betterITsolutions

Free stuff is great (when it's worth having) and recently I think I have found two resources that are.

Firstly, I am often looking for chunks of CSS to get me started, help me write good navigation menus and so forth. Invariably, I find such a resource, use it and then promptly forget about it. Well, no longer! Behold, Free CSS! This is a great resource to get you started when you have an idea in your mind of the desired end result but inspiration to CSS it is lacking. The terms of use for each item varies, so be sure to check the author's web site(s).

The second nomination for great free resource goes to Icons Etc. This is a repository of icons that, at the time of writing, are free for both personal and commercial use. The icon sets might not be to everyone's tastes or suitable for all projects but I think they are pretty nice and, best of all, completely free!

Enjoy!

Having made quite good progress developing a site, I added a right float to an image only to have it disappear completely in IE6 (running on a Windows 98 SE Virtual Machine, if you’re interested ). After a bit of Googling, I discovered that the simple solution was to ensure that all images had their position set to relative in the CSS file. I.e. all that was required was:


IMG  {
position: relative;
}

Credit where credit is due, I found the solution on this blog.

I’ve had to write a web site recently for a friend. I’ll post up a link when it’s done and I want to expose it to the wider world. However, as a result, I’ve been reminding myself of a few key concepts. First was properly getting my head around CSS positioning and the box model, mainly in order to deal with the oddities that older versions of IE always throw up. I don’t think you can beat this article at BrainJar.com. Highly recommended.