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How do I... Use CSS to create an image map on my Web site?

Thanks to the rise of Flash technology, image maps are rarely used anymore. However, CSS does allow you to create an image map with some subtle mouse over effects with a few slick modifications to the HTML list tags. John Lee shows you how to create an image map with...

Tags: Web, Web Site, John Lee, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Download resources 2008-04-22

How do I... Create a scrolling content box in CSS?

There is an alternative CSS markup that will let you confine large blocks of content to a set width and height and let you scroll through them using a scrollbar control. This gives the effect of viewing content in a frame, but the scrolling box stays put on one page...

Tags: John Lee, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Download resources 2008-04-10

How do I... Use Flash animation to duplicate the marquee tag effect?

Most Web designers and developers are glad that the marquee tag is dead and buried. However, if you have a boss or a client that is insistent upon using the marquee tag in a Web site, you do have an option. John Lee shows you how to create the marquee...

Tags: Flash Animation, Web, John Lee, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Marketing, Internet

Download resources 2008-03-14

How do I... Animate photographic elements with masks in Flash?

Manipulating heavier graphic elements in Flash increases file size and can make your animation sluggish. But there is another way to get some great, high-functioning animation effects with bitmap graphics using Masks. John Lee shows you how simple it is to give life and motion to photographic elements in Flash...

Tags: Mask, Animation, John Lee

Download resources 2008-02-25

How do I... Use CSS to manipulate a background image?

CSS allows you to use background graphics in a wide number of tasteful and versatile ways. Not only can graphics exist as backgrounds to entire pages, but you can also employ CSS to assign a background image to any CSS rule. John Lee shows you just three of many popular...

Tags: Background Image, John Lee, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Download resources 2008-02-04

How do I... Use Zoomify to improve my digital images in Photoshop CS3?

Photoshop CS3 has a way to put your photo online and it will still download quickly with all of its high-resolution glory intact. It's a dirty little secret called the Zoomify function. The Zoomify function actually creates a finished Flash file from within Photoshop. John Lee shows you how it...

Tags: Adobe PhotoShop, Digital Image, John Lee, Photoshop CS3, Blogging, Internet

Download resources 2008-01-15

How do I... Center a Web page layout using CSS?

The most common LCD monitors on the market today follow the wide-screen format. But that wide ratio can play havoc with Web site designers and their layout of Web pages. However, with a little bit of Cascading Style Sheet CSS code, you can control you Web page design by centering...

Tags: Web, Web Page, John Lee, CSS, Channel Management, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Marketing

Download resources 2008-01-02

How do I... Create animation with ActionScript 3.0 in Flash CS3?

While there is nothing wrong with animating objects using the timeline, animating a Flash movie with ActionScript has an enormous advantage in that the end movie puts much less strain on the end viewer's processor and memory, thereby increasing the performance of the movie. Flash CS3 will allow you to...

Tags: Movie, Animation, John Lee

Download resources 2007-12-17

How do I... Create a customized JavaScript jump menu in Dreamweaver CS3?

If you are in charge of maintaining a Web site, one of your recurring tasks is likely accommodating a committee of supervisors or clients that want to add links to the site on a continuing basis. One of the more practical solutions to an ever-expanding list of navigation links is...

Tags: Menu, Macromedia Dreamweaver, JavaScript, John Lee, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Download resources 2007-11-29

How do I... Create an animated image in Flash for my Web page?

Flash has evolved into a ubiquitous multi-faceted tool for deploying all kinds of content on to the World Wide Web. Flash's Timeline allows you create smooth and smart animations that can be as simple or as complex as you would like them to be. John Lee shows you how simple...

Tags: Web, Web Page, Tool, John Lee, Productivity

Download resources 2007-11-12

How do I... Compress a GIF or a JPEG graphic in Photoshop CS3?

When you prepare graphics for the Web, choosing the proper format for your graphics is the key to ensuring that your Web site loads quickly in client browsers, regardless of the end-user's connection speed. Despite the escalating saturation of broadband connections, it is always a good idea to get your...

Tags: Adobe PhotoShop, GIF, JPEG, Graphics, John Lee, Channel Management, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Marketing

Download resources 2007-10-26

How Do I... Convert an MPEG video file into Flash video?

Converting an MPEG, AVI or QuickTime video is a simple process that involves using Adobe's Flash Video Encoder, a separate program which installs on your hard drive in conjunction with the installation of Flash CS3 itself. If you already have Flash CS3 on your computer, you can open the Flash...

Tags: Apple QuickTime, AVI, MPEG, Video, John Lee, Digital Video, Corporate Communications, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Marketing, Consumer Electronics

Download resources 2007-09-27

How Do I... Create a custom Web user interface for my Flash video?

Adobe Flash's video technology is all over the Web, and is an example of how Internet video has finally arrived after overcoming many technological hurdles over the past decade. The latest version of Flash, CS3, makes it extremely easy to build a custom video player to show off your Flash...

Tags: Web, Video, John Lee, Adobe Flash, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Download resources 2007-09-17

How Do I... Create an HTML page with multiple colored links?

Before the advent of Cascading Style Sheets CSS, HTML designers were stuck with a limited range of options when choosing color attributes for their anchor tags. But if you understand basic HTML, it is not difficult to write some simple CSS code that lets you declare as many classes as...

Tags: HTML, HTML Page, John Lee, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Download resources 2007-08-30

A quick reference guide of HTML tags and their attributes

Creating documents in HTML or with HTML tags is a common task for many IT professionals these days. This colorful quick reference download will save you time and aggravation when you are trying to remember the syntax of a certain HTML tag or attribute. Print out a copy and keep...

Tags: HTML, John Lee

Download resources 2007-05-31

Additional Resources

Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!

RE: Dance Microsoft Store employees, dance!I for one am proud to see Microsoft employees that love their job. They are really enjoying themselves which not only makes for a better environment but also makes for better customer service. This is exactly the kind of thing the Microsoft store should...

Tags: Corporate communications, Branding, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Apple Store, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

When HIPAA and Twitter collide: Can you blab away your privacy rights?

Absolutely notThe most the hospital should do is cite HIPAA and promise a private resolution. That is all they need to do in public. If they do resolve the problem to satisfaction, most people who are willing to complain about a health problem in public would acknowledge that in public....

Tags: Regulatory compliance, HEALTHCARE, Regulations, Twitter Inc., hospital, HIPAA, patient

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

The Dixie Chicks of the health reform debate

On the other hand...While he might have messed with the heads of the Birkenstock set, he also might have more than compensated by drawing in other people. Personally, I've been turned off by stores touting "natural" foods as the answer to every question, but after hearing the boss speak...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Advertising & Promotion, Whole Foods, Mackey, health care, Singer Natalie Maines

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

News to know: HP, Vista SP2; Pre; Oracle licensing

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: HP's second quarter on target; Big units take revenue lumps; Headcount cuts ahead Mary Jo Foley: Where is Vista SP2? ...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Performance, Service Pack 2, Palm Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2009-05-20

Sapphire 09 Live: Smart business plans, moral benchmarks

SAP is always a bit of a conundrum to me. They have extraordinarily talented people, an incredibly deep product portfolio that they are always extending, more often than not make good acquisitions that take some time but work out all in all, and seem to be actually dedicated to transforming...

Tags: Sustainability, SAP AG, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-05-13