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Sep
17
Google acquires reCAPTCHA
"I've always thought the reCAPTCHA device was an interesting way to help a common cause while also providing functionality for my sites. It allowed users to not only prove they're human (in theory), but also translate texts that couldn't easily be deciphered via OCR. Today, Google announced that they have acquired reCAPTCHA..."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Sep
17
TUTORIAL: Photo-realism Techniques in Vector
"In this tutorial we'll be discussing some ideas for making photo-realistic vector graphics. I'm assuming you are familiar with Adobe Illustrator, or an analogous vector editor. I'll be using Adobe Illustrator CS4 for my end of this tutorial, however, older versions should work fine on your end. I'm also assuming that you have a decent understanding of vector creation methods including stroke and fill management, layer manipulation and Bezier curves."
Read More... — Started by digitalMedia in Digital Art Tutorials
Sep
16
Handling Missing Images
"Why don't <img> elements have an "altimage" attribute? Why don't <img> elements have a "missing" attribute? It seems like there should be some more flexibility when it comes to the way missing images are handled by browsers."
Read More... — Started by joebert in Website Design Forum
Sep
15
Adobe buys analytics company Omniture for $1.8 billion
"Adobe has decided to beef up its presence in the online commerce world by purchasing Omniture, a Web analytics company, for $1.8 billion..."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Sep
13
MySQL Table With Millions of Entrees
"Hi, I'm working on a website and we have a MySQL table that currently has over a few million entrees that are records of individual clicks & purchases. It's becoming an issue because it it growing larger and larger and we are trying to add reporting functionality on the back-end which searches & counts these clicks, but the queries can take quite a while. Does anybody have any suggestions for optimizing this?"
Read More... — Started by PolishHurricane in Programming / Scripting / Coding Forum
Sep
12
Partnership / Link Exchange Marketplace Sub-forum at Ozzu
"Not really interested in discussion about it at the moment, more interested in what the numbers have to say. Read the list of bullet points and then vote in the poll !"
Read More... — Started by joebert in Suggestions / Comments
Sep
11
SR71 Blackbird
"This work was done several years ago. It's done completely in vector graphics, no raster in this one. I used a reference pic for the perspective. The nice part is being all vector it's scaleable to any size. The first two images show the lines and shapes used."
Read More... — Started by Gray539 in Digital Art and Drawing Forum
Sep
10
What Causes MySQL Tables to become Corrupt?
"What are all the possible causes of corrupt tables in a MySQL database? Particularly for InnoDB tables."
Read More... — Started by BooGiE_MaN in Programming / Scripting / Coding Forum
Sep
10
Have you heard about Google Caffeine?
"Hi, In face of increasing competition, search engine giant unveils 'secret project' called Google Caffeine. It is next-generation architecture for Google’s web search. What do you think Caffeine update will help us or not? Will it make our job tough?"
Read More... — Started by thomas_09 in Google Forum
Sep
09
Attachments Opened Up
"As of noon EST today, file attachments should be available to everyone in all forums. This has been done to allow people to post screen shots of website problems, entries to digital art competitions, and everything else that attachments are useful for and I'm forgetting to mention at the moment."
Read More... — Started by joebert in Announcements & Rules
Sep
07
Anyone Play Monopoly ?
"Ever play the Monopoly board game? Ever wished you could play with real streets, or even go as far as creating your own property cards? You're going to love this. Two words, "Google Maps"."
Read More... — Started by joebert in General Discussion
Sep
06
Which monitor do you recommend?
"So if you had a budget of about 200, and were tired of your old school CRT, which monitor would you buy for graphic design work? I've been looking at quite a few but really need one that's accurate to true life colors for my print work. I'm thinking there are quite a few in the 22" size, but I'm not sure which would be best. Anyone have any recommendations?"
Read More... — Started by mindfullsilence in Hardware
Sep
06
Google News using "data:" protocol for images
"So I opened an image in a new tab from Google News today and to my surprise my address bar was filled with "data:image/jpeg...". I thought maybe Opera was doing something funny since Opera 10 was just recently released, so I looked at the source of the page to make sure and found a bunch of these..."
Read More... — Started by joebert in Website Design Forum
Sep
05
Airbus A380
"What an amazing piece of aircraft that is. For the first time ever the aircraft flew into Scotland today doing an approach then take off from Edinburgh Airport before heading off to Prestwick Airport near Glasgow. The aircraft is so big that it couldn't land at either airport."
Read More... — Started by SB in General Discussion
Sep
04
UK Govt reports 7m illegal filesharers - wrongly?
"I don't think I'll share an opinion here as I totally get that the UK is a different world from the culture here, so I'd love to hear some authentic opinions on this!"
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Sep
03
Would you pay for wifi when you fly?
"Although I no longer fly as frequently as I once did, the idea of having wifi available in flight has always been an attractive one to me. However, from this article, enthusiasm drops substantially when travelers have to pay for it."
Read More... — Started by ATNO/TW in General Discussion
Sep
03
Apple: That's OUR glossy bubbles - APP REJECTED!
"This is really getting ridiculous. Apparently Apple is now denying applications that too closely resemble their "patended" glossy chat bubbles. Seriously, Apple?"
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Sep
01
Tutorial Writers Competition #1 Voting (public tie-breaker)
"The tutorial writers competition has ended up with a tie between Rabid Dog and Bogey so we need a tie breaker. That's where you guys come in. You're voting for the best tutorial writer between the inception of the Tutorial Forums, up until July 31st. The winner gets their choice of $50 cash, Ozzu gear, or whatever we can work out if neither of those will work for the winner."
Read More... — Started by joebert in Competitions
Sep
01
Would you like the Digital Art Competition reintroduced?
"I am setting this poll up to allow you all the opportunity to decide on whether you would like the digital art competition reintroduced. If you would like to have it reinstated, what would you like the first topic title to be? I will leave this poll running for a week and after a week if the poll states the majority wanting the competition back then i will create a new competition based on what i believe is the best topic title from the suggestions made (if any). Any other suggestions will be kept in mind for any further competitions, however any further competitions will depend on the turnout of the new competition...if you vote for it to be reintroduced."
Read More... — Started by SB in Competitions
Sep
01
Opera 10 released (final)
"After a final few months of working out community-reported bugs, Opera has gone final."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Aug
29
Is Listing A Dozen or More Contact Methods Unprofessional ?
"Does it look unprofessional to have 4 or more instant messenger addresses (MSN, GMail, Yahoo, ICQ, etc), a few phone numbers, a website or four, and possibly more contact methods when you're leaving behind details on how someone can contact you somewhere ?"
Read More... — Started by joebert in General Discussion
Aug
27
Energizer selling rechargable AA batteries as D's
"Here's a link that shows the proof - the D-cell Energizer rechargeable is nothing more than a AA battery encased in a plastic shell. However, they're selling it at the same price as competitors who are offering REAL D's."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Aug
26
New Google-certified Ad Networks to Compete with Adwords
"AdSense publishers in North America and Europe can now allow ads from Google-certified ad networks to appear on their pages. These ads will compete with AdWords ads, and will help publishers earn the most from every ad impression by increasing competition. At the same time, publishers will have full control over which ads and ad networks can appear on their pages."
Read More... — Started by joebert in Google Forum
Aug
26
Microsoft apologized for racially charged photo editing
"Sad that we still have to deal with this sort of thing, but I can only imagine how many times we see it every day and don't notice. Microsoft is publicly apologizing today for replacing a black man's head with that of a white man's on ad images intended for Poland..."
Read More... — Started by UPSGuy in General Discussion
Aug
22
Free Speech Doesn't Grant You the Right to be a Prick
"I'm sure a few of you know my stance on Free Speech after the woman sued for $50K over tweet thread. This time we have a Vogue cover girl demanding a bloggers identity so she can file a defamation suit, and getting it. A Manhattan Supreme Court judge ordered Google to turn over the bloggers identity. I applaud the judge..."
Read More... — Started by joebert in General Discussion
Featured Tutorial: Multi-Column Layout Using CSS Float
For this tutorial, we're targeting a layout that has three columns of content with spaces at the top and bottom for a header and footer. The page will be a fixed width and will also be centered in the browser's display area (the figure to your left).
We'll begin with an XHTML page structure in its most simple form. In the <head> of our document, we'll point to an external CSS file.
Once upon a time, web developers used the HTML element <table> to layout content columns. This practice is now recognized as cumbersome and not very semantic.
These days, instead of using <table>, we use the <div> element as a container for content. Once you get the hang of it, using <div> becomes very liberating and greatly reduces the amount of markup needed to layout a page.
This is an intermediate level tutorial that discusses one method of multi-column page layout. It assumes the reader has a good knowledge and understanding of HTML and CSS.
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