Comments on: Call for suggestions

By: Ammar Ibrahim

Ammar Ibrahim — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

It would be great if you could tell us about some tools, utilities and so on.

By: Firestorm2003

Firestorm2003 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I’m good at formatting text and paragraphs in CSS, but not so good at layouts. I think we should see more layout blogs.

By: oneyeddog

oneyeddog — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I am keen on learning more on entire site layouts with CSS and about how the different browsers display it all. I am sick of tables, bring on the CSS! Thanks 8^)

By: megamanXplosion

megamanXplosion — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I agree with oneyeddog. So far in your blog, you have posted one entry about CSS problems and solutions (which isn’t extremely helpful), three about browsers, and one about DHTML. CSS is the only subject you haven’t touched yet. Another “taming lists” article would be good becaise you cannot stress those ideas and techniques enough! CSS based rollovers would also make for a good article.

By: beetle

beetle — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

CSS-wise:
I think covering some site-building strategies would be good, intead of just more "here's what to do in different browsers".

Thing such as using BODY ids, multiple classnames, the !important rule, and semantic classnames. These make writing CSS not only easier, but more flexible. (I'd be happy to contribute, here)

DHTML-wise:
Remote scripting is a good idea. Maybe some stuff about writing namespace-friendly scripts, or tips on porting a procedural script over to an object-based version. Maybe some stuff about using well-established APIs (such as cross-browser.com) to use as a base for new scripts, instead of the contstant re-inventing of the wheel we see. Javascript is the most shared language, yet it's RARELY written to be portable.

By: Mark Wubben

Mark Wubben — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I’d like to see you cover the more interesting bits of JavaScript. Most people underestimate and abuse the language, which I think is a bad thing.

By: jkaiser

jkaiser — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I would like to see a tutorial done in a case study format, ie. “Company XYZ called XYZDesign looking for a 5 page standards compliant design for their restaurant. Here’s how XYZDesign pulled it off.” It would be quite long, so maybe it could be broken up into a series of articles? Just a suggestion:)

By: elemental70

elemental70 — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I’d like to see some tutorials on “special” effects and a clear explanation of positions and units of measure.
Keep up the good work!
Erik

By: astericks

astericks — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I'll be interested in the following:

Firstly, complete css layout, and more specifically, header, 2 columns and footer. There are a lot of 3 column resources out there, but I couldn't find much on 2 columns.

And secondly, I'd like to learn more about hierarchy or inheritance in CSS.

Links to articles regarding these features are very welcome too.

Thanks

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000

I would like to see how to replace tables as the layout mechanism for my websites