Easy CSS Centering

Andrew Martin Creative Director

The invention and evolution of CSS over the past decade has revolutionized web design. Making it a much more efficient and flexible medium. This is not absolute, however, as there are still a few things that are a lot easier to do with tables (no matter how many times you flame me, web standards Nazis, it is still true). One of them is centering your entire website on the page. My personal opinion is that, over the years, I have cut back my use of tables for layout to a reasonable level - I don't use them unless I have a good reason. That said, I found many of the ways used to center entire sites using pure CSS to be cumbersome, until I came across this particular one. Unfortunately, I can't remember where. Regardless, here is the simplest way I know of to use pure CSS to center your entire webpage.

How and Why to 'Save for Web' in Photoshop

Andrew Martin Creative Director

Despite the lightning-fast broadband connections that are now commonplace, some websites still load slowly. A major cause of this problem is file size. Ensuring that the images on your site are correctly optimized for the web can be the difference between impatient visitors browsing your site, or leaving immediately. Many beginners to web design are not aware of the 'Save for Web and Devices' option in Adobe Photoshop. This video tutorial demonstrates how simple it is to greatly reduce the file size of images you intend to place online.