A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 286

Authors: C: Dan Cederholm

Dan Cederholm

Designer, coder, and bon vivant Dan Cederholm drove the standards-compliant redesigns of Fast Company and Inc.com (interview). He publishes design tips and news on his personal site, SimpleBits.

Articles By This Author

Mountaintop Corners

Issue 179April 30, 2004

Most of us have experience creating “rounded” corners by erasing pixels. It’s a rudimentary web design technique — or so we always thought. But in the hands of Dan Cederholm, author of Web Standards Solutions, this seemingly simple technique paves the way for boxes and borders that can change sizes and colors at your whim.

Making mountains out of pixels, which are even smaller than molehills

Faux Columns

Issue 167January 9, 2004

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It’s a beginning CSS designer’s nightmare and a frequently asked question at ALA: Multi-column CSS layouts can run into trouble when one of the columns stops short of its intended length. Here’s a simple solution.