Over the weekend I rolled out a new “skin” for Impressive Webs, which I think improves the site’s design quite a bit. There’s more contrast, which creates a more distinct experience. And I finally have a logo that I’m satisfied with.
The layout of the site remains virtually the same, so, like I said, it’s not as much of a redesign as a “skinning”. I did change the height of the top navigation bar, and added some new graphics.
Most experienced web developers now understand that using CSS’s built-in method for adding custom list markers (also referred to as “bullets”) to style an unordered list is not an option. The unpredictable bugs that occur in Internet Explorer when using the list-style-image property render that method quite useless.
Fortunately, because of CSS’s inherent flexible nature, we can still customize the list marker on an unordered list. This is done by placing a background image on the list items. Here’s how most developers do this:
I was reading an interesting article on Boagworld called The biggest ecommerce lies and how to avoid them and I noticed that the author posted an audio comment to respond to some of the other comments that had been posted.
What a fantastic idea. I don’t know if he’s the first one to do this, but I think it’s a great way to respond to a number of comments quickly without cluttering the comments section on your blog. Of course, some preparation would be required initially to set up something like that. Or maybe he’s using a plugin? I really don’t know, but I thought it was very innovative and could be a trend that others may follow. It’s certainly a great way to personalize your blog.