Keeping your CSS files small and organized is very important, especially if you’re going to spend any time editing your site in the future. Helpfully, there are a number of different techniques which can be utilized to aid organization and size of your CSS files in order to make them more streamline.
Read MoreIn this tutorial we'll discus how to integrate the Facebook like box into the sidebar and make it responsive. As it uses an iFrame, it has to have a set pixel width and that means it won’t behave how we want it to as it can’t grow or shrink. Turns out, there’s an easy solution with a bit of CSS and a div to enclose the iFrame.
Read MoreAnyone familiar with Xcode will likely understand the breadth and depth of the Cocoa Touch library. This mobile development suite includes pre-built components for all of the native iOS functionality such as input fields, switches, sliders, and definitely buttons.
Read MoreThis series will serve as a basic introduction to some terms that every new web designer should be sure to add to his or her vocabulary. This won’t be an exhaustive vocabulary list but rather a primer on a few terms that are difficult for any beginner. We’ll start with HTML today and move on to CSS in the near future.
Read MoreNow that the numbers for IE6 and IE7 usage are diminishing rapidly, more and more development teams are starting to weed out support for those older browsers. This post will provide a comprehensive review of support for CSS3 selectors in the most troublesome browsers. Each selector links to the appropriate location in the CSS3 spec.
Read MoreThis article is concerned with one technique for managing one aspect of type, one that’s been hard to do online but is routine in print: maintaining a consistent vertical rhythm, which in turn allows us to achieve a professional layout.
Read MoreTransitions take us from one state to another all the time, many times a day in fact. Most of the time, these transitions feel completely invisible, and until they are taken away we don’t really know they are there. This article discusses transitions and how well-designed transitions can enhance the user’s experience by imparting a sense of control and easy navigation. We will also discuss how poor transitions can impair the user interface.
Read MoreClean, simple web designs have become a popular trend. This article will cover the subject through a two-part discussion. First, we’ll talk about a few traits that clean designs tend to have in common. Secondly, we will share some tricks and techniques that can be helpful when trying to achieve a clean design.
Read MoreWe’ve been using floats for layout pretty much since we left tables behind. It’s a quirky solution that can often cause troubles, but if you know what you’re doing, it works. One interesting alternative to floats that people are turning to more and more lately is to set the display value of an element to inline-block.
Read MoreToday we’re going to create an awesome faux 3D text effect with pure CSS and then see why it’s a lot easier to do it with the color operations in Sass or LESS.
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