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CSS crib sheets posted 9th February 2004

Andy Budd has posted another page to his CSS Crib Sheet, a series of solutions to those niggling cross-browser CSS problems. This, the third issue, is on centering divs. Previous episodes explain about clearing floats and gaps between vertical nav elements in IE5.

Dave Shea also has a CSS crib sheet which outlines many best practices, and the css-discuss Wiki, a companion to the CssDiscussList will probably answer just about any other CSS problem you may have.
Another fellow Brightonian, Jeremy Keith, debuts in A List Apart with JavaScript Image Gallery. The article does what it says on the tin, using some nifty DOM tricks to update images and captions. Jeremy also supplements the article with a few tips in within the article discussion.

The discussion areas of ALA are an important part of its success, but like so many open forums, they have become increasingly blemished with trolls, flame bait and plain rudeness. Jeremy’s article didn’t escape this abuse either, but fortunately he’s too chilled to take things personally. Call me naïve, but it never ceases to amaze me just how dispicably insulting some people can be behind the anonymity of a computer.

A new beginning: After months of preparation I’m immensely pleased to announce that Andy Budd, Jeremy Keith and I have joined forces to form Clearleft, which officially launched on Monday.
CSS and Ajax Workshops: Clearleft is doing a couple of public workshops at the end of January, here in Brighton. Andy Budd and Jeremy Keith will be training folk on CSS Mastery and Bulletproof Ajax respectively. Also check out Web Directions North conference.
Ten questions for Andy: Brighton blogger and Web designer Andy Budd answers ten questions on topics including standards fascism and the success of Skillswap. Andy also echoing my own feelings on blogging.
DOM Scripting Resources: Are there any useful DOM scripting references out there?
All I’m offering is the truth: Jeremy Keith has published his excellent SkillSwap talk on CSS Based Design. Its real selling point is that Jeremy advocates and demonstrates how starting out with meaningful mark-up will help along your CSS. And he even manages to ape the Matrix along the way.