Building Faster Websites with CSS Sprites

Using CSS sprites allows you to greatly increase your websites speed by using single image files that contain multiple graphics. In other words, when you have many images to be used, instead of having them as different individual files, we combine them into one. Therefore, the client computer only downloads one image for all the […]

8 Good Examples of Using CSS z-index Property

If you are new in CSS then you may find it difficult to understand the CSS z-index property. In simple words z-index sets the stack order of specific elements. An element with greater stack order is always in front of another element with lower stack order. Here are some examples to explain how the z-index […]

5 CSS3 Design Enhancements That You Can Use Today

Cascading Style Sheets CSS is the language of Web design, and the next generation of CSS design properties are just chomping at the bit to be released.Are you eager to start using them, but don’t know where to start?Although many of the new properties are not yet “official”, some browsers have already implemented many of […]

An Introduction to CSS 2.1 and CSS 3 selectors

An online demo showing examples of CSS 2.1 and CSS 3 selectors. Concise, to the point and useful future reference…

Definitive Guide to Taming the IE6 Beast

For years, Internet Explorer 6 IE6 has been the bane of existence for web designers around the world. Designers and users alike have come to enjoy the increasingly predictable, standards-compliant behavior of great modern browsers like Firefox, Opera, and Safari. Meanwhile, IE6 continues to haunt our designs, lurking in dark places while dying a painfully […]

Horizontal Sub-nav with CSS & jQuery

How to create a simple navigation bar with a horizontal subnav. In most cases we can achieve this effect purely with CSS, but for IE6 we will use a few lines of jQuery to cover all grounds…

Elastic CSS Framework

Elastic is a simple css framework to layout web-based interfaces, based on the printed layout techniques of 4 columns but with capabilities to unlimited column combinations. and capacity to make elastic, fixed and liquid layout easily. Elastic provides a declarative syntax language to define the layout structure and behavior. It’s like having a conversation with […]

15+ techniques and tools for cross browser CSS coding

Making your website compatible with a wide range of browsers is probably the hardest task of a front-end developer. To make your coding life easier, here are over 15 tools and techniques for cross-browser CSS development…

3 Ways to Add Depth to Any Website with CSS

In design, the small and subtle details can have the biggest impact. Smoother lines, refined textures, and the right shape and size bring a lot to the design. Finer details can take your designs from good to great. One technique we use regularly is adding depth to a design to give it that extra flair. […]

CSS Positioning Properties Quick Reference Guide

This article is aimed at experienced CSS developers who need a reference for the properties related to positioning in CSS 2. Each section of this article includes a link to the relevant section of the SitePoint CSS Reference and the W3C CSS 2 Specification…

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