Category: Tutorials

Styling button elements to look like links

Here’s a common scenario: you’re coding up a form with lots of buttons or need to add some elements that trigger JavaScript functions, and in the design comp some of these elements look like links. This article explains how you can make buttons look like regular text links using some neat CSS…
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Discover the power of CSS3 selectors

An article that explains how to keep your markup slim and target elements in the DOM without resorting to extra presentational markup or JavaScript by using CSS3 selectors…
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CSS shaders: Cinematic effects for the web

Advances in HTML5 and CSS for example transitions, animations, transforms, text shadows, box-shadows, gradients, SVG have improved the graphical and interactive richness of HTML. SVG filter effects are now moving to Filter Effects 1.0 to become available in CSS and HTML, in addition to SVG, and will bring effects such as grayscale, sepia tone, or […]
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Font-Embedding Icons: This Is a Big Deal

An article proposing the use of @font-face for displaying icons. I feel strongly about the potential of this method, so I thought I would take the time to generate a font set for Iconic and to talk about why we should all be using this method for displaying icons…
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CSS3 Image Styles

If you apply CSS3 inset box-shadow or border-radius directly to an image element, it isn’t rendered properly by the browser. You can fix that by applying the image as a background image. Here’s a set of impressive examples using box-shadow, border-radius and transition to create various image styles…
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A masterclass in CSS animations

From the basics of animation keyframes to expert animation tips that will save you many a headache. This article takes you on a tour of all you need to know to get up and running with CSS3 animations..
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Hyphenation arrives in Firefox and Safari

In print, hyphenation has 2 main uses: saving paper, and improving justification and evenness of typographic layout. On the web we can use the new CSS3 hyphenation property to help fit more words on a page and make the most of screen real estate…
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Just some other awesome CSS3 buttons

We all need nice looking buttons for our websites and web applications. Here’s a tutorial that explains how to create a set of CSS3 buttons quickly and easily…
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Take advantage of the CSS background-size property

A variety of innovative uses for the new CSS3 background-size property. More control than you’ve ever had before…
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Tabs with Round Out Borders

A detailed tutorial explaining how to create a tab based menu where the tabs are rounded on top and rounded-out on the bottom…
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