Archive for November, 2008

Create a DHTML Tab Strip

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Tab strips are commonplace throughout the web, and they’re utilized in a wide variety of ways, such as in site navigation or form wizards. Organizing links in a tabbed format can add quite a bit of style and functionality to your site, as many visitors are already familiar and comfortable with using tabs on other websites and even on other platforms such as their operating system. This tutorial shows you how to create a simple DHTML tab strip using HTML, CSS, and a small bit of JavaScript. (more…)

The Shepherd

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Ian had been looking forward to coming in to town on this early Friday morning. Now, hustling down the paved walkway of Midland Avenue, he wondered why he looked forward to such errands. If there was one thing he didn’t like, it was forcing a false bond with people he didn’t know, and frankly didn’t care about. He was polite and respectful of other people, but when it came to shallow conversations about the world, he simply wasn’t interested. It was an arduous task in such a small community to avoid these conversations, when everyone seemed to want to know his name and what he “did” for a living. What does anyone do for a living? (more…)