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Tip: Using CSS :focus for pop-up images
Here’s a great way to start your Monday…go learn how to use CSS :focus to change image displays. :focus, which is allowed on elements that accept keyboard events or other user inputs, to be applied to other elements. (from cssplay.co.uk) For example, these four images (taken from a textures collection I shot in and around my house), click on an image to see the difference: The code is below and works in IE8+, Firefox, Opera, Safari and Chrome.. You … Read entire article »
Cool web tool: Find Me By IP
Came across a cool little web tool and thought I would share it. This will come in handy for Designers and developers AND their clients. (Its actually two tools in one) Find Me By IP is a great web based tool for viewing browser support for HTML5, CSS3 and more. Now, although the tool may seem overly simple at first…give me a second to reveal the good bits! … Read entire article »
Filed under: CSS, Design, User Experience
Sites looking the same in all browsers? We dont need that! Or…do we?
There is a movement afoot in the web design world, and although well-meaning and well-intentioned, for many of us it can do more harm than good. Many incredibly good designers are getting behind this idea, and it’s quite hard not to agree with them. I mean, let’s be honest, when the likes of Dan Cederholm and Ethan Marcotte, authors of Handcrafted CSS: More Bulletproof Web Design and bloggers like Paul Boag all seem to be preaching the same sermon, and on top of that the sermon MAKES SENSE…how can we not get behind it? Sadly, the gospel they preach needs to be taken with a grain of salt. … Read entire article »
Filed under: CSS, Design, Featured, Website Optimization
CSS: Un-needed IE spacing around DIV elements
Sometimes you stumble upon a stupid solution to a complex problem and its makes you laugh out loud. Anyone who has a love for CSS has a hatred for Internet Explorer. Sorry Microsoft, but its true. … Read entire article »
Filed under: CSS, Tutorials, Web Design
Sharepoint and CSS: An unlikely marriage
Windows SharePoint + standards compliant CSS. LOL. Only someone who has had experience with both these things understands why that “LOL” doesnt just mean “a typed out representation of the writer’s laughter”, but actually means I am laughing. Out loud. At the thought of standards compliant CSS being used for SharePoint. Seriously. … Read entire article »
Filed under: CSS, SharePoint, Web Design
CSS Blogs you SHOULD be reading
"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." -Socrates I’ve heard that saying in many different forms, all attributed to Socrates, and all with the same basic premise. The truth is, its not always easy to admit how little you actually know. It’s harder to admit that there are others out there who know vastly more than you do. And even harder still to admit that there are designers out there so good they make you think you should give it all up and become a plumber. … Read entire article »
Filed under: CSS, Inspiration
Web Inspiration: CSS Beauty
You go to museums to see the best of the Old Masters. You go to galleries to see the best of the New Masters. But where do you go to see the best in CSS? … Read entire article »
Filed under: CSS, Inspiration
CSS Support in email clients
We designers are a finicky lot, and most of us, despite being considered free spirited due to our arty upbringings, are pretty anal retentive when it comes to how our designs are displayed. … Read entire article »
Filed under: CSS, Email Design