Brainstorms and Raves - Recent Post ExcerptsAn almost daily weblog about the web, design, development, standards, typography, music, and anything else. By Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns and WebsiteTips.com.Creating a Blog Entry Date Calendar Icon Look with CSS, Mostly- February 22, 2007 I've received numerous inquiries about how I created the entry post calendar icon look for Brainstorms and Raves. So today's post shares the basics of the CSS and the two tiny background images I created to achieve the calendar icon look. (1308 words, 2 links, 12 images)http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/22/csscalendar/ Inspiration, Insight Behind the New Happy Cog Redesign- February 10, 2007 Do you ever wonder what goes into brainstorming sessions and creative ideas from some of the top names in the Web design field You'll find that and much more with blog posts earlier this week by three creators of the latest redesign of Happy Cog's website - Jeffrey Zeldman, Jason Santa Maria, and Daniel Mall. (328 words, 13 links, 1 image)http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/10/happycog/ IE7, Firefox Browser Percentages in Stats Logs- February 10, 2007 I've been watching my browser stats the past few months to see how quickly Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) use grows and how Firefox and other browsers are doing, too. For anyone curious about seeing trends for various sites, I created the charts below to share three of my sites' browser trends from September, 2005 through January, 2007. I also tossed in a short summary of the browser trends - you might be surprised! (574 words, 9 links)http://brainstormsandraves.com/archives/2007/02/09/ie7/ |