Creating a fading header

Mar 4 2008

Since I’ve gotten lots of emails asking me how I created the fading header graphic for Bits and Pixels I’m going to write a tutorial explaining how created the effect. I’ll be creating the effect using some basic XHTML and CSS and some unobtrusive Javascript, using the jQuery library, for the effect itself.

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Achieve AlternatingRowStyle BackColor with a repeater

Feb 26 2008

If you want an alternating background color on a row in a gridview it’s just to add the AternatingRowStyle-BackColor-attribute. It’s not the same thing with a repeater but this is how you do it.

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Display confirm box when clicking a link

Feb 25 2008

There are many times when you want the user to confirm an option he/she tries to perform and in this example I will show how you can use a simple Javascript to display a confirm box when a user clicks on a link.

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Horizontally and vertically center a box in the browser window

Feb 24 2008

In this guide I will show how you can horizontally and vertically center a box in the browser window. I’ve used as little markup and CSS as I think is possible just to make this example easy to grasp.

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Horizontally center a box in the browser window

Feb 23 2008

In this small guide I will show how you can horizontally center a box in the browser window. I’ve used as little markup and CSS as I think is possible.

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CSS Custom Bullet List

Feb 20 2008

In this small guide I will explain how Simon & I make our custom bullet lists. This can later be applied to other elements on your site because it’s really easy and flexible. So here we go!

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How to write and style comments in a definition list

Feb 19 2008

There are many ways to write and style comments and here is a brief guide on how you can use a simple definition list with a few rows of CSS to write a list of comments.

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