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Hi I'm Henry, indie games designer and student. If you like web design you'll hopefully find an article that interests you. Read more…

Apr
08

CSS Star Rating System

CSS Star Rating System

I have ploughed through several pure CSS star rating systems, only to find that many use either unnecessarily large images (defining every state) or bloated mark-up in both HTML and CSS.

In this post I talk through an example of a new and elegant approach that uses some CSS trickery and a single image defining the three states of static, hover and active.

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Mar
28

CSS Overlapping Tabbed Navigation

CSS Overlapping Tabbed Navigation

Working examples of how to create perfectly accessible, cross-browser compatible and javascript-free CSS overlapping tabbed navigation systems. The menus are completely expandable and customisable, with both expandable menu items and menu item length.

This entry contains 4 free examples available for download.

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Mar
24

The XXX Web Designer's Conscience

The XXX Web Designer's Conscience

The average freelancer or web design agency will be approached by someone party to the adult entertainment industry asking for work at some point in their career.

Morally I could not justify getting involved with such a project and here I discuss my reasons, musings and opinions on why as well as the questions that should be asked before accepting such a commission.

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