The example we will be looking at uses a combination of relative and absolute positioning to place columns where they are supposed to go. We'll start out with some good semantic XHTML markup for our layout and then we'll jump right into the CSS.

What's the most important job in the world? This question sounds like something a curious young child would ask. But closer consideration reveals that this question is actually utterly profound. It is one of the most basic teleological inquiries...

CSS works very well for designing one and two column layouts. It's shaky but workable on three-column layouts. But if you want a four column layout, you have to get downright creative. This article presents an easy, straightforward method for designing...

Our view of truth is the Rosetta Stone for how we interpret life, relationships, ethics, vocation, and even design. It's the foundation of our worldview. Without a firm grasp on the popular views of truth we encounter, we will find ourselves...

Building a three or four column layout on the web without the help of a table can be a difficult task. There are a number of ways to overcome the lack of multi-column support in CSS and none of them is very pretty. The three-column layout...

Is there really a Christian way to analyze design? Can non-religious works of creativity still be considered Christian? What makes a design good or bad? If you're a Christian designer and you haven't considered these questions, you're probably...

Mod_rewrite is an Apache module that can be accessed from .htaccess files to perform all kinds of complicated URL manipulation. The main mod_rewrite function, RewriteRule, is powered by regular expressions. For the purposes of this tutorial...

5 for Friday is a weekly list of blog articles compiled by Mirificam Press. It links to the best of the web design related articles on the web.

Every web designer has a list of favorite tools—a set of indispensable programs and resources that we couldn't live a day without. Fortunately (or unfortunately) for us there is constantly a newer, better tool emerging for just about everything a web...

Bits O' NewMedia has officially made the transformation into Mirificam Press. The task of creating a new design that fit the personality and direction of the blog ended up being more difficult than I had anticipated. I'd like to kick off the new site...