Code smarter CSS with Sass

Sass is a style sheet language that makes your style sheet as beautiful to read as your web page. This article explains how to use and maintain style sheets with Sass…

CSS3 Isometric Text Demo

Just recently I have been playing around with the multiple text-shadow capabilities of CSS3. Now, building on top of that I have produced a method for creating 3D isometric text, by using multiple text-shadows and 2D transforms…

Guide to CSS support in email

Designing an HTML email that renders consistently across the major email clients can be very time consuming. Support for even simple CSS varies considerably between clients, and even different versions of the same client. We’ve put together this guide to save you the time and frustration of figuring it out for yourself. With 24 different […]

An Introduction To CSS3 Keyframe Animations

Using CSS3 keyframe animations, developers can create smooth, maintainable animations that perform relatively well and that don’t require reams of scripting. It’s just another way that CSS3 is helping to solve a real-world problem in an elegant manner. If you haven’t yet started learning the syntax for CSS3 animations, here’s your chance to prepare for […]

Layer Styles – Generate CSS3 with a Photoshop Like Interface

A unique tool that allows you to generate CSS3 using an interface that looks almost exactly like the layer styles dialog box in Photoshop…

How To Use CSS3 Pseudo-Classes

We can use pseudo-classes to style content dynamically. CSS pseudo-classes come in four groups: structural pseudo-classes, pseudo-classes for the states of UI elements, a target pseudo-class and a negation pseudo-class. This in-depth article explains how and where to use them effectively…

How to avoid common CSS3 mistakes

Help on avoiding common mistakes when using shiny new CSS3 features in your day to day front end coding. Learn to write better CSS3 that works in as many browsers as possible…

CSS Typography: The Basics

Good typography is not only imperative for aesthetic appeal, but also improves site usability when text legibility and readability concepts are applied. Typography is all about proportions and spacing. There are also font styles to consider. How can we use CSS for great typography in our web designs? This is a question we’ll try to […]

CSS Floats 101

The float property is a valuable and powerful asset to any web designer/developer working with HTML and CSS. Tragically, it can also cause frustration and confusion if you don’t fully understand how it works. Also, in the past, it’s been linked to some pretty nasty browser bugs so it’s normal to get nervous about using […]

The practicalities of CSS Media Queries, lessons learned

CSS Media Queries are part of CSS3 and in brief: they allow you to tailor your websites appearance for different screen sizes. Most people I speak to know about media queries but have been a little shy in trying them out. You can read about media queries elsewhere – here, I’d like to speak about […]

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