I came across this annoying phpmyadmin 'feature' when trying to import some data to a newly created MySQL table. I had a CSV file full of data. The columns matched the number of fields but I kept getting the error 'Invalid field count in csv input on line 1'.
The problem was, that the 'Fields terminated by' field in the import screen was set to ';' instead of a ','. By resetting this field, everything worked.
Tuesday, 13 December 2011
Monday, 5 December 2011
Reset the Index of a MySQL table
Sometimes, I will be playing about with a MySQL database, often at the start of an application. I'll fire a load of dummy data in and test. When I've finally done with this phase I'm ready to start from the beginning. I might have an ID field which I'd like to auto increment but this time starting from 0. To reset this field, first empty all the records in the table, then you can apply a line like this:
ALTER TABLE `mytable` AUTO_INCREMENT=0
ALTER TABLE `mytable` AUTO_INCREMENT=0
Monday, 7 November 2011
Getting single row results MySQL using PHP
I'm always using this code. Sometimes I know there should be/is only one record returned from my MySQL query. Especially if I have specified 1 result as in the query below. As long as I know the resulting column names, this is a very useful technique.
<?php
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `username` = '{$username}' LIMIT 1;");
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query);
echo 'Hello '.$row['firstname'];
?>
<?php
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE `username` = '{$username}' LIMIT 1;");
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query);
echo 'Hello '.$row['firstname'];
?>
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
How to use PHP __autoload over multiple directories
Funny this. One of those things where you do a bit of surfing to find the easy answer. The resulting pages of your search contain the name of the solution you are looking for in the title, but the containing code solves a different problem.
So, here is the problem.
I am creating a PHP application which has multiple directories containing classes will need throughout it's build.
I want to use the PHP __autoload function.
I will need 2 PHP files to support this activity, but below this I will show how they are called.
First file, config.php. This will contain a class containing all the support data needed throughout my application.
<?php
class supportdata
{
public $supportArray = array('lib', 'helper');
}
?>
There. Not too difficult was it.
Next, my autoload.php.
<?php
require_once 'config.php';
function __autoload($class_name)
{
$sd = new supportdata;
$classString = '';
foreach($sd->supportArray as $value)
{
$classString = $DOCUMENT_ROOT.$value.'/'.$class_name.'.php';
if(file_exists($classString))
{
require_once $classString;
}
}
}
?>
As you can see it calls config.php and makes use of the supportArray to iterate through the directories, checking to see if the class exists. If it does we do a require_once on it.
Now, here is how my autoloading is called.
<?php
include_once 'autoload.php';
class index
{
function __construct()
{
}
}
new index;
?>
In my index class I can now call any of the classes contained in the directories named in config.php. In fact, I can call any of the those classes, anywhere in my application.
So, here is the problem.
I am creating a PHP application which has multiple directories containing classes will need throughout it's build.
I want to use the PHP __autoload function.
I will need 2 PHP files to support this activity, but below this I will show how they are called.
First file, config.php. This will contain a class containing all the support data needed throughout my application.
<?php
class supportdata
{
public $supportArray = array('lib', 'helper');
}
?>
There. Not too difficult was it.
Next, my autoload.php.
<?php
require_once 'config.php';
function __autoload($class_name)
{
$sd = new supportdata;
$classString = '';
foreach($sd->supportArray as $value)
{
$classString = $DOCUMENT_ROOT.$value.'/'.$class_name.'.php';
if(file_exists($classString))
{
require_once $classString;
}
}
}
?>
As you can see it calls config.php and makes use of the supportArray to iterate through the directories, checking to see if the class exists. If it does we do a require_once on it.
Now, here is how my autoloading is called.
<?php
include_once 'autoload.php';
class index
{
function __construct()
{
}
}
new index;
?>
In my index class I can now call any of the classes contained in the directories named in config.php. In fact, I can call any of the those classes, anywhere in my application.
Thursday, 20 October 2011
How to use cache-manifest for localstorage
So, you want your website to continue working on someone's laptop, when they're on a train and going through a tunnel.
Here is a technique for doing just that.
First create a .htaccess file for your site and add to it the following line:
AddType text/cache-manifest .manifest
Next, create a file called cache.manifest. In this file, add the lines:
CACHE MANIFEST
index.html
Continue to add entries for any file you wish to be cached such as additional pages, images, scripts, stylesheets etc.
Now let's create the index.html file which will be cached:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html manifest=”cache.manifest”>
<head>
<title>Cached Page</title>
</head>
<body>
My cached page.
</body>
</html>
There. Wasn't too difficult was it.
Here is a technique for doing just that.
First create a .htaccess file for your site and add to it the following line:
AddType text/cache-manifest .manifest
Next, create a file called cache.manifest. In this file, add the lines:
CACHE MANIFEST
index.html
Continue to add entries for any file you wish to be cached such as additional pages, images, scripts, stylesheets etc.
Now let's create the index.html file which will be cached:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html manifest=”cache.manifest”>
<head>
<title>Cached Page</title>
</head>
<body>
My cached page.
</body>
</html>
There. Wasn't too difficult was it.
Wednesday, 19 October 2011
I was forced to find an IE Tester
First post in a long time. I've been very busy.
Normally, by keeping to W3C standards, I can develop a site and then do some tweaks for IE at the end. Recently developed an application in which I tested for IE along the way. Or so I thought. I was in fact, testing in IE8. Not good enough. The application came out a total mess in IE7. This was one particular customers IT Department browser of choice. This seems like a ramble but I'm getting to the point.
I then discovered IE Tester at http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage. This is an excellent tool if you need to view your work in various versions of IE without messing up your existing install. It works stand-alone and also happily access pages delivered by your localhost.
Well done DebugBar!
Normally, by keeping to W3C standards, I can develop a site and then do some tweaks for IE at the end. Recently developed an application in which I tested for IE along the way. Or so I thought. I was in fact, testing in IE8. Not good enough. The application came out a total mess in IE7. This was one particular customers IT Department browser of choice. This seems like a ramble but I'm getting to the point.
I then discovered IE Tester at http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage. This is an excellent tool if you need to view your work in various versions of IE without messing up your existing install. It works stand-alone and also happily access pages delivered by your localhost.
Well done DebugBar!
Friday, 22 July 2011
Use PHP to get the current web address without the filename
Sometimes I need to grab the current web path without the current file name in order to pass a string in an email. As an example the current default location is http://www.effectivewebdesigns.co.uk/index.php, but in the future it may be http://www.effectivewebdesigns.co.uk/index.html or http://www.effectivewebdesigns.co.uk/default.html so sometimes I need to future proof.
<?php
$webAddress = 'http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$webAddress .= $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$webAddress = substr($webAddress, 0, 0-(strlen(basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))));
echo $webAddress;
?>
<?php
$webAddress = 'http://'.$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
$webAddress .= $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
$webAddress = substr($webAddress, 0, 0-(strlen(basename($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']))));
echo $webAddress;
?>
Lorem and Gibberish through PHP using the randomtext.me JSON API
Crikey! Is it so long since I did a post. OK. Here is yet another way of getting Lorem Ipsum or Gibberish to your page, while you test it out. There is a great generator at http://www.randomtext.me/ and they have helpfully supplied us with a JSON based API.
Below is an example ho grabbing 7 paragraphs of gibberish between 30 and 50 characters long. I then echo them to the page.
<?php
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents("http://www.randomtext.me/api/gibberish/p-7/30-50"));
echo $data->text_out;
?>
Below is an example ho grabbing 7 paragraphs of gibberish between 30 and 50 characters long. I then echo them to the page.
<?php
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents("http://www.randomtext.me/api/gibberish/p-7/30-50"));
echo $data->text_out;
?>
Monday, 4 July 2011
SIMPLE LAYOUT #38
This example makes use of the Google Font API, spacing shades of grey. It's not a bad starting position.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Design Template 38</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Quattrocento&v1' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald&v1' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
body
{
font:0.9em/1.5em 'Quattrocento', arial, serif;
width:60em;
margin:auto;
background:#EEEEEE;
color:#333333;
}
h1, nav
{
font-family:'Oswald', arial, serif;
}
section
{
width:37em;
margin:0 0 0 4em;
}
header, section, aside
{
float:left;
}
aside, footer
{
clear:both;
}
nav
{
float:right;
text-align:center;
margin:0 0 2em 0;
}
aside
{
width:19em;
}
img
{
margin:0 0 0 0;
}
p
{
text-align:justify;
margin-bottom:1em;
}
h1
{
color:#0693E2;
font-size:4em;
text-transform:lowercase;
margin:0.75em 0 0 0;
}
h1 .last-letter
{
color:#AAAAAA;
}
nav a
{
display:block;
float:left;
width:6em;
text-decoration:none;
padding:4.4em 0 0 0;
color:#333333;
}
nav a:hover
{
color:#FFFFFF;
background:#94D5F8;
}
footer
{
padding:1em 0 0 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header><h1>Header <span class="last-letter">1</span></h1></header>
<nav>
<a href="#">home</a>
<a href="#">services</a>
<a href="#">portfolio</a>
<a href="#">contact</a>
</nav>
<aside>
<img src="images/bigl.png" />
</aside>
<section>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</section>
<footer><p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p></footer>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Design Template 38</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Quattrocento&v1' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Oswald&v1' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
body
{
font:0.9em/1.5em 'Quattrocento', arial, serif;
width:60em;
margin:auto;
background:#EEEEEE;
color:#333333;
}
h1, nav
{
font-family:'Oswald', arial, serif;
}
section
{
width:37em;
margin:0 0 0 4em;
}
header, section, aside
{
float:left;
}
aside, footer
{
clear:both;
}
nav
{
float:right;
text-align:center;
margin:0 0 2em 0;
}
aside
{
width:19em;
}
img
{
margin:0 0 0 0;
}
p
{
text-align:justify;
margin-bottom:1em;
}
h1
{
color:#0693E2;
font-size:4em;
text-transform:lowercase;
margin:0.75em 0 0 0;
}
h1 .last-letter
{
color:#AAAAAA;
}
nav a
{
display:block;
float:left;
width:6em;
text-decoration:none;
padding:4.4em 0 0 0;
color:#333333;
}
nav a:hover
{
color:#FFFFFF;
background:#94D5F8;
}
footer
{
padding:1em 0 0 0;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header><h1>Header <span class="last-letter">1</span></h1></header>
<nav>
<a href="#">home</a>
<a href="#">services</a>
<a href="#">portfolio</a>
<a href="#">contact</a>
</nav>
<aside>
<img src="images/bigl.png" />
</aside>
<section>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</section>
<footer><p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p></footer>
</body>
</html>
Tuesday, 28 June 2011
PHP, JSON basic example using Topsy Otter
Topsy Otter
Otter API is a RESTful HTTP web service to Topsy. Topsy is a search engine that ranks links, photos and tweets by the number and quality of retweets they receive. The quality of retweets is determined by the influence of the Twitter users.
Below I have used PHP to display results of an Otter call which returns JSON. The results are for the most popular stories on wired.com today.
<?php
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents("http://otter.topsy.com/search.json?q=site:wired.com&window=d"));
foreach ($data as $name => $value)
function getAllItems($iarr)
{
foreach((array)$iarr as $itemName => $itemValue)
{
echo $itemValue->content.'<br />';
}
}
?>
Otter API is a RESTful HTTP web service to Topsy. Topsy is a search engine that ranks links, photos and tweets by the number and quality of retweets they receive. The quality of retweets is determined by the influence of the Twitter users.
Below I have used PHP to display results of an Otter call which returns JSON. The results are for the most popular stories on wired.com today.
<?php
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents("http://otter.topsy.com/search.json?q=site:wired.com&window=d"));
foreach ($data as $name => $value)
{
echo $value->total.'<br />';
getAllItems($value->list);
}
{
foreach((array)$iarr as $itemName => $itemValue)
{
echo $itemValue->content.'<br />';
}
}
?>
SIMPLE LAYOUT #37
This example makes use of borders and spacing. It's not a bad starting position.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Design Template 37</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Quattrocento&v1' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
body
{
font:0.96em/1.5em Sans-serif;
width:60em;
margin:auto;
color:#333333;
}
header, nav, section, footer, aside
{
margin:0.5em;
border:0.5em solid #EEEEEE;
}
header, nav, section, footer
{
padding:0.5em;
}
header, section
{
width:36.5em;
}
header, section
{
float:left;
}
nav, aside
{
float:right;
}
section, footer
{
clear:both;
}
nav
{
text-align:center;
width:18em;
height:3em;
padding-top:2em;
background:#94D5F8 url(images/bluefade.png) repeat-x;
}
aside
{
width:19em;
}
img
{
margin:0 0 -0.35em 0;
}
p
{
text-align:justify;
margin-bottom:0.5em;
}
h1
{
color:#0693E2;
font:4em 'Quattrocento', arial, serif;
text-transform:lowercase;
}
h1 .last-letter
{
color:#AAAAAA;
}
nav a
{
margin:0.5em;
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
nav a:hover
{
text-decoration:underline;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<br />
<header><h1>Header <span class="last-letter">1</span></h1></header>
<nav>
<a href="#">home</a>
<a href="#">services</a>
<a href="#">portfolio</a>
<a href="#">contact</a>
</nav>
<section>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</section>
<aside>
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/291/300/technics" />
</aside>
<footer><p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p></footer>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Design Template 37</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Quattrocento&v1' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
body
{
font:0.96em/1.5em Sans-serif;
width:60em;
margin:auto;
color:#333333;
}
header, nav, section, footer, aside
{
margin:0.5em;
border:0.5em solid #EEEEEE;
}
header, nav, section, footer
{
padding:0.5em;
}
header, section
{
width:36.5em;
}
header, section
{
float:left;
}
nav, aside
{
float:right;
}
section, footer
{
clear:both;
}
nav
{
text-align:center;
width:18em;
height:3em;
padding-top:2em;
background:#94D5F8 url(images/bluefade.png) repeat-x;
}
aside
{
width:19em;
}
img
{
margin:0 0 -0.35em 0;
}
p
{
text-align:justify;
margin-bottom:0.5em;
}
h1
{
color:#0693E2;
font:4em 'Quattrocento', arial, serif;
text-transform:lowercase;
}
h1 .last-letter
{
color:#AAAAAA;
}
nav a
{
margin:0.5em;
text-decoration:none;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
nav a:hover
{
text-decoration:underline;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<br />
<header><h1>Header <span class="last-letter">1</span></h1></header>
<nav>
<a href="#">home</a>
<a href="#">services</a>
<a href="#">portfolio</a>
<a href="#">contact</a>
</nav>
<section>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</section>
<aside>
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/291/300/technics" />
</aside>
<footer><p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p></footer>
</body>
</html>
PHP, JSON basic example using delicious
Here is an example of extracting and displaying JSON results through PHP. In this instance, I am using my delicious feed.
Having received the data and decoded it into an array, I like to see the structure of the data. This is where the <pre> tags come in handy. Once you have seen the structure, you know how to traverse and pick out the values you need. Given that the code below is so small, I have commented it.
<?php
/* Get the data and put it into an array */
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents("http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/json/guitarbeerchocolate"));
/* Display the structure of the data so that we know what to extract */
/* Comment out once understood */
echo '<pre>';
print_r($data);
echo '</pre>';
/* Traverse the array, picking out the values you need */
foreach ($data as $name => $value)
{
echo $value->u.'<br />';
echo $value->d.'<br />';
getAllItems($value->t);
echo $value->dt.'<br />';
echo $value->n.'<br />';
echo $value->a.'<br />';
}
/* Some values in this case, tags are themselves arrays so traverse those too */
function getAllItems($iarr)
{
foreach($iarr as $item)
{
echo $item.', ';
}
echo '<br />';
}
?>
Having received the data and decoded it into an array, I like to see the structure of the data. This is where the <pre> tags come in handy. Once you have seen the structure, you know how to traverse and pick out the values you need. Given that the code below is so small, I have commented it.
<?php
/* Get the data and put it into an array */
$data = json_decode(file_get_contents("http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/json/guitarbeerchocolate"));
/* Display the structure of the data so that we know what to extract */
/* Comment out once understood */
echo '<pre>';
print_r($data);
echo '</pre>';
/* Traverse the array, picking out the values you need */
foreach ($data as $name => $value)
{
echo $value->u.'<br />';
echo $value->d.'<br />';
getAllItems($value->t);
echo $value->dt.'<br />';
echo $value->n.'<br />';
echo $value->a.'<br />';
}
/* Some values in this case, tags are themselves arrays so traverse those too */
function getAllItems($iarr)
{
foreach($iarr as $item)
{
echo $item.', ';
}
echo '<br />';
}
?>
Monday, 27 June 2011
PHP Form, jQuery, working in IE
Some days, you start by saying, "'I'll just get this out of the way, then I can concentrate on something heavier". You then write code without testing because you know how it works, and apart from a little syntax change, you get it working fine. About 15 minutes. This was my experience with writing a page with a form. It stored the data in a text file, then updated the page tag with the new contents. It worked fine in Chrome and Firefox. Then the dreaded IE pulled me back. 3 hours later, I find the solution. Below are code examples to a common problem.
Create a html form.
On submission, write the contents of the form to a file.
Once the file has been updated, refresh a section showing the new content.
Here is the code for readdata.php. Notice the @ before file_get_contents. This suppresses a warning if the file does not already exist.
<?php
foreach (explode("\n", @file_get_contents('data.data')) as $value)
{
echo $value."<br />";
}
?>
Here is the code for writedata.php. Nothing particularly clever here.
<?php
file_put_contents('data.data', $_POST['stuff']."\n", FILE_APPEND);
?>
Now to the main page. A few of important items here:
Have fun.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Read and write using jquery</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style>
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
line-height:1.5em;
}
</style>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script>
google.load("jquery", "1");
google.load("jqueryui", "1");
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.form.js"></script>
<script>
$.fn.readStuff = function()
{
$.get('readdata.php', null, function(data)
{
$('section').html(data);
});
$('#stuff').val('');
}
$(document).ready(function()
{
$.ajaxSetup({cache: false});
$('form').ajaxForm(function()
{
$(this).readStuff();
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>PHP and jQuery read/write test</h1>
<h2>Write data</h2>
<form action="writedata.php" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="stuff" id="stuff" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
<h2>Read data</h2>
<section>
<?php
include 'readdata.php';
?>
</section>
</body>
</html>
Create a html form.
On submission, write the contents of the form to a file.
Once the file has been updated, refresh a section showing the new content.
Here is the code for readdata.php. Notice the @ before file_get_contents. This suppresses a warning if the file does not already exist.
<?php
foreach (explode("\n", @file_get_contents('data.data')) as $value)
{
echo $value."<br />";
}
?>
Here is the code for writedata.php. Nothing particularly clever here.
<?php
file_put_contents('data.data', $_POST['stuff']."\n", FILE_APPEND);
?>
Now to the main page. A few of important items here:
- Only $.get works in IE .load doesn't.
- $.ajaxSetup({cache: false}) is also required for IE otherwise you get all sorts of content varients coming through.
- I used the jQuery Form Plugin from http://jquery.malsup.com/form/ It saves a lot of problems.
Have fun.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Read and write using jquery</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style>
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
line-height:1.5em;
}
</style>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script>
google.load("jquery", "1");
google.load("jqueryui", "1");
</script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.form.js"></script>
<script>
$.fn.readStuff = function()
{
$.get('readdata.php', null, function(data)
{
$('section').html(data);
});
$('#stuff').val('');
}
$(document).ready(function()
{
$.ajaxSetup({cache: false});
$('form').ajaxForm(function()
{
$(this).readStuff();
});
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h1>PHP and jQuery read/write test</h1>
<h2>Write data</h2>
<form action="writedata.php" method="POST">
<input type="text" name="stuff" id="stuff" />
<input type="submit" />
</form>
<h2>Read data</h2>
<section>
<?php
include 'readdata.php';
?>
</section>
</body>
</html>
Friday, 17 June 2011
External web content in your page through the PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser
The excellent PHP Simple HTML DOM Parser, provides the opportunity to bring external content into your web pages.
Here is an example of taking the top news story from the BBC website.
See demo.
<?php
include'simple_html_dom.php';
$html = file_get_html('http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk/');
foreach($html->find('#top-story') as $e)
{
echo $e->innertext . '<br />';
}
?>
Here is an example of taking the top news story from the BBC website.
See demo.
<?php
include'simple_html_dom.php';
$html = file_get_html('http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk/');
foreach($html->find('#top-story') as $e)
{
echo $e->innertext . '<br />';
}
?>
Using PHP to create a dynamic page navigation based on filenames
Here is the problem. You create a bunch of pages. You want to highlight the current page within the navigation. You don't want to manually change the navigation elements to each page.
See demo.
In the example below I create an associative array which contains two elements:
I then grab the filename of the of the current page in the browser.
I then traverse the associative array, each time comparing the filename against the current file shown in the browser, each time creating an anchor using the values.
If array filename and current page filename are the same, then I add a CSS ID to the anchor tag.
You will need to write a little CSS to highlight the current page anchor such as:
nav a#activeMenuItem
{
background:#EEEEEE;
}
But other than that, it works like a charm. Have fun!
<nav>
<?php
$navArray = array('index.php'=>'home', 'services.php'=>'services','portfolio.php'=>'portfolio','contact.php'=>'contact');
$fileName = substr(strrchr($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'],47),1);
foreach($navArray as $fname => $linktitle)
{
echo '<a href="'.$fname.'"';
if($fname==$fileName)
{
echo ' id="activeMenuItem"';
}
echo '>'.$linktitle.'</a>';
}
?>
</nav>
See demo.
In the example below I create an associative array which contains two elements:
- The name of the page which the navigation points to.
- The name which should appear in the navigation.
I then grab the filename of the of the current page in the browser.
I then traverse the associative array, each time comparing the filename against the current file shown in the browser, each time creating an anchor using the values.
If array filename and current page filename are the same, then I add a CSS ID to the anchor tag.
You will need to write a little CSS to highlight the current page anchor such as:
nav a#activeMenuItem
{
background:#EEEEEE;
}
But other than that, it works like a charm. Have fun!
<nav>
<?php
$navArray = array('index.php'=>'home', 'services.php'=>'services','portfolio.php'=>'portfolio','contact.php'=>'contact');
$fileName = substr(strrchr($_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'],47),1);
foreach($navArray as $fname => $linktitle)
{
echo '<a href="'.$fname.'"';
if($fname==$fileName)
{
echo ' id="activeMenuItem"';
}
echo '>'.$linktitle.'</a>';
}
?>
</nav>
Monday, 13 June 2011
Using lorempixum as background images
I've been finding lately that lormepixum is also pretty darn useful in providing background images.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>lorempixum background</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ultra' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
#content
{
margin:auto;
width:40em;
min-height:40em;
background:url(http://lorempixum.com/g/640/640/food) no-repeat;
padding:1em;
}
h1
{
font:4em/1.5em 'Ultra', arial, serif;
color:orange;
}
h2
{
font:2em/1.5em 'Ultra', arial, serif;
}
h3
{
font:1em/1.5em 'Ultra', arial, serif;
}
h2, h3
{
color:#4577D4;
}
#innerText
{
background:url(images/opaque.png);
width:37em;
font:1em/1.5em Sans-serif;
color:#222222;
padding:0.5em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section id="content">
<header><h1>Header 1</h1></header>
<section id="innerText">
<p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href="#">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p>
<h2>Header Level 2</h2>
<ol>
<li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
<li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>
<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote>
<h3>Header Level 3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
<li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ul>
</section>
</section>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>lorempixum background</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ultra' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
#content
{
margin:auto;
width:40em;
min-height:40em;
background:url(http://lorempixum.com/g/640/640/food) no-repeat;
padding:1em;
}
h1
{
font:4em/1.5em 'Ultra', arial, serif;
color:orange;
}
h2
{
font:2em/1.5em 'Ultra', arial, serif;
}
h3
{
font:1em/1.5em 'Ultra', arial, serif;
}
h2, h3
{
color:#4577D4;
}
#innerText
{
background:url(images/opaque.png);
width:37em;
font:1em/1.5em Sans-serif;
color:#222222;
padding:0.5em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section id="content">
<header><h1>Header 1</h1></header>
<section id="innerText">
<p><strong>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique</strong> senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. <em>Aenean ultricies mi vitae est.</em> Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, <code>commodo vitae</code>, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. <a href="#">Donec non enim</a> in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis.</p>
<h2>Header Level 2</h2>
<ol>
<li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
<li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ol>
<blockquote><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Vivamus magna. Cras in mi at felis aliquet congue. Ut a est eget ligula molestie gravida. Curabitur massa. Donec eleifend, libero at sagittis mollis, tellus est malesuada tellus, at luctus turpis elit sit amet quam. Vivamus pretium ornare est.</p></blockquote>
<h3>Header Level 3</h3>
<ul>
<li>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit.</li>
<li>Aliquam tincidunt mauris eu risus.</li>
</ul>
</section>
</section>
</body>
</html>
Friday, 10 June 2011
Simple liquid grid layout
I was reading this blog post earlier today, in which it recommends to "Use liquid layouts" and "Roll your own grids". The example below does just this, so with jQuery mobile, fttext etc. I may just be in a good place to develop responsive web designs.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Liquid Grid</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style>
body
{
font-family:sans-serif;
}
.oneCol, .twoCol, .threeCol, .goldenRatioLeft, .goldenRatioRight
{
clear:left;
}
.oneCol
{
width:100%;
}
.twoCol section
{
width:50%;
}
.threeCol section, .goldenRatioLeft section.first, .goldenRatioRight section.last
{
width:33.3%;
}
.oneCol, .twoCol section, .threeCol section, .goldenRatioLeft section, .goldenRatioRight section
{
background:#EEEEFE;
float:left;
}
.goldenRatioLeft section.double, .goldenRatioRight section.double
{
width:66.6%;
}
h1, p
{
margin:0.5em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section class="oneCol">
<h1>Header 1</h1>
</section>
<section class="twoCol">
<section class="first"><p>Column 1 of 2 columns.</p></section>
<section><p>Column 2 of 2 columns.</p></section>
</section>
<section class="threeCol">
<section class="first"><p>Column 1 of 3 columns.</p></section>
<section class="second"><p>Column 2 of 3 columns.</p></section>
<section><p>Column 3 of 3 columns.</p></section>
</section>
<section class="goldenRatioLeft">
<section class="first"><p>Golden ratio left column 1.</p></section>
<section class="double"><p>Golden ratio left column 2.</p></section>
</section>
<section class="goldenRatioRight">
<section class="double"><p>Golden ratio right column 1.</p></section>
<section class="last"><p>Golden ratio right column 2.</p></section>
</section>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Liquid Grid</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style>
body
{
font-family:sans-serif;
}
.oneCol, .twoCol, .threeCol, .goldenRatioLeft, .goldenRatioRight
{
clear:left;
}
.oneCol
{
width:100%;
}
.twoCol section
{
width:50%;
}
.threeCol section, .goldenRatioLeft section.first, .goldenRatioRight section.last
{
width:33.3%;
}
.oneCol, .twoCol section, .threeCol section, .goldenRatioLeft section, .goldenRatioRight section
{
background:#EEEEFE;
float:left;
}
.goldenRatioLeft section.double, .goldenRatioRight section.double
{
width:66.6%;
}
h1, p
{
margin:0.5em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section class="oneCol">
<h1>Header 1</h1>
</section>
<section class="twoCol">
<section class="first"><p>Column 1 of 2 columns.</p></section>
<section><p>Column 2 of 2 columns.</p></section>
</section>
<section class="threeCol">
<section class="first"><p>Column 1 of 3 columns.</p></section>
<section class="second"><p>Column 2 of 3 columns.</p></section>
<section><p>Column 3 of 3 columns.</p></section>
</section>
<section class="goldenRatioLeft">
<section class="first"><p>Golden ratio left column 1.</p></section>
<section class="double"><p>Golden ratio left column 2.</p></section>
</section>
<section class="goldenRatioRight">
<section class="double"><p>Golden ratio right column 1.</p></section>
<section class="last"><p>Golden ratio right column 2.</p></section>
</section>
</body>
</html>
Fittext - Not bad
I came across a great new jQuery plugin today. Namely FitText. I've done dynamic text resizing myself before, but this seems like a better implementation. To test it, resize your browser.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>FitText</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style>
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
line-height:1.5em;
}
h1
{
font-size:4em;
color:red;
line-height:1.5em;
}
h2
{
font-size:3em;
color:orange;
line-height:1em;
}
</style>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script>
google.load("jquery", "1");
google.load("jqueryui", "1");
</script>
<script src="scripts/jquery.fittext.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function()
{
$('.fittext').fitText();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<header><h1 class="fittext">Header 1</h1></header>
<section id="mainContent">
<h2 class="fittext">It's all in the detail</h2>
<article>
<p class="fittext">Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</article>
</section>
<footer>Footer</footer>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>FitText</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style>
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
line-height:1.5em;
}
h1
{
font-size:4em;
color:red;
line-height:1.5em;
}
h2
{
font-size:3em;
color:orange;
line-height:1em;
}
</style>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script>
google.load("jquery", "1");
google.load("jqueryui", "1");
</script>
<script src="scripts/jquery.fittext.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function()
{
$('.fittext').fitText();
});
</script>
</head>
<body>
<header><h1 class="fittext">Header 1</h1></header>
<section id="mainContent">
<h2 class="fittext">It's all in the detail</h2>
<article>
<p class="fittext">Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</article>
</section>
<footer>Footer</footer>
</body>
</html>
Tuesday, 7 June 2011
SIMPLE LAYOUT #36
This latest layout makes use of a seamless, tiled paper texture. Hope you like it.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Design template 36</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Playfair+Display' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Muli:light,regular' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
*
{
background:url(images/sedona.jpg);
}
body
{
margin:auto;
width:60em;
font:1em/1.5em 'Muli', arial, serif;;
color:#E5D6C3;
}
.floatLeft, aside, article, footer
{
margin:0.5em;
}
.floatLeft, aside
{
width:29em;
float:left;
}
section, footer
{
clear:both;
}
section#titleImages
{
float:right;
margin:-7.5em 0.5em 0 0;
}
article
{
width:19em;
float:left;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4
{
font-family:'Playfair Display', arial, serif;
color:white;
}
h1
{
font-size:7em;
margin:0.5em 0 0.25em 0.05em;
}
h2
{
font-size:2em;
margin:1.5em 0 0em 0.25em;
}
h3, h4
{
font-size:1.6em;
margin:0.5em 0 0.25em 0em;
}
p
{
text-align:justify;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Strapline for you</h2>
</header>
<section id="titleImages">
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/150/150/food" />
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/150/150/technics" />
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/150/150/people" />
</section>
<section class="floatLeft">
<header>
<h3>Section header</h3>
</header>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</section>
<aside>
<header>
<h3>Aside header</h3>
</header>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</aside>
<section>
<article>
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/300/300/food" />
<figure>
<h4>Article header</h4>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p>
</figure>
</article>
<article>
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/300/300/technics" />
<figure>
<h4>Article header</h4>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p>
</figure>
</article>
<article>
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/300/300/people" />
<figure>
<h4>Article header</h4>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p>
</figure>
</article>
</section>
<footer>This is my footer which goes on quite a long time.</footer>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Design template 36</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Playfair+Display' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Muli:light,regular' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
*
{
background:url(images/sedona.jpg);
}
body
{
margin:auto;
width:60em;
font:1em/1.5em 'Muli', arial, serif;;
color:#E5D6C3;
}
.floatLeft, aside, article, footer
{
margin:0.5em;
}
.floatLeft, aside
{
width:29em;
float:left;
}
section, footer
{
clear:both;
}
section#titleImages
{
float:right;
margin:-7.5em 0.5em 0 0;
}
article
{
width:19em;
float:left;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4
{
font-family:'Playfair Display', arial, serif;
color:white;
}
h1
{
font-size:7em;
margin:0.5em 0 0.25em 0.05em;
}
h2
{
font-size:2em;
margin:1.5em 0 0em 0.25em;
}
h3, h4
{
font-size:1.6em;
margin:0.5em 0 0.25em 0em;
}
p
{
text-align:justify;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<header>
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Strapline for you</h2>
</header>
<section id="titleImages">
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/150/150/food" />
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/150/150/technics" />
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/150/150/people" />
</section>
<section class="floatLeft">
<header>
<h3>Section header</h3>
</header>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</section>
<aside>
<header>
<h3>Aside header</h3>
</header>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</aside>
<section>
<article>
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/300/300/food" />
<figure>
<h4>Article header</h4>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p>
</figure>
</article>
<article>
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/300/300/technics" />
<figure>
<h4>Article header</h4>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p>
</figure>
</article>
<article>
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/300/300/people" />
<figure>
<h4>Article header</h4>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p>
</figure>
</article>
</section>
<footer>This is my footer which goes on quite a long time.</footer>
</body>
</html>
Monday, 6 June 2011
lorempixum placeholder
I am going to start using the placeholder from http://lorempixum.com/ from here on. In my last post, I added one of my GIMP creations, but it didn't give the best effect, so I've now added on of these placeholders.
Your also going to fined some of the code I use even leaner. I've been reading the excellent Smashing Book #2. It contains many of the things I'm interested in at the moment and has been improving the quality of my work no end.
For those of you with an addiction for free design code, here is a nice font display.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Font test</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script
src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" /> <style> body {
background:#CCCCCC;
color:#777777;
font:italic 1.1em/1.2em Georgia, serif; } p {
margin:4em;
width:20em;
text-align:justify;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante.</p>
</body>
</html>
Your also going to fined some of the code I use even leaner. I've been reading the excellent Smashing Book #2. It contains many of the things I'm interested in at the moment and has been improving the quality of my work no end.
For those of you with an addiction for free design code, here is a nice font display.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Font test</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script
src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet"
href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" /> <style> body {
background:#CCCCCC;
color:#777777;
font:italic 1.1em/1.2em Georgia, serif; } p {
margin:4em;
width:20em;
text-align:justify;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante.</p>
</body>
</html>
Friday, 3 June 2011
Simple layout #35
The template is very similar to a previous one. I've just changed the colours, fonts, etc. This does give an entirely different impression and can therefore act as an inspiration for doing other things with the design.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Design Template 35</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://yui.yahooapis.com/3.3.0/build/cssgrids/grids-min.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Anton' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
body
{
margin:auto; /* center in viewport */
width: 960px;
background:#333333;
}
body, nav a
{
color:#999999;
}
nav
{
text-align:center;
}
nav a
{
float:right;
display:block;
text-decoration:none;
padding:0.25em 0 0.5em 0;
margin:0 0.2em 0 0;
background:#444444;
}
nav a:hover
{
background:orange;
color:white;
}
h1
{
font:6em/1em 'Anton', arial, serif;
color:orange;
}
h2
{
font:2em 'Anton', arial, serif;
color:#A66C00;
}
section p, footer p, img, hgroup
{
margin:0.5em 1em 1em 1em;
}
#glass
{
width:28em;
}
p, a
{
font:normal 0.9em/1.5em Sans-serif;
}
.j
{
text-align:justify;
}
</style>
</head>
<body class="yui3-g">
<section class="yui3-u-1-2"></section>
<nav class="yui3-u-1-2">
<a href="#" class="yui3-u-1-5">home</a>
<a href="#" class="yui3-u-1-5">services</a>
<a href="#" class="yui3-u-1-5">portfolio</a>
<a href="#" class="yui3-u-1-5">contact</a>
</nav>
<header class="yui3-u-1">
<hgroup>
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
</hgroup>
</header>
<section id="glassHolder" class="yui3-u-1-2">
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/400/300/food" id="glass" />
</section>
<section class="yui3-u-1-2 j">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</section>
<section class="yui3-u-1-3 j">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</section>
<section class="yui3-u-1-3 j">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</section>
<section class="yui3-u-1-3 j">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</section>
<footer class="yui3-u-1"><p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p></footer>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Design Template 35</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="http://yui.yahooapis.com/3.3.0/build/cssgrids/grids-min.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Anton' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
body
{
margin:auto; /* center in viewport */
width: 960px;
background:#333333;
}
body, nav a
{
color:#999999;
}
nav
{
text-align:center;
}
nav a
{
float:right;
display:block;
text-decoration:none;
padding:0.25em 0 0.5em 0;
margin:0 0.2em 0 0;
background:#444444;
}
nav a:hover
{
background:orange;
color:white;
}
h1
{
font:6em/1em 'Anton', arial, serif;
color:orange;
}
h2
{
font:2em 'Anton', arial, serif;
color:#A66C00;
}
section p, footer p, img, hgroup
{
margin:0.5em 1em 1em 1em;
}
#glass
{
width:28em;
}
p, a
{
font:normal 0.9em/1.5em Sans-serif;
}
.j
{
text-align:justify;
}
</style>
</head>
<body class="yui3-g">
<section class="yui3-u-1-2"></section>
<nav class="yui3-u-1-2">
<a href="#" class="yui3-u-1-5">home</a>
<a href="#" class="yui3-u-1-5">services</a>
<a href="#" class="yui3-u-1-5">portfolio</a>
<a href="#" class="yui3-u-1-5">contact</a>
</nav>
<header class="yui3-u-1">
<hgroup>
<h1>Header 1</h1>
<h2>Header 2</h2>
</hgroup>
</header>
<section id="glassHolder" class="yui3-u-1-2">
<img src="http://lorempixum.com/400/300/food" id="glass" />
</section>
<section class="yui3-u-1-2 j">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</section>
<section class="yui3-u-1-3 j">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</section>
<section class="yui3-u-1-3 j">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</section>
<section class="yui3-u-1-3 j">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo.</p>
</section>
<footer class="yui3-u-1"><p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas.</p></footer>
</body>
</html>
Thursday, 2 June 2011
Simple layout #34
In this example I have applied a couple of corners to the background. I have then added text colours which would contrast with both foreground and background colours.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Two corners</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ultra' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Maven+Pro' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
body
{
color:#777777;
}
#topLeft, #bottomRight
{
position:absolute;
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
#topLeft
{
background:url(images/topLeftGrey.png) no-repeat left top;
z-index:-10;
}
#bottomRight
{
background:url(images/bottomRightGrey.png) no-repeat right bottom;
z-index:-9;
}
section#mainContent
{
padding:0.5em 0 0 2em;
}
h1
{
font:3em/2em 'Ultra', arial, serif;
color:orange;
}
p
{
text-align:justify;
font:1em/1.5em 'Maven Pro', arial, serif;
}
article
{
float:left;
width:58.5%;
}
aside
{
text-align:center;
}
aside img
{
width:14em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section id="topLeft"></section>
<section id="bottomRight"></section>
<section id="mainContent">
<h1>It's all in the detail</h1>
<article>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</article>
<aside>
<img src="images/blueGreen.png" />
</aside>
</section>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Two corners</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Ultra' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Maven+Pro' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
body
{
color:#777777;
}
#topLeft, #bottomRight
{
position:absolute;
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
#topLeft
{
background:url(images/topLeftGrey.png) no-repeat left top;
z-index:-10;
}
#bottomRight
{
background:url(images/bottomRightGrey.png) no-repeat right bottom;
z-index:-9;
}
section#mainContent
{
padding:0.5em 0 0 2em;
}
h1
{
font:3em/2em 'Ultra', arial, serif;
color:orange;
}
p
{
text-align:justify;
font:1em/1.5em 'Maven Pro', arial, serif;
}
article
{
float:left;
width:58.5%;
}
aside
{
text-align:center;
}
aside img
{
width:14em;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section id="topLeft"></section>
<section id="bottomRight"></section>
<section id="mainContent">
<h1>It's all in the detail</h1>
<article>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</article>
<aside>
<img src="images/blueGreen.png" />
</aside>
</section>
</body>
</html>
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
Simple layout #33
I haven't done a simple design layout in a while. Haven't had much time to be honest. This one is very simple. Two fonts, 1 colour, but there is an idea how very small.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Design Template 33</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Arvo:regular' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Muli' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
body
{
font:0.9em/1.5em Sans-serif;
}
.contentHolder
{
margin:0 auto;
width:60em;
}
#topPart, #bottomPart
{
color:#FFFFFF;
}
#topPart
{
height:6em;
background:#00A6F2;
padding:0.5em 0 0.5em 0;
}
#middlePart
{
min-height:2em;
}
#bottomPart
{
min-height:2em;
}
#pictureHolder, #wordedContent
{
float:left;
width:48%;
}
h1, h2, h3
{
font-family:'Arvo', arial, serif;
}
h1
{
font-size:4em;
line-height:1em;
}
h2
{
font-size:2em;
}
h3
{
margin:1.5em 0 1.5em 0;
font-size:1.5em;
color:#00A6F2;
}
p
{
font-family: 'Muli', arial, serif;
text-align:justify;
}
</style>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script>
google.load("jquery", "1");
google.load("jqueryui", "1");
</script>
</head>
<body>
<section id="topPart">
<header class="contentHolder">
<h1>Hello</h1>
<h2>And welcome to my website...</h2>
</header>
</section>
<section id="middlePart">
<section class="contentContainer">
<article id="pictureHolder">
<a href="http://www.ourecohouse.info/"><img src="http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/1000/nahled/1-1203254406i5t0.jpg" alt="An Egg by Petr Kratochvil" /></a>
</article>
<aside id="wordedContent">
<h3>Let's create something beautiful<br />
From something simple</h3>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</aside>
</section>
</section>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Design Template 33</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Arvo:regular' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Muli' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
body
{
font:0.9em/1.5em Sans-serif;
}
.contentHolder
{
margin:0 auto;
width:60em;
}
#topPart, #bottomPart
{
color:#FFFFFF;
}
#topPart
{
height:6em;
background:#00A6F2;
padding:0.5em 0 0.5em 0;
}
#middlePart
{
min-height:2em;
}
#bottomPart
{
min-height:2em;
}
#pictureHolder, #wordedContent
{
float:left;
width:48%;
}
h1, h2, h3
{
font-family:'Arvo', arial, serif;
}
h1
{
font-size:4em;
line-height:1em;
}
h2
{
font-size:2em;
}
h3
{
margin:1.5em 0 1.5em 0;
font-size:1.5em;
color:#00A6F2;
}
p
{
font-family: 'Muli', arial, serif;
text-align:justify;
}
</style>
<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script>
google.load("jquery", "1");
google.load("jqueryui", "1");
</script>
</head>
<body>
<section id="topPart">
<header class="contentHolder">
<h1>Hello</h1>
<h2>And welcome to my website...</h2>
</header>
</section>
<section id="middlePart">
<section class="contentContainer">
<article id="pictureHolder">
<a href="http://www.ourecohouse.info/"><img src="http://www.publicdomainpictures.net/pictures/1000/nahled/1-1203254406i5t0.jpg" alt="An Egg by Petr Kratochvil" /></a>
</article>
<aside id="wordedContent">
<h3>Let's create something beautiful<br />
From something simple</h3>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</aside>
</section>
</section>
</body>
</html>
Friday, 27 May 2011
Semi opaque header on photographic background
I saw this technique recently on a designer website and thought it was a nice effect.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Sticky footer</title>
<style type="text/css">
html, body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
height:100%;
margin: 0 auto;
color:#000000;
}
#container
{
padding:6em;
opacity:0.8;
filter:alpha(opacity=80);
}
#background
{
position:absolute;
z-index:-1;
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
h1
{
font-size:6em;
color:yellow;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img id="background" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/4945221855_b1675bb80a.jpg" alt="Tiffany Camera 2" />
<br /><br />
<div id="container">
<h1>The Header</h1>
</div>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Sticky footer</title>
<style type="text/css">
html, body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
height:100%;
margin: 0 auto;
color:#000000;
}
#container
{
padding:6em;
opacity:0.8;
filter:alpha(opacity=80);
}
#background
{
position:absolute;
z-index:-1;
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
h1
{
font-size:6em;
color:yellow;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img id="background" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4089/4945221855_b1675bb80a.jpg" alt="Tiffany Camera 2" />
<br /><br />
<div id="container">
<h1>The Header</h1>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Prettier navigation blocks Horizontal
This is an effect used by designers to add a little texture to navigation block.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Pretty nav blocks</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style>
body
{
font-family:sans-serif;
}
nav a, nav a:link, nav a:active, nav a:hover, nav a:visited
{
color:#FFFFFF;
}
nav a
{
display:block;
float:left;
width:4em;
height:1em;
text-decoration:none;
background:#222222 url(images/buttonbg.png) repeat-x;
padding:1em;
border-right:0.08em solid #FFFFFF;
border-left:0.08em solid #CCCCCC;
text-align:center;
}
nav a:hover
{
background:#666666 url(images/buttonbg.png) repeat-x;
border-left:0.1em solid #CCCCCC;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section id="mainContent">
<nav>
<a href="#">Item 1</a>
<a href="#">Item 2</a>
<a href="#">Item 3</a>
<a href="#">Item 4</a>
</nav>
</section>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Pretty nav blocks</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style>
body
{
font-family:sans-serif;
}
nav a, nav a:link, nav a:active, nav a:hover, nav a:visited
{
color:#FFFFFF;
}
nav a
{
display:block;
float:left;
width:4em;
height:1em;
text-decoration:none;
background:#222222 url(images/buttonbg.png) repeat-x;
padding:1em;
border-right:0.08em solid #FFFFFF;
border-left:0.08em solid #CCCCCC;
text-align:center;
}
nav a:hover
{
background:#666666 url(images/buttonbg.png) repeat-x;
border-left:0.1em solid #CCCCCC;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section id="mainContent">
<nav>
<a href="#">Item 1</a>
<a href="#">Item 2</a>
<a href="#">Item 3</a>
<a href="#">Item 4</a>
</nav>
</section>
</body>
</html>
Monday, 16 May 2011
Use of textures for 1920s feel.
This is an example page in the style of the 1920s, I'm sure some would say art-deco. The main thing for me is the use of textures, appropriate images, borders and backgrounds.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Mobile friendly liquid layout #7</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css">
<title>Twenties</title>
<style>
@font-face {
font-family: 'RaconteurNFRegular';
src: url('fonts/raconteurnf-webfont.eot');
src: local('☺'), url('fonts/raconteurnf-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('fonts/raconteurnf-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('fonts/raconteurnf-webfont.svg#webfont6VTANDte') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
html, body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
height:100%;
margin: 0 auto;
background:#FFD073 url(images/seamlesspaper.jpg);
color:#000000;
}
#container
{
height:60%;
margin: 0 auto;
width:920px;
}
#contentWrapper, #contentHolder
{
position:relative;
behavior: url(scripts/PIE.htc);
}
#contentWrapper
{
width:500px;
float:left;
border:8px solid #A67B25;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
behavior: url(scripts/PIE.htc);
opacity:0.8;
filter:alpha(opacity=80);
}
#contentHolder
{
margin:4px;
border:2px solid #000000;
-webkit-border-radius:4px;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
}
#contentHolder p
{
margin:8px;
font-family:serif;
font-size:1.1em;
line-height:140%;
color:#000000;
text-align:justify;
}
h1
{
font-family: 'RaconteurNFRegular';
font-size:4em;
color:#000000;
}
img.city
{
float:left;
width:400px;
}
#footer
{
height:40%;
clear:both;
background:url(images/cityborder.png) repeat-x;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<h1>The Roaring Twenties</h1>
<div id="contentWrapper">
<div id="contentHolder">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</div>
</div>
<img src="images/cityArtDeco.png" class="city" />
</div>
<div id="footer"></div>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Mobile friendly liquid layout #7</title>
<!--[if IE]>
<script src="http://html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css">
<title>Twenties</title>
<style>
@font-face {
font-family: 'RaconteurNFRegular';
src: url('fonts/raconteurnf-webfont.eot');
src: local('☺'), url('fonts/raconteurnf-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('fonts/raconteurnf-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('fonts/raconteurnf-webfont.svg#webfont6VTANDte') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
html, body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
height:100%;
margin: 0 auto;
background:#FFD073 url(images/seamlesspaper.jpg);
color:#000000;
}
#container
{
height:60%;
margin: 0 auto;
width:920px;
}
#contentWrapper, #contentHolder
{
position:relative;
behavior: url(scripts/PIE.htc);
}
#contentWrapper
{
width:500px;
float:left;
border:8px solid #A67B25;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
behavior: url(scripts/PIE.htc);
opacity:0.8;
filter:alpha(opacity=80);
}
#contentHolder
{
margin:4px;
border:2px solid #000000;
-webkit-border-radius:4px;
-moz-border-radius: 4px;
border-radius: 4px;
}
#contentHolder p
{
margin:8px;
font-family:serif;
font-size:1.1em;
line-height:140%;
color:#000000;
text-align:justify;
}
h1
{
font-family: 'RaconteurNFRegular';
font-size:4em;
color:#000000;
}
img.city
{
float:left;
width:400px;
}
#footer
{
height:40%;
clear:both;
background:url(images/cityborder.png) repeat-x;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<h1>The Roaring Twenties</h1>
<div id="contentWrapper">
<div id="contentHolder">
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui. Donec non enim in turpis pulvinar facilisis. Ut felis. Praesent dapibus, neque id cursus faucibus, tortor neque egestas augue, eu vulputate magna eros eu erat. Aliquam erat volutpat. Nam dui mi, tincidunt quis, accumsan porttitor, facilisis luctus, metus</p>
</div>
</div>
<img src="images/cityArtDeco.png" class="city" />
</div>
<div id="footer"></div>
</body>
</html>
Another radial gradient background
Here is another example of using a radial gradient for a background, just because it looks nice.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Radial Gradient Background</title>
<style type="text/css">
*
{
margin:0;
padding:0;
height:100%;
}
html, body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
}
#background
{
position:absolute;
z-index:-1;
background:#FF0000;
/* url(images/check.gif); */
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
.contentHolder
{
margin:0 auto;
width:800px;
padding:10px;
}
#topPart, #middlePart, #bottomPart
{
display:block;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
#topPart
{
height:200px;
}
#middlePart
{
height:400px;
}
#bottomPart
{
min-height:200px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img id="background" src="images/radialGradientBackground.png" alt="gradient" />
<div id="topPart">
<div class="contentHolder">
<h1>Hello</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div id="middlePart">
<div class="contentHolder">
<h1>The stuff which really matters</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div id="bottomPart">
<div class="contentHolder">
<h1>Goodbye</h1>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Radial Gradient Background</title>
<style type="text/css">
*
{
margin:0;
padding:0;
height:100%;
}
html, body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
}
#background
{
position:absolute;
z-index:-1;
background:#FF0000;
/* url(images/check.gif); */
width:100%;
height:100%;
}
.contentHolder
{
margin:0 auto;
width:800px;
padding:10px;
}
#topPart, #middlePart, #bottomPart
{
display:block;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
#topPart
{
height:200px;
}
#middlePart
{
height:400px;
}
#bottomPart
{
min-height:200px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img id="background" src="images/radialGradientBackground.png" alt="gradient" />
<div id="topPart">
<div class="contentHolder">
<h1>Hello</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div id="middlePart">
<div class="contentHolder">
<h1>The stuff which really matters</h1>
</div>
</div>
<div id="bottomPart">
<div class="contentHolder">
<h1>Goodbye</h1>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Neon text using GIMP
Here is another GIMP tutorial. How to add a neon effect to text.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Font effects - Neon text</title>
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#000000;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/neonText.png" alt="neonText" />
<h1>Neon text example using GIMP</h1>
<h2>Prepare your gimp canvas</h2>
<p>Start with a new clean canvas lets say 640px width and 480px height.</p>
<h2>Add some text</h2>
<p>Choose a font you like but I recommend to use an italic text. Now type your word(s).</p>
<p>Right click on the layer with the text and choose Text to Path.</p>
<p>Go to the Edit menu and choose Stroke Path.</p>
<p>In the Stroke Path dialogue choose Stroke with Paint Tool and hit the Stroke button.</p>
<h2>Optional</h2>
<p>You may now need to resize the selection because the text comes too close to the edge and gets chopped off.</p>
<p>Go to Layer-Layer Boundry Size and increase the layer width, centreing the text within the increased layer.</p>
<h2>Back to the necessary</h2>
<p>Select Filters > Alpha to Logo >Neon and click on the OK button.</p>
<h2>Done!</h2>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Font effects - Neon text</title>
<style type="text/css">
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
background:#000000;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<img src="images/neonText.png" alt="neonText" />
<h1>Neon text example using GIMP</h1>
<h2>Prepare your gimp canvas</h2>
<p>Start with a new clean canvas lets say 640px width and 480px height.</p>
<h2>Add some text</h2>
<p>Choose a font you like but I recommend to use an italic text. Now type your word(s).</p>
<p>Right click on the layer with the text and choose Text to Path.</p>
<p>Go to the Edit menu and choose Stroke Path.</p>
<p>In the Stroke Path dialogue choose Stroke with Paint Tool and hit the Stroke button.</p>
<h2>Optional</h2>
<p>You may now need to resize the selection because the text comes too close to the edge and gets chopped off.</p>
<p>Go to Layer-Layer Boundry Size and increase the layer width, centreing the text within the increased layer.</p>
<h2>Back to the necessary</h2>
<p>Select Filters > Alpha to Logo >Neon and click on the OK button.</p>
<h2>Done!</h2>
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Use of wood and paper textures
This example makes use of textures, both wooden and paper. It's the starting position of putting together a website for a local carpenter. I also use one of the Google fonts to add a handwritten effect.
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Local carpenter</title>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Reenie+Beanie' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
html, body
{
font-family: 'Reenie Beanie', arial, serif;
background:url(images/coursepaper.jpg);
}
#mainContent, #footer
{
margin:0 auto;
width:800px;
}
#mainContent, #paper, #footer
{
position:relative;
padding:20px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 4px 4px 4px #737373;
-moz-box-shadow: 4px 4px 4px #737373;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 4px #737373;
behavior: url(scripts/PIE.htc);
}
#mainContent
{
background:url(images/plywood.jpg);
min-height:440px;
}
#leftSection
{
float:left;
width:140px;
}
#subNav
{
float:left;
width:136px;
margin-left:60px;
}
#subNav a.subMenu, a.subMenu:hover
{
font-size:2em;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
#subNav a.subMenu
{
display:block;
height:96px;
background:url(images/woodenbutton.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
margin-top:0px;
padding-top:20px;
padding-left:20px;
}
#subNav a.subMenu:hover
{
background:url(images/woodenbuttonover.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
padding-top:24px;
padding-left:24px;
}
.menuSelected
{
}
img
{
}
p
{
font-size:1.4em;
}
#paper
{
float:right;
background:url(images/paper.jpg);
width:500px;
min-height:300px;
}
#footer
{
background:url(images/plywood2.jpg);
position: relative;
min-height:40px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<br />
<div id="mainContent">
<div id="leftSection">
<img src="images/stamp.png" alt="stamp">
<div id="subNav">
<a href="subPage1.html" class="subMenu menuSelected">First</a>
<a href="subPage2.html" class="subMenu">Second</a>
</div>
</div>
<div id="paper">
<h1>Welcome to the Local Carpenter</h1>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui.</p>
</div>
</div>
<br />
<div id="footer"></div>
</body>
</html>
See demo.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>Local carpenter</title>
<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Reenie+Beanie' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
<style>
html, body
{
font-family: 'Reenie Beanie', arial, serif;
background:url(images/coursepaper.jpg);
}
#mainContent, #footer
{
margin:0 auto;
width:800px;
}
#mainContent, #paper, #footer
{
position:relative;
padding:20px;
-webkit-box-shadow: 4px 4px 4px #737373;
-moz-box-shadow: 4px 4px 4px #737373;
box-shadow: 4px 4px 4px #737373;
behavior: url(scripts/PIE.htc);
}
#mainContent
{
background:url(images/plywood.jpg);
min-height:440px;
}
#leftSection
{
float:left;
width:140px;
}
#subNav
{
float:left;
width:136px;
margin-left:60px;
}
#subNav a.subMenu, a.subMenu:hover
{
font-size:2em;
color:#FFFFFF;
}
#subNav a.subMenu
{
display:block;
height:96px;
background:url(images/woodenbutton.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
margin-top:0px;
padding-top:20px;
padding-left:20px;
}
#subNav a.subMenu:hover
{
background:url(images/woodenbuttonover.png) 0 0 no-repeat;
padding-top:24px;
padding-left:24px;
}
.menuSelected
{
}
img
{
}
p
{
font-size:1.4em;
}
#paper
{
float:right;
background:url(images/paper.jpg);
width:500px;
min-height:300px;
}
#footer
{
background:url(images/plywood2.jpg);
position: relative;
min-height:40px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<br />
<div id="mainContent">
<div id="leftSection">
<img src="images/stamp.png" alt="stamp">
<div id="subNav">
<a href="subPage1.html" class="subMenu menuSelected">First</a>
<a href="subPage2.html" class="subMenu">Second</a>
</div>
</div>
<div id="paper">
<h1>Welcome to the Local Carpenter</h1>
<p>Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum tortor quam, feugiat vitae, ultricies eget, tempor sit amet, ante. Donec eu libero sit amet quam egestas semper. Aenean ultricies mi vitae est. Mauris placerat eleifend leo. Quisque sit amet est et sapien ullamcorper pharetra. Vestibulum erat wisi, condimentum sed, commodo vitae, ornare sit amet, wisi. Aenean fermentum, elit eget tincidunt condimentum, eros ipsum rutrum orci, sagittis tempus lacus enim ac dui.</p>
</div>
</div>
<br />
<div id="footer"></div>
</body>
</html>
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