Tagged as CSS

Friday, November 16, 2012 Improving your HTML and CSS with SMACSS

I'm a big fan of frameworks and I'm always looking for new ways to improve the structure and maintainability of my code. I recently discovered SMACSS (Scalable and Modular Architecture for CSS) which is an approach to web development created by Jonathan Snook. At a high level SMACSS aims to change the way we turn designs into code. Instead of working in a "page mentality" ...

Sunday, January 1, 2012 My new year's resolutions for 2012

Beyond making an effort to be happier, nicer to people and less stressed I am not a big fan of new year's resolutions. However, from a programming point of view, there are a few things I plan to do this year. I've listed them below so I can review my achievements (or lack of) in a year's time. Read the following books which I purchased recently from Sitepoint: jQuery: No...

Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Moving page elements using jQuery

I'm currently working on a project to convert a web site to a responsive design. On mobile devices I want the primary page content to appear near the top of the page with other (less important) content below. For the site in question I can get so far using CSS to reposition page elements. However, when CSS won't do the job I've used jQuery to detect whether a mobile device is be...