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Multiple Backgrounds and Borders with CSS 2.1

Using CSS 2.1 pseudo-elements to provide up to 3 background canvases, 2 fixed-size presentational images, and multiple complex borders for a single HTML element. This method of progressive enhancement works for all browsers that support CSS 2.1 pseudo-elements and their positioning. No CSS3 support required…
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CSS – The Space Combinator

Combinators are an overlooked part of CSS development. Most juniors don’t even know they are making use of them, others are unaware of their full potential and let’s face it, even most professionals don’t really know about the ins and outs of CSS combinators. It’s all connected to that little piece of nothingness in between […]
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Demystifying CSS At-Rules

CSS at-rules or @rules are so-named because they utilize an @ character. They aren’t used as often as other CSS elements, and for a long time I didn’t really understand them. If you’ve ever been confused about CSS at-rules, here’s a quick guide…
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The CSS white-space Property Explained

CSS has a pretty useful property called white-space that I’m guessing goes unnoticed among CSS beginners. You can probably live without this property for quite some time, but once you learn how to use it, it will come in very handy and you’ll find yourself going back to it over and over again. This article […]
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Create a Vibrant Digital Poster Design with CSS3

CSS has come a long way in recent years, and with new browser support for a hand full of CSS3 properties we can begin to replicate design styles directly in the browser that beforehand were recently only possible in our design applications. Follow this walkthrough of the making of Circlicious, a vibrant and abstract digital […]
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The Principles Of Cross-Browser CSS Coding

In this article, I’ll be describing what I believe are some of the most important CSS principles and tips that can help both new and experienced front-end developers achieve as close to a consistent cross-browser experience as possible, with as little CSS code as possible…
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Pure CSS Reflections

Many might not be aware that, with CSS, we can achieve reflections quite easily in all webkit-based browsers, which represent roughly 20% of all browser usage. The key is in the vendor-specific, -webkit-box-reflect property. I’ll show you how to use it in today’s video quick tip…
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Presentation on CSS font stacks
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Wicked CSS3 3d bar chart

While browsing the web, I came across a pretty cool 3d bar chart created with Flash. I was wondering if I could recreate the same neat effect using pure CSS3 and started working on this wicked CSS3 3d bar chart. Check out the example to see that almost no images were used to create this […]
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Semantic CSS3 Lightboxes

Create a modal CSS3 lighbox effect. If you’ve ever come across a link or image which — upon clicking — increases in size and where the rest of the screen gets “shaded” to focus on the content, you’ll know what I’m talking about. This tutorial aims to showcase a method of displaying content based on […]
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