For code, I tend to flit between BBEdit and TextMate. For managing content
and sites, I sometimes use Dreamweaver, and for uploading everything, Panic??™s
Transmit (www.panic.com/transmit/) is unbeatable.
Miscellaneous software: A few bits of shareware provide supporting roles when I??™m
working: ImageWell (www.xtralean.com/IWOverview.html) is handy for batch processing
images without requiring you to open up Photoshop; Paparazzi (www.
derailer.org/paparazzi/) makes it simple to take full-page grabs of any website
??”handy for the portfolio; Headdress (http://headdress.twinsparc.com/)
makes virtual hosting a breeze, removing the need to muck about with config files;
and SuperDuper (www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/) is essential for creating
system clones, which suddenly become extremely important on those inevitable
days when my main hard drive decides to keel over and die.
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INDEX
Numbers and symbols
element, 404
# (hash sign), 175
* (universal selector), 43, 375, 381, 389, 490
2000 AD Books website, 272
3-pixel text jog, 362
A
element, 404??“405
a img rule, 377, 385, 391
a selector, 157, 181
a:link selector, 157
element, 69, 364, 405
abbr=string attribute, 442
abbreviations, 68??“69
absolute links, 151
absolute positioning, 269??“272
accept-charset=charset list attribute, 417
accept=content??“type list attribute, 417
accept=list attribute, 425
accessibility, 5, 11
alt text for, 134
of collapsed content, 191??“192
of forms, 318??“319
of tables, 239??“246
Accessibility layout option, in Opera, 351
accesskey attribute, 163??“164, 400, 417, 428
element, 406
acronyms, 68??“69
action attribute, 328, 418
:active pseudo-class, 491
active state, 155??“156
additive color system, 121
element, 406, 409??“411
adjacent selectors, 86, 490
Adobe Dreamweaver, 504
Adobe Fireworks, 505
Adobe GoLive, 504
Adobe Illustrator, 505??“506
Adobe Photoshop, 505??“506
Adobe Photoshop Elements, 505
advanced-boilerplates folder, 18, 372
:after pseudo-selector, 292, 491
aliased text, 76
align attribute, 406, 412, 413, 416, 440, 442, 444
alignment, table, 237??“239
alink attribute, 155
@allow_mail_to value, 327??“328
alpha transparency, 129
AlphaImageLoader filter, 364
alt attribute, 134??“136, 406, 424, 425
alternate styles, 87
INDEX
510
alternative (alt) text, 134??“136, 163, 359
alternatives
defining, 87??“88
for pull quotes, 105??“106
analogous color scheme, 122
anchor elements, 150
angle brackets, 7
anti-aliasing, 76??“77