Both popular and new at least able to be done in all of the latest browser versions we can now have rounded corners on borders without needing to add any extra tags into the HTML to do it. Most modern browsers even support elliptical as well as circular corners. Round Corners

Introducing a new series of CSS articles. This particular series will deal with some of the new features added in CSS3 that have at least some support in existing modern browsers. Media Queries

There have been lots of comments about the attack against DistributeIT over the last couple of weeks. As I actually have two domains registered through them and was in the process of moving the associated sites at the time they were attacked I experienced first hand the impact that the attack had with respect to [...]

When you decide not to tile the background image on a part or all of your page you may want to position it somewhere other than the top left of the area. There are a few keywords that can be used for positioning as well as percentages (which don’t work quite the way you might [...]

I have seen a lot of people asking on various forums how to get the :active pseudo class to work for their links. The reason why it doesn’t is either that they have specified their pseudo classes in the wrong order and it is being overridden or they are misunderstanding what active means.

Moving on from text the fourth of my CSS reference pages covers the whitespace around your content and how to define how big it should be using padding and margins. Margin and Padding Controls

The third of my reference pages on CSS covers all the text controls not covered in the prior two pages. Text Controls

Here’s my review of another C++ book that might be just what a beginner is looking for. Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours

This guest article by Etsel Skelton discusses why you might want to keep documents in the “cloud” and then introduces you to five storage providers who have an option that will allow you to start out without having to pay for it. Free Online Backup “Cloud” Storage

One question that constantly recurs is “how can I protect the source of my web page from being viewed?” The answer every time is exactly the same but many people do not seem to like the answer that they get and seem to think that if they ask the question enough times that they might [...]

Even some of the support staff at Paypal sometimes overlook one of the three ways that you can make payments through Paypal. Paypal Payment Methods

Most books are either aimed at beginners and cease to be useful once the person is no longer a beginner or are more advanced and so not usable by beginners. This book is one of the rare exceptions. Read more of what I think about the book – “C++ Without Fear”