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Simulate Realism with CSS3

February 16th, 2010 — 27 Comments

CSS3 is here to make our lives easier as web designers and developers. While it’s not something we can always rely on heavily for layout purposes just yet, we can use it to enhance certain aspects of our designs by spending a considerably less amount of time doing so.

However, CSS3 has not been created for the sole purpose of making it easier and quicker to create a website but also so we can create much better sites than we ever could with CSS before. Here are a few examples of how CSS3

Tools and Resources to Improve your Typography on the Web

February 4th, 2010 — 9 Comments

Typography on the web has previously been confined to a set of web-safe fonts due to their dependance of being on every computer but now that has changed. It’s one of the most satisfying and rewarding aspects of web design when you get it right but can also be one of the most difficult to do so. Here are some tools, resources and free fonts to help you on your quest for quality typography.

Code a Backwards Compatible, One Page Portfolio with HTML5 and CSS3

January 25th, 2010 — 33 Comments

HTML5 is the future of web development but believe it or not you can start using it today. HTML5 is much more considerate to semantics and accessibility as we don’t have to throw meaningless div’s everywhere. It introduces meaningful tags for common elements such as navigations and footers which makes much more sense and are more natural.

This is a run through of the basics of HTML5 and CSS3 while still paying attention to older browsers.

Some of the Top Minds in the World of CSS and why you should be following their Work

December 14th, 2009 — 22 Comments

When I started learning CSS, I did some research to find out who were the best people at the time sharing their knowledge online. I found that this was the best way of learning CSS by myself. Of course, I wasn’t learning CSS by myself, I recruited the best teachers available.

A Look at Some of the New Selectors Introduced in CSS3

July 27th, 2009 — 38 Comments

Everyone who has been using CSS is immediately familiar with selectors as they are what is used to target elements on a page and style them. CSS3 brings even more options as far as selecting elements goes. It will allow designers and developers to implement designs much easier and quicker than before.

Here is a run-down [...]

Change the Browser Default Selection Appearance

July 9th, 2009 — 6 Comments

A quick and easy CSS3 technique to change the appearance of selected text which can bring a bit of extra personality and improve readability.

Go Beyond Web-Safe Fonts with CSS3

July 2nd, 2009 — 13 Comments

For many years now, web designers have been restricted to using a small number of fonts that are considered ‘web-safe’ due to the dependance of being available on every computer. CSS3 is changing that by introducing a method of using any font.