Nicolas Gallagher is sharing a creative way on creating good-looking speech bubbles with CSS3. There are no images or JavaScript in the implementations but uses the :before and/or :after pseudo-elements to produce basic shapes. The HTML remains semantic however we should remember that CSS3 is not fully supported by all major browsers & we may again require [...]
March 9, 2010
CSS3 provides powerful pseudo-classes that allow the designer to select multiple elements according to their positions in a document tree. Using these pseudo-classes can be a little confusing at first, but it becomes a lot easier over time to set up your layout. In today’s article I’m going to take a look at 5 pseudo-classes that [...]
March 8, 2010
While building web page layouts, you’ve probably been faced with a situation where you need to center a div both horizontally and vertically with pure CSS. There are more than a few ways to achieve this, and in this MicroTut I am going to show you my favorite involving CSS and jQuery. via MicroTut: Centering a [...]
March 4, 2010
You’ve done your research, sketched out the wireframes, designed a stunning mockup and now its time to markup. Where do you start? Having your own reusable framework is a great way to save time and provide a basis for your next website. Your own reusable framework is by no means perfect for every project that you work [...]
March 3, 2010
While playing around with css-transform to make various shapes, I saw a way to create animated image-less loading spinners such as used in a lot of webapps and of course on the iPhone. CSS transforms CSS transform (in Firefox 3.5+ and Webkit-based browsers) has a whole bunch of interesting functions, such as rotation, translation, scaling and skewing. [...]
March 3, 2010
The Flexible Box Model is part of the CSS3 Specification that doesn’t really get a lot of attention. While everyone’s off checking out how to use selectors, the flexible box model is crying in the corner asking why no one pays him any attention, and rightfully so! The flexible box model has the potential to [...]
March 3, 2010
In the past we’ve covered adding +/- buttons to number-based inputs to help user interface (it’s easier than typing in some circumstances). Reader Hitesh N Chavda emailed me with the idea of doing it with the scroll of the mouse wheel instead. With the mouse cursor inside the input box, you can use the mouse scroll [...]
March 1, 2010
By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have the means to build a page layout (like the demo) that can be updated by simply changing the background. Using varying levels of transparent white and black backgrounds, we can achieve a monochromatic layout based off the background’s color value. To put it another way, all color [...]
February 24, 2010
Recently, while doing research/work on a completely unrelated topic, I came across the beautiful illustrations on Rype Arts, which are displayed inside of a JavaScript-driven content switcher. For some reason, I happened to visit the page with JavaScript disabled and noticed that the content switcher was still working (albeit, with a few flaws). At first I [...]
February 23, 2010
CSS is always the easiest method to improve websites design and functionality. Moreover, The next version of CSS (CSS3) will revolutionize the way websites works. Except Internet Explorer most of the modern browsers supports CSS3 features. Here we present to you 20 recent CSS & CSS3 tools and resources you need to be aware of [...]
March 9, 2010
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