http://xanadu-fx.com Tips, tricks, tutorials, and free files for web designers Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:35:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Notepad++ is a free MS Notepad replacement that color codes (highlights) syntax of several languages, including HTML and CSS, Perl, PHP, Java, Javascript, SQL, ASP, C++, or even user defined! Add a shortcut to it in your "send to" folder, then you can right-click any file and open it ... http://xanadu-fx.com/?p=17 Recently I was working on a table based site, with the entire page surrounded by a 1 px border with round corners. There were numerous table cells, spacer gifs, and four seperate images to use in the corners. Also, it didn't take much to break it, which put ... http://xanadu-fx.com/?p=11 If you have ever use Microsoft Word to create a web page, you may have noticed a lot of extra code if you examined the HTML that was generated. If you have Word HTML that you want to clean up rather than build a whole new page from scratch, ... http://xanadu-fx.com/?p=14 You may have seen old style arcade games such as Asteroids on we pages and wondered how to put one on your site. It's easy, and free! Some of them can be found on our MySpace codes and tweaks site: myspace.xanadu-fx.com/games/ If you're putting the code on a MySpace ... http://xanadu-fx.com/?p=13 I've added more seamless textures to the site, available to anyone for no cost (as always). These are mostly fractal based, but have several different looks, so be sure to take a look. To change the background of a web page, add this line to your style sheet: body ... http://xanadu-fx.com/?p=12 One way to save a lot of time when designing or debugging web sites is to add the Web Developer Extension to Firefox. It consists of a toolbar and menu with several great features. With it installed, you can edit style sheets (or HTML) in real time, which saves a ... http://xanadu-fx.com/?p=10 This is a short guide to buying PC parts. The first step is to read reviews and narrow down your choices. My favorite site for hardware reviews is tomshardware.com (also known as THG). There are many other sites, such as AMDmb.com, arstechnica.com, socketa.com, anandtech.com and hardwarecentral.com ... http://xanadu-fx.com/?p=9 If you are trying to validate your HTML with Dreamweaver or w3.org, you may have noticed errors stating there is no such attribute as "bordercolor". Once again, CSS saves the day. The quick solution is to add a style class then insert the tables in a span: .tbblue table, ... http://xanadu-fx.com/?p=8 Here are a few things you can do in Photoshop with text on a wood background. First, create a new document and fill with the wood texture of your choice. Next, add your text or logo using black text (I used the typeface Comic Sans). One thing you can ... http://xanadu-fx.com/?p=7 Trying to come up with a color scheme in a hurry? There are several free online tools that let you enter a color in RGB or HEX or use slidebars, then give you complimentary and harmonious schemes. Color Schemer Online is worth a look. Just enter RGB or ... http://xanadu-fx.com/?p=6