Category: Tutorials

The New Clearfix Method

Say goodbye to the age-old clearfix hack and hello to the new and improved clearfix method. The clearfix hack, or “easy-clearing” hack, is a useful method of clearing floats. I have written about the original method and even suggested a few improvements. The original clearfix hack works great, but the browsers that it targets are […]
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Styling HTML Lists with CSS: Techniques and Resources

In an online world now dominated by CSS layouts, CSS-styled HTML lists have become invaluable tools in a CSS developer’s toolbox, due to the HTML lists versatile and graphically flexible nature. All this despite some of the obvious browser inconsistencies that can affect the styling of the different types of lists available in HTML coding.If […]
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Smoother @font-face embedding in IE 7 & 8

You could say I’ve become somewhat obsessed with @font-face embedding over the past few months. I’ve most certainly fell head over heels for the @font-face generator from fontsquirrel.com see the recap below.One thing however that has always bothered me is IE7 and IE8’s rendering of embedded fonts, so today with IE tester at hand and […]
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CSS Variables with PHP

When people are asked about features they would like to CSS, “variables” always seems to come up. Whether or not this is a good idea is still something I personally haven’t decided on, but I’d lean toward yes. Regardless, using PHP, it is trivially easy to use variables in CSS. This is certainly not a […]
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Z-Index And The CSS Stack: Which Element Displays First?

Let’s start with a quick review. If you read the previous css positioning post you can probably skip to the next section.A web page is a two dimensional plane with width and height. z-index is the missing third dimension, depth, with an axis that moves in and out of your monitor. z-index allows us to […]
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Create a Button with Hover and Active States using CSS Sprites

Too many designers neglect the click state (active: property in CSS) in web design, either because they’re unaware of it, underestimate the importance of it or are plain lazy. It’s a simple effect that improves usability by giving the user some feedback as to what they’ve clicked on but can also add depth to a […]
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Pushing Your Buttons With Practical CSS3

CSS3 is the partially implemented sequel to the CSS2 spec we all know and love. It’s already popping up in new browsers such as Firefox 3.5, Safari 4 and Chrome. In this article, the first of the articles that explore practical (and even far-fetched) implementation of CSS3, we start by applying CSS3 to something we […]
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Radioactive Buttons with CSS Animations and RGBa

Using CSS animations in Safari, we’re able to turn an otherwise ordinary button into a glowing, radioactive mess of awesome. Don’t see the radioactive buttons? Be sure you’re in Safari before getting underway…
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Working With RGBA Colour

We’re all familiar with specifying colours in CSS using by defining the mix of red, green and blue light required to achieve our tone. This is fine and dandy, but whatever values we specify have one thing in common – the colours are all solid, flat, and well, a bit boring. CSS3 introduces a couple […]
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Using Data URIs in CSS

Data URIs allow any file to be embedded inline within CSS. You can use them in many ways including embedding images and fonts into your CSS…
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