A demonstration of what can be accomplished visually through CSS-based design. Select any weblog from the list below to load it into your browser.
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Littering a dark and dreary road lay the past relics of browser-specific tags, incompatible DOMs, and broken CSS support.
Today, we must clear the mind of past practices. Web enlightenment has been achieved thanks to the tireless efforts of folk like the W3C, WaSP and the major browser creators.
The Bloogs invites you to relax and meditate on the important lessons of the masters. Begin to see with clarity. Learn to use the (yet to be) time-honored techniques in new and invigorating fashion. Become one with the web.
There is clearly a need for CSS to be taken seriously by graphic artists. The Bloogs aims to excite, inspire, and encourage participation. To begin, view some of the existing weblogs in the list. Clicking on any one will load the content into this very page. The code remains similar, the only thing that changes is the content: ideas. Opinions.
CSS allows complete and total control over the style of a hypertext document. The only way this can be illustrated in a way that gets people excited is by demonstrating what it can truly be, once the reins are placed in the hands of those able to create beauty from structure. To date, most examples of neat tricks and hacks have been demonstrated by structurists and coders. Designers have yet to make their mark. This needs to change.
So you would like to open a weblog, right? Graphic-styled, well-motivated writers preferred please. You are creating a weblog, some Movable Type skills are necessary, but the example files are commented well enough that even CSS novices can use them as starting points. Please see a CSS Resource Guide for advanced tutorials and tips on working with CSS.
You may modify the style sheet in any way you wish, but not the templates. This may seem daunting at first if you’ve never worked this way before, but follow the listed links to learn more, and use the sample files as a guide.
You might download the sample template files and CSS file to work on a copy locally. Once you have completed your weblog (if you need help, don't hesitate to contact) upload your files to Bloogs hosting server under your account. Say to us if your choice goes to single author version of MT server, and if you need the MT-plugins facility. Use of some external images should be reduced, as they are not permitted, except authorization.
Why participate? For writing-need, inspiration, or as a resource we can all refer to when making the case for something. This is sorely needed, even today. More and more major sites are taking the leap, but not enough have. Bloogs is a well-supported, low-cost, friendly dedicated blog hosting.
We would like to see as much CSS1 as possible. CSS2 should be limited to widely-supported elements only. The Bloogs is about functional, practical CSS and not the latest bleeding-edge weblog viewable by 2% of the browsing public. The only real requirement we have is that your CSS validates.
Unfortunately, designing this way highlights the flaws in the various implementations of CSS. Different browsers display differently, even completely valid CSS at times, and this becomes maddening when a fix for one leads to breakage in another. View the Resources page for information on some of the fixes available. Full browser compliance is still sometimes a pipe dream, and we do not expect you to come up with pixel-perfect code across every platform. But do test in as many as you can. If your weblog doesn’t work in at least IE5+/Win and Mozilla (run by over 90% of the population), chances are we won’t accept it.
We ask that you submit original work. Please respect copyright laws. Please keep objectionable material to a minimum; tasteful nudity is sometimes acceptable, outright pornography will be rejected.
This is a communication exercise. You retain full copyright on your texts and graphic, but we ask you release your weblog under a Creative Commons license identical to the one on this site. If you plan to use different copyright licenses, that are free, please contact us in order to review them in the fewer time.
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