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CMX JumpStart: Siberia

It's almost summer, so don't make me think. You may have read the book by Steve Krug, a book about web usability, that uses this phrase as its title. If "don't make me think" is your philosophy, then you're going to love the latest JumpStart, CMX JumpStart Siberia. From its completely neutral color scheme that will easily adapt to any color choices you make, to its ready-made inclusion of the Spry Accordion Widget, to its brain dead method for switching from two to three column layouts, Siberia won't make you think, or certainly not much.

CMX JumpStart Siberia is a centered, two-column or three-column, liquid/fixed layout. The two tier navigation uses the popular Sliding Door technique for its main navigation. The left column navigation is constructed from an unordered list, and it is easy to add as many links as you need. The right column of the three-column version has a Spry Accordion Widget that lets you add more content into its economizing panels. The strap div uses the Fireworks Fade Image (Auto Vector Mask in CS4) command to create a blend of images that has great visual appeal.

The package includes documentation, an extension, eight tutorials, a main style sheet, a Design-time style sheet, and two Internet Explorer style sheets, three PNG documents for branding the graphics, and a starter page. Of course Siberia meets the W3C standards for CSS and XHTML, as well as the WAI accessibility requirements, too.

Siberia is available for $29.99 to non-members, but is absolutely free to CMX subscribers. Read more about how to make it yours.

• CMX JumpStart Siberia article for nonmembers and members who would like to read more about its features and see a modified Siberia design.
• CMX JumpStart Siberia article for members and for those who would like to purchase Siberia now.

 

CMX Jumpstart: Nairobi-Flexible

It wasn't that long ago - November 26, 2008 to be exact - that we released CMX JumpStart Nairobi. At the time, I introduced the JumpStart based on the capital of Kenya with this sentence: we think that the latest CMX JumpStart, CMX JumpStart Nairobi, will become one of your most important JumpStarts. Why? Because Nairobi is all about features and flexibility.

Read that last word again, because that is exactly what we're offering in this reworking of Nairobi - CMX JumpStart Nairobi Flexible. My original meaning in that word "flexibility" was to underline all the ways you could use the JumpStart. In response to subscriber interest in using Nairobi as a flexible layout, however, Adrian Senior has not only provided a modification of his own Nairobi design, but has provided a comprehensive tutorial on how he accomplished that transformation.

CMX JumpStart Nairobi Flexible is a centered, two-column or three-column, liquid layout. The content uses the min width and max width properties for optimal line lengths of text, and an Internet Explorer expression is provided to make older versions of that browser comply with these properties. The two tier navigation uses the infamous Sliding Door technique for its main navigation. There is a twist this time (quite literally) because the tabs, like so many opossums, hang upside down from the top of the page! The left column navigation is constructed from an unordered list, and it is easy to add as many links as you need. The right column of the three-column version has a styled form that you can use with your favorite script. The strap div uses the Fireworks Fade Image (Auto Vector Mask in CS4) command to create a blend of images that has great visual appeal.

Of course Nairobi Flexible meets the W3C standards for CSS and XHTML, as well as the WAI accessibility requirements, too.

Nairobi-Flexible is available for $29.99 to non-members, but is absolutely free to CMX subscribers. Read more about how to make it yours.

• CMX JumpStart Nairobi-Flexible article for nonmembers and members who would like to read more about its features and see a modified Nairobi-Flexible design.
• CMX JumpStart Nairobi-Flexible article for members and for those who would like to purchase Nairobi-Flexible now.

 

 

 

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