Articles by Zoe Gillenwater

Close Gaps Next to Floating Images in Internet Explorer

Tue, 23 May 2006 20:30:00 EDT

One of the most common tasks when laying out the content of a web page is floating images to the right or left so that text flows around them. This is dead simple to do with CSS. A problem can arise if the text beside an image is not long enough to wrap around it. In this case, the next image could potentially float up into this space beneath the text, instead of sitting directly beneath the previous floated image. Once again, this is simple to fix:

Avoiding CSS Pitfalls

Thu, 17 Jun 2004 00:00:00 EDT

CSS has been around for years, but many Web designers still do not think it is ready to be used extensively because of the host of browser rendering inconsistencies that exist. However, by knowing a few CSS hacks and tricks, you can learn how to write code that is cross-browser compatible and allows you to fully separate your content from its presentation.

Visual Formatting

Wed, 19 May 2004 00:00:00 EDT

Support for cascading style sheets, or CSS, has been present in Dreamweaver for many years; you may have taken advantage of it as just another software feature without really knowing how to utilize it fully, efficiently, and correctly. This article will introduce you to some general guidelines to follow while setting up and working with CSS-based Web pages so you can achieve more consistent rendering cross-browser.