After reading a couple of posts over on Typophile, I found a good article on the Underware typeface Dolly.
The article makes several strong points on the over-used idea that printed body copy needs to be thin and overly elegant. The article is rather promotional, but I think that it opens up discussion on the idea of a new old-style in the world of print.
I am all about consistancy, if for no other reason than it makes things easier the next time you do it. And where would consistancy be more important than in the build out and structure of your website’s code.
I have recently come across a few great examples on consistant and structured CSS build out. The first method involves a big use of the id attribute.
Stylesheet Sanity, Part 1
Stylesheet Sanity, Part 2
The second method involves starting with a blank CSS file with all commonly used and implimented tags (i.e. em, strong, p, body, html, etc.):
XHTML 1.0 Strict CSS Template
I’m still trying to figure out the best and most logical way of creating a consistant feel across my CSS build out, but I know these articles will help me along my way. Feel free to post any ideas or techniques you impliment in your own build.
This site seems to have some good links on AJAX tutorials for anyone looking to learn AJAX without digging through nested pages:
http://www.fiftyfoureleven.com/resources/programming/xmlhttprequest/tutorials
CSS reference from the W3:
http://www.w3schools.com/css/default.asp
CSS 2 tutorial:
http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/css_tutorial/
CSS 2.1 selector reference:
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200509/css_21_selectors_part_1/
CSS 2 reference:
http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/css/references/css2ref.html
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