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A Comprehensive Guide to CSS Resets

This guide examines the infinite-like variety of CSS resets created by web developers and designers across the world.While almost all of these CSS resets are generally provided free for public use many through Creative Commons licensing, it is incumbent upon you to check the terms of use before putting them to use in your projects…
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An Introduction to CSS 3D Transforms

3D transforms change the way we think about the blank canvas of web design. Better yet, they change the canvas itself, trading in the flat surface for voluminous depth. We web designers, who have rejoiced for border-radius, box-shadow and background gradients, now have an incredible tool at our disposal in 3D transforms. They deserve just […]
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CSS Positioning 101

If you’re a front end developer or a designer who likes to code, CSS-based layouts are at the very core of your work. In what might be a refresher for some, or even an “a-ha!” for others, let’s look at the CSS position property to see how we can use it to create standards-compliant, table-free […]
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Understanding CSS3 Transitions

We can start to use CSS3 transitions right now as long as we carefully choose the situations in which to use them. They certainly won’t replace existing technologies like Flash, JavaScript, or SVG (especially without broader browser support)—but they can be used to push the experience layer a notch higher. And most importantly, they’re relatively […]
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Diagonal CSS Sprites

With the sprite built on a diagonal there are no components below or to the right of the component you are showing. This allows for the element using the sprite to be as wide or as tall as it needs to be with no worry of exposing the next component…
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Why we don’t have a parent selector

With work, I’ve had to do quite a bit of examination of performance. We run a number of tools over an application to determine where the bottlenecks are. One such application is Google Page Speed which provides a number of recommendations to improve JavaScript and rendering performance. Before I get into its recommendations, we need […]
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An Almost Complete Guide to CSS3 Multi-column Layouts

One of the defining features of print design is the ubiquity of multi-column layouts. And there are a couple of good reasons why this is the case. First of all, it’s generally easier to read lines of text between 8 and 12 words long. Second, it’s easier to control the amount of negative space in […]
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Creating Shadows Around Polygons in CSS

Almost every polygon can be reduced to a combination of simpler shapes — a reduction that’s the essence of how we make complex shapes with HTML and CSS in the first place. So what we have to do is apply the shadow to both those boxes, and then cut off the overlap with clip…
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CSS Media Query for Mobile is Fool’s Gold

Unfortunately, CSS media query is fool’s gold for mobile devices. It hides tough problems and gives developers a false promise of a simple solution for designing to multiple screens…
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CSS Run-in Display Value

CSS has a value for the display attribute called run-in. It allows a header to run into text below it, without sacrificing semantics or running into the problems you might run into trying to force it with other layout techniques…
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