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CSS Border Tricks – Pressed, Beveled, Shadows, Indented Borders

Since I released my new redesigned blog, a lot of people have asked me how I styled the pressed effect on my category navigation. I would like to share some simple border style tricks to get various effects for your next project…
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Why we don’t have a parent selector

With work, I’ve had to do quite a bit of examination of performance. We run a number of tools over an application to determine where the bottlenecks are. One such application is Google Page Speed which provides a number of recommendations to improve JavaScript and rendering performance. Before I get into its recommendations, we need […]
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An Almost Complete Guide to CSS3 Multi-column Layouts

One of the defining features of print design is the ubiquity of multi-column layouts. And there are a couple of good reasons why this is the case. First of all, it’s generally easier to read lines of text between 8 and 12 words long. Second, it’s easier to control the amount of negative space in […]
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Creating Shadows Around Polygons in CSS

Almost every polygon can be reduced to a combination of simpler shapes — a reduction that’s the essence of how we make complex shapes with HTML and CSS in the first place. So what we have to do is apply the shadow to both those boxes, and then cut off the overlap with clip…
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CSS3 Card Trick: A Fun CSS3 Experiment

This tutorial is based on a simple animated experiment that showcases just one of the amazing things you can create using CSS. I’ve used no images and no scripting; everything’s done using HTML and CSS…
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CSS Counters: counter-increment and Friends

The CSS2.1 spec introduced a new technique allowing developers to combine three CSS properties and a pseudo-element to create auto-incrementing counters – similar to what is displayed in an ordered list. While counters for lists are limited to <ol> or <ul> elements and only with simple incrementation, the new counter method introduced in CSS2.1 allows […]
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CSS3 Border-Radius & Rounded Avatars

Originally when I CSSed the round avatars on the DesignSwap comments area, I used the -webkit-mask-image property. I was really proud of how neat and effective this was until I realized you could apply border-radius to an image directly. To achieve a round avatar with a 2px beige border, I applied the following CSS to […]
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Start Experimenting With CSS3 Keyframe Animations

CSS3 animations are the new kid on the block. It’s a big step. Although they haven’t really taken centre stage yet as only the webkit browsers support them. For this reason they’re used sparingly, in a lot of cases for experimental purposes or as ‘hidden gems’, but that doesn’t mean you should shy away from […]
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CSS Run-in Display Value

CSS has a value for the display attribute called run-in. It allows a header to run into text below it, without sacrificing semantics or running into the problems you might run into trying to force it with other layout techniques…
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Word-Wrap: A CSS3 Property That Works in Every Browser

Okay, this is not exactly the kind of CSS property that’s going to be used in every design. But it is a very useful one when you need it, and some might say it’s much more practical than some of the fluffy new CSS3 features like transitions and whatnot.The property I’m talking about is the […]
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