Michael Rohde

This article will show you exactly how to make your text glow upon mouse over using nothing but CSS3. It’s a pretty cool effect, how you implement it is up to you, and feel free to experiment with the code to make it fit your site. I originally found this code on the HTML5 Community […]

I’m always on the look out for new ways to use CSS3. The latest treasure trove of CSS3 code that I found comes from a site called Impressive Webs. This article will focus on using CSS3 transitions without using :hover or JavaScript. I really like this set of code because it has multiple, functional uses […]

When developing your website, you might be scratching your head wondering what you can do to customize your site further. One possibility that can add some flavor and zest to your site while at the same time reinforcing branding, is to use a custom cursor. Your custom cursor can be any image that you choose. […]

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds provide a means for regular visitors of your website to stay informed of your most recent content. You can start a new RSS feed, depending on your site, through such places as Feedburner. Visitors can then add your RSS feed to their Google Reader or as a widget on their […]

While HTML5 has been on everyone’s mind lately, the use of related technologies such as CSS3 media queries are becoming increasingly important as well. Visitors have certain expectations when viewing your site on everything from a desktop to a laptop to a netbook to a tablet to a handheld. They expect your site to maintain […]

If you’ve ever tried to open an XML file and expected to view it like a typical HTML file, chances are you were disappointed with the results. When you clicked that XML file open, you probably saw something like this (sample code taken from the W3C):           Bob Dylan    USA    […]

Tables and web design development have a long and storied history. Originally, table tags in HTML were meant for the purpose of structuring numeric data on a page. As time passed, design developers started using table tags as a means to organize all of the content on a page. For awhile, that was a very […]

All About Google+ By now, most people have at least heard of Google+, and I read the other day that 10 million people have already signed up for this latest social network. That kind of growth has marked it as the fastest growing social network around. And it’s not even out of beta, nor is […]

Old School Tooltips Way back in the day, tooltips were a very popular method in software applications to provide useful information about a particular feature. Users could hover over a button or a feature and a friendly little message would appear with helpful information. As time passed, tooltips slowly faded away as the internet gained […]

For some of you, HTML (hyper-text markup language) is as foreign a language as when you first learned to read and write. This article is for you. For those of us who have been working with HTML for over 10 years, this article will not apply. However, there is a growing number of writers and […]

This bit of code that I recently discovered belongs in the category of, “Really Cool Stuff That I Have Yet to Find a Real Use For.” Yes, that is a long title for a category that exists only in my mind, but for what I’m about to show you, it’s very apropos. Basically, this CSS3 […]

While I like to discover and test the latest in HTML5 and CSS3, I don’t always implement every new trick that I find. My basic rule of thumb is, if it enhances my site, in a useful and functional way, then I’ll consider adding the new code to my site. Especially if that new code […]