Back in 2005, my friend Drew started a Christmas advent calendar website and asked me if I’d write something for it. Of course, I agreed, and my first 24ways article was “Z’s not dead baby, Z’s not dead.” It was a short piece how z-index and positioning in CSS could “be used to create designs which ‘break out of the box.’ This year, I returned that topic in what will be my fifteenth and final article for 24ways.
On a change from the usual date–for the past eight years I’ve been published on 23rd December—I’m back on 24 ways again this year with a new article about Designing Imaginative Style Guides.
My small contribution to 24ways, Z’s not dead baby, Z’s not dead blinks sleepily into the daylight today. The use of positioning together with z-index has been a little out of favour recently.
I’m Andy Clarke. I’ve spent over thirty years helping businesses, charities, and organisations create distinctive websites. I’m also the author of books on web design.