menu with Expression Web. He was having trouble getting the grey boxes to “fill out” properly which left the menu looking weird.
A quick review of his CSS told me the problem was [...]

Nov 20
News 0

My XBOX Avatar Looks Just Like Me!

When the world of web design gets too complicated I tend to gravitate toward the living room and my much neglected XBOX 360. I was a huge gamer when I was younger - in fact StarCraft nearly ruined my university degree - but since then I really didn’t play much. Until two Christmases ago when [...]

Nov 18
CSS, Tutorials, wordpress 3

Highlight current page in WordPress menus

WordPress has a lot of built in functionality that you can tap for advanced customization. One of these which is often ignored is the ability to highlight the current page in menus with CSS. By default, WordPress assigns a special style class to the button that points to the current page. By styling this class [...]

Nov 18
CSS, Expression Web, News, Tutorials 8

Read my article in the Microsoft Expression November Newsletter

A month or so ago Microsoft contacted me and asked if I would write an article on Expression Web for their Expression Newsletter. How could I say no to such an opportunity? After some back and forth about the topic I landed on an article on how to create a Pure CSS Drop-Down menu. Over [...]