Month: October 2009

CSScaffold – a CSS Framework Written in PHP

CSScaffold is a CSS framework written in PHP. Rather than try and create a static framework that uses the standard abilities of CSS, like Blueprint, it uses PHP to extend CSS. The syntax looks and feels exactly like CSS, except that you have some new, powerful abilities. The best part is that all of this […]
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Purely CSS – Faking Minimum Margins

Sadly, min-margin is nonexistent in the CSS world. I was okay with that – until recently, when I realized I needed it. After a fair share of general thought and Google usage, I arrived upon a solution, which I invite you to check out below. So what situation would you need min-margin in? Take a […]
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CSS Frameworks and Semantic Class Names

One of the most common complaints about CSS frameworks like Blueprint, YUI Grids, and 960.gs is that they require designers to dirty their fingers by adding presentational class names to their HTML documents. However, some of the latest CSS frameworks provide clever solutions to this problem…
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Mastering CSS Coding: Getting Started

CSS has become the standard for building websites in today’s industry. Whether you are a hardcore developer or designer, you should be familiar with it. CSS is the bridge between programming and design, and any Web professional must have some general knowledge of it. If you are getting your feet wet with CSS, this is […]
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Screencast: Converting OTF or TTF to EOT

A great screen cast explaining how to use FontForge to convert any properly licensed OTF or TTF font to EOT format that you can then embed in a web page using just CSS…
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CSS @font-face in Depth

When I told one of my co-workers how excited I was that almost all the major browser vendors now supported font-embedding in their products, I got the same reaction from her that Bert from Sesame Street got when he told Ernie how exciting he thought bottle cap collecting was yes, gratuitous ridicule was involved. Now, […]
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CSS Drive

CSS Drive is a popular CSS gallery site attracting a diverse group of web designers and webmasters.
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Compass CSS Framework

Compass is a stylesheet authoring framework that makes your stylesheets and markup easier to build and maintain. With compass, you write your stylesheets in Sass instead of CSS. Using the power of Sass Mixins and the Compass community, you can apply battle-tested styles from frameworks like Blueprint to your stylesheets instead of your markup…
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Why Stylesheet Abstraction Matters

I’ve seen a number of comments on blogs and twitter that amount to “You don’t need a new stylesheet syntax, CSS is simple and you’re a moron if you can’t do it.” I agree, CSS is simple. You assign style primitives to elements and some of those primitives cascade down to the elements contained within. […]
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YUI CSS Framework Tutorial

How to use the YUI CSS Framework to cut down on the time and stress it takes to produce a good layout. What is YUI? The Yahoo User Interface library is comprised mostly of Javascript utilities and controls to help front-end developers create a rich user interface. It also comes with a great CSS framework […]
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