Web forms are ubiquitous, and in my line of work I find myself building plenty of them, each time from scratch. That’s why I’ve recently put together a little style sheet to serve as a starting point for styling my HTML forms that includes the selectors and styles I find myself using most often. Take a look at the demo page for formula.css.
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Formula for Styling Web Forms
04/29/2010
Software for Web Development
04/05/2010
For the most part, I design and develop on Mac OS X and Unix. I thought I might give out a few tips on building your own arsenal of Mac software for Web development.
Apache HTTP Server 2
As noted in a previous post, I use Apache, which comes bundled with Mac OS X, to develop [...]
Like Bells’ Palma
04/03/2010
I recently saw Like Bells on tour at The Loft at Tommy Doyle’s in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Like Bells is a progressive post-rock band featuring cymbal-heavy percussion, violin, guitar, bass and sparse electronic accompaniment. Their energetic performance featured new material from their second and latest album, Palma, yet to be officially released. It is a departure [...]
Continue reading...Virtual Hosts in Apache
09/16/2009
I usually find it convenient to develop my websites and Web applications locally before pushing them to the production server. Mac OS X conveniently comes with the Apache Web server pre-installed. In fact, all you really need to do to start using it is to check the “Web Sharing” checkbox in System Preferences… > Sharing. [...]
Continue reading...CSS Good Practices
08/28/2009
In any sort of collaborative context, especially when it comes to code and the Web, following a standard is important. As such, in order that my CSS files are descriptive and legible to others as well as to myself, I follow a set of conventions in each new document that I create.
Note that while some [...]
