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I have decided to finally share some awesome news...my partner and I are expecting a baby and being who I am and doing what I do, I have decided to create a web site for my soon to be child so that I can share all the information with my family and friends since many of you/them live so far away. I did not want to be "that parent" who sent billboard sized pictures, or who made you sign up for some photo sharing web site in which you never remembered your user name and password. I am still finalizing a few of the plugins and most of the content, but without further ado, check out Evan's web site. No need to point out any issues...I know what they are and I will be addressing them one at a time. I wanted to get this out sooner in order to start blogging/post pictures, etc. Anyone can have a blog
[tags]jappler.com, Evan[/tags]

It is usually pretty accurate to say/think that when I do not post for multiple days in row, I must be up to something. I have been working on a special project for a few weeks that I will reveal either tomorrow or Saturday. Stay tuned for some big news/announcments in the next two days!
[tags]jappler.com[/tags]

When I first chose jappler.com as my domain name I was not sure if I would stick with it...but now two years later it is really starting to stick and I just renewed my domain name for two more years. Heck, one of these days I might actually start using a jappler.com email address. For now, I still stick with the Mac tax email address.
[tags]jappler.com[/tags]

Please bare with me as I make some changes to my comments code here on my blog. I am trying to make use of an awesome AJAX comments plugin as well as dress up the interface.
[tags]jappler.com, AJAX[/tags]

Last night I was working with my good friend Ken and he asked me about possibly being a guest writer on my blog for an occasional Ken post. I thought it over and decided to give him an account. Stay tuned for a Ken post in the near future and it will be written by "kenp". Welcome Ken!
[tags]Ken Pesanka, jappler.com[/tags]

Over the years, I have wasted a lot of time on "guessing" what would work and what would not work. Anyone just starting with CSS or looking to modify someone else's CSS will hopefully find these tips helpful and time saving.

Padding or Margin? These two attributes are often used, and more often confused. The margin attribute defines the space around an HTML element's border. The padding attribute refers to the space within the border.
Example:
p.marginex { margin:20px; border:1px solid #ccc; }
p.paddingex { padding:20px; border:1px solid #ccc; }

This illustrates using margins.
This illustrates using padding.

Class(.) selector or ID(#)? selector I explained the usage of classes v. IDs in an earlier post but this is something that still confuses people. Classes are used over IDs when you have something that might repeat on a page. IDs are used for unique items like header, navbar, container, footer. My rule of thumb: if there is a possibility for something to appear multiple times on the same page, use a class, if not, use an ID.
How do I deal with line breaks without tables? CSS is not for the light hearted, but using display: ... [more]