Limitation breeds creativity. The CSS1k Project has embraced this idea and used it to set a challenge for front-end developers. At a time when even Google’s famously no-frills home page CSS is edging towards 40,000 CSS characters, CSS1k asks us to do something cool with just 1024.
Read More… Google is providing a host of (relatively) new features that allow you to add “rich snippet” metadata to your web content. For those who design, write, and manage WordPress blogs, this is a powerful tool that can help you build your personal…
Read More… The following collection focuses on advanced CSS tutorials to help you sharpen your CSS skills. Once you’ve recreated these tutorials on your own, you can use and re-use the resulting files and keep them in your personal toolkit for future reference. We…
Read More… Requests for “mobile-friendly” websites are becoming more and more common from customers of all kinds, from individual clients to large established companies. With millions of smartphones and tablets being sold every year, mobile design has gradually gone from a “nice to have”…
Read More… A few years back, I saw a great episode of Mythbusters, where they tested the idea of the Chinese water torture. One by one, Adam, Kari, Scotty and Tory were each firmly secured before being subjected to the slow, rhythmic beat of droplets…
Read More… Patterned backgrounds have become very popular in modern web design. With increased browser support, more and more designers are integrating tiled textures and repeating patterns into their layouts. You can find many different background patterns on the web, but you can also…
Read More… One of the most celebrated elements of the new HTML5 specification is the ability to natively handle video playback. A simple <video> tag is “all that is needed” to get instant video support on many modern browsers — or is it? Not all browser…
Read More… If I’ve learned anything during the past few years as a designer, I’ve learned that you can always learn new tricks to solve common design challenges. One of the most common design challenges is creating a customized background that expands and contracts…
Read More… In web design and development, you’ll find that there are many different techniques to meet a given goal. Some are good, and some are great, but as long as your chosen method works well and looks good, you should use it with…
Read More… Today I’m going to show you how to create a flashy menu using CSS3. This tutorial is for beginners and can be completed fairly quickly. Make sure you click on the link below to see a demo of the menu and get…
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