Archive for January, 2007

CSS for Fading Corners

Due to the responses to “Free Fading Corner Images”, I will cover how to use a fading corner with CSS.

Simple Method:
I’ve found that the simplest way to do this by using a single div with the fading corner as a background image that doesn’t repeat. Make sure in your css that you set the background [...]

Free Fading Corner Images

I see more and more fading corners every day, so I decided to put together some freebies, since they are becoming popular.

You will notice that all of these are white, but I included a Photoshop source file in each download so you can customize them. It seems to me that a lot of people are [...]

Troubleshooting a Flash Preloader.

Preloader Testing in Flash can be a headache sometimes, but there is a hidden feature built into the Flash Test Movie window that makes troubleshooting much easier! The Bandwidth Profiler.

1. Open your Flash movie and test your movie to bring up the test movie widow.
2. Open the “View” menu, find “Bandwidth Profiler” and enable it.

The Diggtionary

This is for all of my fellow digg addicts.
1. Digg
[verb] To like a story and vote for (digg) it.
2. Bury
[verb] To not like a story and mark it as innacurate or lame, spam etc.
3. Dugg
[verb] Past tense of Digg.

Web Design Trend: Fading Corners

Who needs 4 round corners when you can have 1 or 2 that fade into oblivion?

There are a few reasons why this is not only kinda cool, but also a good idea for optimizing your site or blog:
1. It just looks cool.
2. It effectively separates content and keeps load times down because the background only [...]