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Why is margin box said to be box around all other boxes? [closed]

One thing i cant understand when it comes to elements boxes is the margin box. For example mdn web docks defines it as follow : "Margin box: The margin is the outermost layer, wrapping the ...
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Are there pitfalls to implementing a hybrid site with both responsive layouts and dynamic serving layouts?

I have a 20 year old site that I want to upgrade to a responsive layout. Originally it was a desktop-only layout but when a significant portion of my user base went mobile I implemented dynamic ...
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SEO impact of footer links versus side navigation panel

Is there any difference in impact of adding a set of links as a block in footer vs keeping them as a block in the right or left hand side navigation of the site?
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Would it be valid to use frames for an inhouse tool with a static list on the left that triggers content on the right?

I'm replacing the interface of an old Visual FoxPro system my company has been using for the past 15 years. If there's one thing that users have been complaining about is that it is tedious. So ease ...
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Best practice with visual responsive html restructuration

I have to follow a sketch of the main webpage of a website I'm building. The main page is essentially blocks rendered as rows, but one row is divided in 4 blocks that are not of the same height (so I ...
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What units to use in responsive design?

So I am really at loss which units to adopt when developing responsive layouts. Some say use viewport units. Other people say use rem. Other say use media queries and pixel ratio. So what unit is the "...
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Does this count as an acceptable adsense implementation?

After being disgusted with mostly $0 RPM on my mobile site, I thought of a new idea but I'm not sure if it will be acceptable. On Google's own help pages, I noticed on the responsive section they ...
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why is not grid layout enabled by default in google chrome? [closed]

Grid layout is supported by default in Internet Explorer 10 and we are already at 11, but in Google Chrome, which is the most popular browser, it is still an experimental feature. Since grid layout ...
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Can we use genesis framework for free?

First of all, I know that Genesis framework is paid framework. But many bloggers are using it for free because paypal is not supported in their country. Genesis framework is under GPL (General public ...
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Placement of code in HTML document affecting SEO

I have a navigation bar div with all my navigation code, a sidebar div with all my code and content that goes in my static sidebar, a footer div with all my footer code that goes in my static footer, ...
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Why would layout differ on first-load of a webpage?

Not entirely sure I understand what's going on, but would appreciate some pointers or things to try. (In Chrome/Mac...) In an incognito window, try loading http://ireland.media.info - and look at ...
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What is this modern look called and what is the template used for it? [closed]

I haven't been paying attention to modern websites for a while, but in the few years or so a bunch of websites with the same, very smooth, very sleek presentation format have appeared. Some examples: ...
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Responsive web design on the "frontend" vs "backend"?

Apparently there are two ways you can do responsive web design. I'm not sure how to call the two methods but let's just say they are frontend and backend: By frontend I mean, the usual way where the ...
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Source for free complete CSS+HTML layouts? [closed]

Where can I find complete free HTML+CSS layouts to choose from?
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Full width web design (with Twitter bootstrap)

I have not done much web design previously and wanted to get an understanding of full-width layouts and responsive design. Specifically, my question is this - is it considered bad practice to use ...
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Are there tools to measure displayed dimensions in percentages?

I use MesureIt! to measure pixels on websites, generally to check if things add up right when developing. I'm making a fluid layout right now, and would really like to do the same, but I couldn't find ...
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Site navigation and SEO best practices

I've been reading several SEO books in preparation for a full site re-write. One of the suggestions that I've seen several times is that content should come before navigation in the site's markup. ...
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Can the blog width be dynamic on Blogger?

I see that Blogger will let you set the blog width under Overview-> Template Designer->Adjust Widths. However, this seems to be a fixe width - is there an easy way to set a max and a min width?
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Which online test should I take or any method to know, how much knowledge I acquire as web designer? [closed]

Which online test should I take or any method to know, how much knowledge I acquire as web designer? Both. 1. Practical knowledge & 2.theoretical knowledge.
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Wordpress layout and font changes between www.example.com/blog and example.com/blog

A WordPress installation using http://www.example.com/blog shows a wrong font (and due to that a wrong layout) whereas using http://example.com/blog shows the correct font and layout. This happens on ...
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Is traditional JavaScript image pre-loading taboo

I remember the good-old-days (not really) back when I was still sucking the teet of Dreamweaver to build websites and the lure of playing copypasta with fancy built-in scripts (ex, image-swap) was ...
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What is the name of this kind of layout?

Please visit this site: http://www.visitheritage.com/ Can someone tell me in which category does that kind of website layout belong? Or in other words, how you simply call it? I notice that this ...
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Are there some good Javascript templates out there? [closed]

I am trying to create a simple .js file that will let me have some submit buttons here and there, with the text paragraph in the middle changing based on which submit button is pressed. Does the ...
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Getting the containing box of a given one in the CSS box-model [closed]

My understanding is that most layout (positioning and dimension) problems with CSS are the result of a bad understanding of which is containing box of the box you are trying to lay out. However as ...
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Layout Columns - Equal Height

I remember first starting out using tables for layouts and learned that I should not be doing that. I am working on a new site and can not seem to do equal height columns without using tables. Here is ...
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Why do we divide forum articles / comments into pages

All of the forum software I've seen divides postings and their comments up into pages (where each "page" is quite a few pages on the screen and need scrolling). I assume there is a good reason for ...
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Building for different screen sizes

When building new webpage layouts, I think of all the devices out there - cell phones, tablets, desktops, etc - with a diversity of screen sizes. I can see two ways to accommodate this diversity. One ...
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