Image Rollover with CSS

If you’re a novice web designer or perhaps you haven’t had the time to brush up on CSS in the past few years and prefer of designing websites directly in a WYSIWYG editor such as Dreamweaver, then I’m sure you’re familiar with creating rollovers. I bet you’re also aware of the bulky javascript that ends up generating in your HTML file.

The image at left shows a completely javascript free rollover. It’s accomplished with just a few lines of code, 1 image containing both the normal and the hover state and a single pixel transparent GIF file which will act as place holder for the effect.

What is Web 2.0 What was Web 1.0 and What will Web 3.0 be

Version numbers are a funny thing. To developers they begin as Alphas, followed by Betas; all pre 1.0 releases. These initial pre-release terms aim to organize the development workflow through various testing phases of the project at hand, in order to satisfy a final 1.0 public release; Also known as a Golden Beta. To the general public, version numbers typically don’t appear until version 2 comes out. In other words, no one cares about a 1.0 release as a version, since there’s no prior version to compare it to. Take the Hummer for example, now at version 3, coin phrased the H3. The initial Hummer, now referred to as the H1, wasn’t marketed to the public as the H1 Hummer until Hummer H2 and H3 came out.

Goodbye Dreamweaver, Hello Coda

I’ve been using Adobe Dreamweaver, ever since Adobe acquired Cyberstudio and renamed it Adobe GoLive nearly a decade ago. After purchasing Macromedia, the makers of Flash, Dreamweaver, Director, and Fireworks, Adobe abandoned GoLive and focused on future development of Dreamweaver and merged it into it’s CS series.

R&R with Nat and the Nut

Natalie and I took a break from work this morning and spend the afternoon with Peanut. I’ve been hard at work staying up late and working on several freelance projects including one for Natalie’s company Quality Health and it was nice to wake up and take my mind away from all that for the day. We’re back at home now taking a break before we head out to a friend’s birthday party later tonight. Peanut is literally passed out.