// hicksdesign :: 3D CSS Box Model. You can bet this idea will spread like wildfire. It is an expanded version of the box model showing CSS hierarchy. One of those beautiful things that seems simply perfect and makes you wonder why we haven’t always looked at it this way. The cascade in 3-D!
Category: CSS
Clearing Floats
At Position is Everything Clearing a float container without source markup explains a new technique for clearing floats that was developed at CSS Creator. If you have ever tried laying out a page using floats and been frustrated because the background colors don’t extend down the page the way they would have done with a tables layout, you will be interested in this new solution to the problem.
Article on current page menu indicators
Persistent Page Indicator is an article by Stephanie Sullivan at the CSS site Nemesis Project. The article shows you how to use Dreamweaver and CSS to create a “you are here” button state on the current page in a web site. Sullivan’s articles are always well written and informative.
I had some problems with the navigation at the Nemesis Project site and am hoping that the link above leads you directly to the article mentioned, but if it does not you should be able to find it under the Guest Articles menu.
Noteworthy CSS Examples Catalogued
CSS Vault: The Web’s CSS Site This site looks around the web for interesting CSS based sites and makes note of them. It also sponsors a redesign contest.
CSS Layout Generator
Layout-o-matic from InkNoise creates a CSS layout. The Layout-o-matic will generate several CSS layouts, using either pixels or percentages (nothing with ems yet).
InkNoise has another tool called “The Amazing Rolloverer” that generates Javascript-free, accessible menubars using your own images.
InkNoise’s main business is a personal Web publishing tool. I don’t know how long this free tool will be online here, as it is in a directory on the InkNoise site called experimental, but if it moves into the main realm of this site you can probably find it again.
CSS resources
CSS Vault » The Web’s CSS Site provides a gallery of CSS sites, resources, XML feeds and Web Design resources.
Handy Dandy CSS Crib Sheet
mezzoblue – css crib sheet is a succinct catalog of “quick references and solutions” to things that can rear up and bite you in the style sheet if you don’t know about them when working with CSS.