CSS

Cascading Style Sheets are used to define the presentation layer of websites. How CSS works is not always self-evident, so many of these articles explain various aspects of using CSS.

Stylegala is for sale

One of the best web design showcase sites ever is for sale. Got at least USD 30k to spend?

Posted on May 17, 2006

CSS Showcase - a gallery of CSS menus

A gallery of CSS based menu designs and CSS techniques for creating various types of tabbed navigation.

Posted on April 21, 2006

CSS support in email clients

The level of CSS support varies so much from one email client to another it’s frustrating, but this guide will help you out when you need to create HTML newsletters.

Posted on April 12, 2006

Styling text fields in Safari

In the latest builds of WebKit, single line text inputs can be heavily styled with CSS. Use with care.

Posted on April 11, 2006

Box model article in CAP&Design

Issue 3/2006 of Swedish design magazine CAP&Design features an article I have written about the CSS box model and Internet Explorer.

Posted on April 4, 2006

CSS line-height does not need a unit

You do not need to use a unit when specifying line-height in CSS. Also be aware that the presence of a unit affects how line-height is calculated.

Posted on March 24, 2006

New clearing method needed for IE7?

Internet Explorer 7 is now layout complete, meaning that no new CSS features will be added, only bug fixes.

Posted on March 21, 2006

What is your level of CSS knowledge?

A description of the different levels of CSS knowledge you may encounter within the web industry.

Posted on March 8, 2006

Writing cross-browser CSS

Some advice that will help you avoid common problems when creating cross-browser CSS.

Posted on February 7, 2006

Setting font size in pixels

Web professionals should be able to specify font size in pixels, but if we do, Internet Explorer users will not be able to change the text size.

Posted on February 1, 2006

The CSS 3 multi-column layout model analysed

Comments on the good, the bad, and the missing features of the latest working draft of the CSS3 Multi-column layout module.

Posted on January 15, 2006

Styled bar graphs marked up as lists or tables

How to use CSS to create bar graphs from unordered lists or data tables.

Posted on January 11, 2006

CSS 3 selectors explained

CSS 3 brings us many powerful new CSS selectors. Browser support is currently lacking, but taking a look at what lies ahead is still useful.

Posted on January 10, 2006

Quoting blockquotes

How to enclose blockquotes in large and stylish quotation marks without using images.

Posted on January 9, 2006

Internet Explorer 7 and * html

The Star html Selector Bug will be fixed in Internet Explorer 7. Will it affect web developers who have exploited the bug to target specific CSS rules at IE?

Posted on January 5, 2006

Use CSS background images responsibly

CSS background images should only be used for presentational images, not for informational or functional images.

Posted on December 27, 2005

FACE: Faruk’s Animated CSS Enhancements

A technique that combines the power of JavaScript with the flexibility of CSS to enable designers to create animations without having to know Flash or JavaScript.

Posted on December 19, 2005

Simple markup, organised CSS

Notes on CSS coding style and separating design from content.

Posted on December 12, 2005

The history of CSS hacks

Tantek Çelik recaptures the history and evolution of CSS hacks and filters.

Posted on December 9, 2005

Firefox displays CSS errors in the JavaScript Console

Want to know if you got your CSS syntax right? Just open the JavaScript Console in Firefox.

Posted on December 7, 2005

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