CSS Child Selectors
Note: These CSS child selectors won’t work in IE 6. ul :first-child This translates to find the first child of the ul list, meaning the first <li>. If you don’t include the space after the ul...
View ArticleCSS Type Selecter
Note: Type Selectors don’t work in Internet Explorer. They may work in IE9, but not tested it out yet. For example, select the first/last paragraph from inside the sidebar div: #sidebar p:first-of-type...
View ArticleCSS Generated Content
Add CSS generated content. You can automatically add something (in this case a “) before every paragraph with a class of heSaid like so: p.heSaid:before { content:'"'; } And add the speech mark at the...
View ArticleAnimation & transition effects with CSS3
Here’s some really impressive CSS3 transition and animation hover effects (http://tympanus.net/Tutorials/OriginalHoverEffects/index.html) Remember, they won’t work in older browsers, and IE9 and below...
View ArticleCreate a fade out and in animation effect on links with CSS
For those browsers that will understand this CSS3 technique, you can add a subtle fade in and out animation effect on links. a { -webkit-transition:color .4s linear; color:#000; } a:hover {...
View ArticleKeep track of what CCS3 & HTML5 stuff you safely can use
Safe HTML5 and CSS3 usage http://html5please.us See also the below website for CSS3 techniques, with a clear break down of when to use the preceeding -moz- or -webkit- with certain CSS rules for...
View ArticleCSS first-line selector
You can use CSS to select and style just the first line of an element, like a paragraph. And it will style just that element differently. This is great for an indtrouction paragraph or a subtitle for a...
View ArticleCreating CSS Shapes
Here is a great collection of pure CSS Shapes: http://css-tricks.com/examples/ShapesOfCSS/ Some do use CSS3 techniques that don’t work in older version of IE9, but it’s very eye opening what you can do...
View ArticleCreate a Sass Mixin for styling placeholders in CSS
If you’re using Sass to create your CSS stylesheets, and you need to style the placeholder text, you don’t want to manually type the vendor prefixes each time. Instead, this is what Sass Mixins are...
View ArticleUsing box-sizing CSS for fluid & percentage width layout
When aligning HTML elements, such as column grid layouts, using % based widths, you can stumble into issues when using padding and border properties for those columns. However, with the box-sizing...
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