Thursday, December 17, 2009

Fixed DIV at the bottom of a page

Ever wondered how they make it on those websites where there's a menu or options always sticking to the bottom of the page? Well, i was, so I digged a bit and found this thread: Create a fixed DIV at the bottom of a page even if the page scrolls just like Facebook's bottom menu..

It's amazing how many things you can actually do with CSS without actually having to use any script, isn't it?

Monday, December 14, 2009

background image overlap using negative (minus) margins

I fell in love with a menu style so I thought I'm going to do it myself. What I really liked about it was not only the rounded style but also that it seemed to overlap to the image above. With the very comprehensive help of The Definitive Guide to Using Negative Margins I managed to do it just the way I wanted.

See a snapshot of the part I was talking about:

overlapping background

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

How to upload a Joomla! website's localhost version to my hosting server

Note: this article assumes that you use XAMPP to test your website offline - see one of my eariler articles about it here. The first suggested installation method of the Absolute Beginners Guide to Joomla! is XAMPP too.