So, I’d love to hear from you!

1. What’s your favourite online responsive design article/tutorial?
2. Have you built a responsive design site recently? If so, what was the single most important lesson you learned during the process (plus a URL if you’re willing to share)?

For those like me, who had no idea what language Belorussian is…

The Belarusian language is the language of the Belarusian people. It is the official language of Belarus, along with Russian, and is spoken abroad, chiefly in Russia, Ukraine, and Poland.

Belarusian language

• Hands-on CSS3 with Russ Weakley
• Hands-on HTML5 with Craig Sharkie

CSS3, the newest version of the style sheet languages, is much more than cool effects. CSS3 allows us to create beautiful web designs more efficiently and with more flexibility. This workshop will give you a clear understanding of CSS3 – not just for the future but for today! Hands-on CSS3 will give you a clear overview of all the key aspects of CSS3.

HTML5 is the latest and most powerful of the HTML markup langauges. This workshop cuts through the complexities and demystify HTML5, making it easy to understand and apply. Hands-on HTML5 will give you a clear overview of all the key aspects of HTML5.

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<link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheet.css" type="text/css">

Instead, you can write something like:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="stylesheet.css"">

The HTML5 spec states:

The type attribute gives the MIME type of the linked resource. It is purely advisory. The value must be a valid MIME type. For external resource links, the type attribute is used as a hint to user agents so that they can avoid fetching resources they do not support. If the attribute is present, then the user agent must assume that the resource is of the given type (even if that is not a valid MIME type, e.g. the empty string). If the attribute is omitted, but the external resource link type has a default type defined, then the user agent must assume that the resource is of that type.

Source

However, the W3C CSS validator seems to have some issues with HTML5 documents that exclude type="text/css". See the two test pages below:

• HTML5 test 1 – type=”text/css” present – in this case the W3C validator finds the CSS file and validates it
• HTML5 test 2 – type=”text/css” not present – in this case the W3C validator cannot find the CSS file

Have you noticed this before? Have you found other instances where the missing type="text/css" attribute is an issues?

Russ: “where do floats go?”

Class: [silence]

Russ: “Just ask Beyonce!”

Class: [more silence]

Russ: [rolls eyes in mock exasperation] “To the left, to the left”

Someone from the class: “I thought you were going to say ‘if you like it then you shoulda put some padding on it’”

It’s the little things…

A quick presentation on CSS Reset including a basic explanation, an outline of some of the advantages and disadvantages, as well as a simpler reset option.

Font stacks

A quick presentation on Font stacks including a basic explanation and a step-by-step example.