I feel like my css knowledge is finally starting to knit itself together into a more cohesive, intuitive understanding.
This week, when I realized that the image file for the search button was corrupted and could not be repaired, and that even if I made a replacement image it would still be an image and not be readable if the browser was sized up, I instead replaced that image with an all-css-styled xhtml button.
Although writing the code for the button took only about two minutes, I spent another hour figuring out what inheritance and competing code issues were getting in the way of the browser displaying the new style. But the real point is that i did figure it out, and the button does work, and also fits with our design theme.
It's hard for me that we won't get to redo the entire site (beyond the scope) and that we won't be able to take the site much farther stylistically (beyond the time frame). Part of me wishes that we were doing a site that was a bit flashier, but I know that we are also doing a very *useable* site, and while that is ultimately more important, it doesn't feel very glam.
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