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Understanding CSS Style Precedence

Have you ever run into the situation where you’re trying to apply a css style to an element, but it won’t take? Your page it seems to be ignoring your CSS, but you can’t figure out why. Maybe you found yourself using !important or adding an inline style as a last resort. There’s a good […]
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Creating a Time Saving CSS Template

If you are a freelance developer then saving time always works in your favor. One way to help you save time, especially if like me, you find yourself doing a lot of the same kind of work over and over, is setting up templates. In the case of web development, having a customized template for […]
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Efficient CSS with Shorthand Properties

One of the reasons for using CSS to layout websites is to reduce the amount of HTML sent to site visitors. To avoid just moving the bloat from HTML to CSS, you should try to keep the size of your CSS files down as well, and I thought I’d explain my favourite CSS efficiency trick: […]
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10 Tips for Writing Better CSS

Writing your first piece of css code can seem really weird if you’re used to working with tables, or just haven’t written code before. In this article I want to talk about 10 different ways you can write proper and clean css code as well as streamline the process and ensure you’re getting the job […]
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5 Rules To Write More Readable CSS Files

Complex CSS files can often be difficult to manage especially if you don’t use a structured way to write and organize their code. In a previous post I already illustrated a methodic approach to CSS coding. This post illustrates five simple practical rules that can help you write well structured and more readable CSS files […]
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Methodic Approach to CSS Coding

Which approach is better to write CSS code? In general I always prefer to use a methodic top-down approach I want to present you in this post. I called this process Four Bubbles Model.The model is based on four progressive phases that helps you quickly develop CSS files and maintain a better control of code […]
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Mastering CSS Coding: Getting Started

CSS has become the standard for building websites in today’s industry. Whether you are a hardcore developer or designer, you should be familiar with it. CSS is the bridge between programming and design, and any Web professional must have some general knowledge of it. If you are getting your feet wet with CSS, this is […]
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Solve Any CSS Problem In 3 Minutes (Or Less)

If you’ve spent any length of time building tableless web designs, you’ve probably come across some frustrating CSS problems. Sometimes floats don’t float right or links and images won’t line up. Internet Explorer offers its own brand of pain when it comes to CSS, with weird bugs like doubled float-margins and the ability to make […]
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15+ techniques and tools for cross browser CSS coding

Making your website compatible with a wide range of browsers is probably the hardest task of a front-end developer. To make your coding life easier, here are over 15 tools and techniques for cross-browser CSS development…
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Essential Practices for Styling Your CSS

An exceedingly overlooked aspect of constructing CSS style sheet involves the developers ability to write clean, semantic code (marking your code with corresponding tags, for example, h1, h2, br, ul, and so forth). You don’t need to be a CSS guru, but you should have firm knowledge of the basics. A vast majority of designers […]
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