Posts Tagged ‘ css

How to automatically force a cache refresh on CSS and JavaScript files with PHP?

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There is your client, complaining that they can’t see the changes you just made to their website. You explain them that they need to delete their browser cache in order to properly visualize the modifications. They said they don’t know how, and this is when you lose your patience and decide for a more radical solution. We are developers right? there has to be something easier than explaining the client how to delete their cache. Read on for more.
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How is responsive design the answer to mobile web consumption?

The number of people perusing the web on mobile devices is huge, nobody can say otherwise. Ericsson reported that in the past year, mobile traffic more than doubled. The number of users in the United States alone who use the internet via a mobile device grew 19% over the past year. The Times of India recently reported that the number of mobile phones in the United Kingdom is now greater than the number of people there; not only that, but 27% of the adult population in Britain now uses a smartphone. It’s becoming clear that mobile browsing isn’t only here to stay, but it’s here to change the way we consume media. What does this mean for content creators and designers? In short, we must adapt and begin thinking about content in a more inclusive fashion. Read more

Fix / workaround for the z-index problem on IE7

IE7 behaves strangely when we talk about z-index. It doesn’t always respect the z-index values of our elements. However, if you come around this weird stuff, just add a higher z-index to the parent of the element you want to put above everything else. Don’t ask me why this works but it does!

Lets take a look at a small example:

<div style="z-index: 3000">
  <div style="position:absolute;z-index:1000;">
    this element will appear above everything else
    <a href="#">Page</a>
        ...
  </div>
</div>
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