So you think your CSS looks alright then? But it doesn't seem to do what I expect - what has happened to the margin on that div?
Look carefully; maybe you have missed out a semi-colon!
Posted on 09 Mar 2012 around 10am • Tagged with: eBooks | Ideas | Web Technology | Permanent link to this article
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One essential tip for eBook creators:
In every program that supports it; display hidden characters.
Posted on 06 Mar 2012 around 2pm • Tagged with: eBooks | Ideas | Software | Permanent link to this article
This article comes with some small print:
It is unlikely to ever be finished. On this day in February 2011 (when I started to write this down), things are moving very fast and with new tablet devices appearing and new tools becoming available, the whole process of publishing to tablet devices sits on shifting sands.
The terms eBook (e-book, E-book, EBook, whatever), eZines and APPS have some very fuzzy boundaries. We are seeing eBooks that might be considered applications. We are seeing eBooks that might be regarded as interactive games and eBooks that are partially audio books. The range of development tools for eZines on the iPad (and other tablets) is growing but some are coming at a significant price. On the other hand, open source tools are gaining ground (more on this from me soon).
Standards are evolving - just today we see the first public showing ePUB version 3.0.
Posted on 14 Feb 2011 around 4pm • Tagged with: eBooks | Ideas | Publishing | Permanent link to this article
CSS3 provides some neat effects, like rounded corners and shadows, but InternetExplorer (before version 9) just ignores these CSS rules.
Hopefully you are seeing the rounded corners and shadows, even if you are using Internet Explorer, because Jason Johnston has provided a solution and you can find out all about it on his web site: css3pie
Posted on 04 Feb 2011 around 10am • Tagged with: How to | Ideas | Web Technology | Permanent link to this article
The W3C have now posted up the HTML5 logo and are suggesting that if you use this new flavour of HTML, then flaunt it and add the logo to your site. So, here it is then, in a blog post.
Anyway - go and get one yourself.
Posted on 27 Jan 2011 around 3pm • Tagged with: Ideas | Web Technology | also: html5 html HTML Permanent link to this article
