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A Floated Text Box
A handy right-side text box for news, updates or maybe a profile. The choices are practically limitless for this blue box!
The rounded corners on this text box is done with CSS that was developed by Adam Kalsey.
Download This Design
Grab the .zip file here.
Grass Stains (v1.2)
Update: You're looking at an updated version of this design. Thanks to everyone who provided feedback for the update, especially Andreas. A list of details on what was done is listed further down.
If you're thinking to yourself that this one looks a lot like Prozac Afternoon (v1.2), you'd be right. I had an urge to use the same layout with green as the main color. Don't ask why because I don't even know myself. But people seem to be feeling it.
Web Geek Stuff
Grass Stains (v1.2) was tested in Windows with Firefox1.0.7, IE6.0, Netscape7.2 and Opera7.54 with valid css and xhtml 1.0-strict.
As is, download time for 56k is 5.27 seconds; ISDN 128K at 1.75 seconds; T1 at .33 seconds.
All images amount to just a touch over 23KB.
Changes & Updates to this template
- CSS and XHTML was cleaned up with an emphasis on accessability
- The design will display properly in handheld devices
- A stylesheet has been added for the print media
- The pesky blue hover over the top nav buttons is fixed
- A subtle touch of more eye candy
Better Living Through Open Source Design
If you use this design, please drop me a line so that I can see it in action. Thanks and good luck!