January 2010
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HTML 5 pocket book →
Handy reference for HTML5
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5 Simple, But Useful CSS Properties →
5 useful CSS properties that you should be very familiar with, but will most likely rarely use: clip, min-height, white-space, cursor, and display.
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Rounding Up the Best Javascript WYSIWYG and Markup... →
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Stupid htaccess Tricks →
This article covers just about every htaccess “trick” in the book.
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CSS Reset: Ways and Advantages →
CSS Reset or Reset CSS are one of the best ways to ensure you have a consistent web layout and design across all browsers. In this post we discuss the different ways and the advantages or disadvantages of using them.
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The Mysterious Pseudo Class in CSS →
Pseudo classes are those things with colons in them, you know, like :hover or :link. They let you control the CSS of stuff in different forms, states and places easily and efficiently, without taking up too much room. CSS3 is going to introduce a ton of new pseudo classes, and they’re going to make our lives a lot easier (if you take browser compatibility out of the equation). They help both...
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20 .htaccess Hacks Every Web Developer Should Know... →
Apache’s .htaccess (hypertext access) configuration file can be a very powerful tool in a web developer’s toolkit if used properly. It can be found in the webroot of your server and can be easily edited using any text editor. In this article I’m going to show you 20 .htaccess hacks and how to use them.
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Modern CSS Typography and Font Styling Examples →
Attractive CSS typography and styled fonts can add a lot to a user’s experience on your website. Think of your website’s typography as the foundation upon which your design is built. Typically, users will look at your headings first and actually read and interpret the text.
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Sexy Buttons →
Sexy Buttons is a HTML/CSS-based framework for creating beautiful web site buttons. These stylish, attention getting buttons can be used for calls to action wherever user interaction is desired.
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Primer →
Primer undercoats your CSS by pulling out all of your classes and id’s and placing them into a starter stylesheet. Paste your HTML in to get started.
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Online CSS Sprite Builder →
The application will join all your images files into a single file and will generate the corresponding CSS and HTML code along with the rollover effect if any choosen.
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Variable Grid System →
The variable grid system is a quick way to generate an underlying CSS grid for your site. The CSS generated file is based on the 960 Grid System.
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CSS Image Map Techniques and Tutorials →
A CSS Image Map by definition is using a single image with defining multiple clickable hotspots, whether to show information or as navigation. There are a multitude of solutions, below we have listed and demonstrated by far the best and the most helpful techniques and tutorials.
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The Demise of CSS: Why Sass And Languages Like It... →
Sass is essentially a programming language for designers. It is extremely limited when compared with other languages, but it does a magnificent job of translating the core concepts of a programming language in a way that makes sense for styling a document.
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LESS - Leaner CSS →
Less extends CSS with variables, mixins, operations and nested rules.
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Using HTML Symbol Entities →
Some characters (e.g. the less than and greater than signs) are reserved for HTML markup. In order to display these characters as text, you must enter the HTML entities in the source code. For example, to display the less than sign (
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Styling a Poem with Advanced CSS Selectors →
CSS3 selectors offer endless possibilities of targeting specific HTML elements without the need of extra markup (which was already possible with previous versions of CSS). This time, I’m going to style the popular nursery rhyme “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” using advanced CSS selectors, all in less than 5 minutes!