Another installment of CSS in 60. Where you can see a website based on xhtml and css being built from scratch in about 60 seconds or less. A screenshot was taken anytime css changes were made that significantly alters the layout. A days worth of work compressed for your viewing pleasure. This is just another example of how CSS can be used to achieve a pixel-perfect rendition of what was mocked up in a graphics program. Click read more to view the animated GIF (412Kb).

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What is PNG? What browsers support the format? I thought IE didn’t have PNG support? Is it transparent or not? How can I make IE display PNG’s full transparency capabilities? These are all valid questions that arise when using the PNG format. For those that aren’t familiar with PNG (portable network graphics) it is a lossless compression that offers far greater quality and smaller filesize than the ever-so-common and proprietary GIF format. “Better quality and a smaller file! What more could I ask for?” you’re asking yourself. Well, PNG’s also allow designers real transparency. How well does your browser render them? Take a look at these images and compare the last 2 with the first, which is a GIF.

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Yesterday’s WordPress IRC meetup covered many topics. One of particular note, is the progress of their logo building and identity-forming process. After recieving input from the WP community over the last couple of weeks, Matt announced the final design choice during yesterday’s meet. Now that the vectors are in place, its time to give some color to the black and white logo. I’m guessing blue will be the obvious choice.

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Penny Arcade is probably one of the most respected, copied and successful web-comics of late. Mike Krahulik (Gabe), and Jerry Holkins (Tyco) are the co-creators behind Penny Arcade. Their unabashed opinions are hurled with ferocious might on a daily basis as they openly attack their enemies with a salvos of biting humor and coarse language typically found on HBO or fervent internet bulletin boards. As all comic characters are prone to, Penny Arcade’s characters have undergone years worth of fine-tuning and their appearances have changed, subtly. This article attempts to trace the PA timeline and study the evolution of the Tycho and Gabe characters from internet doodles - to web mavens.

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Bum Lee’s website is chock full of great art. Besides being a talented illustrator, Lee also features a fine body of animations and shorts. I love the hard contrasting style he adopts in many of his animations. Its got a very euro-feel to it. He even has a Flash game. We all love those. Throw in some zombies and very smooth animtions and you have Deanimator. An online game and parody of Herbert West: Reanimator, serial short stories by H.P. Lovecraft.

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