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CSS image replacement techniques

May 8th, 2012

CSS image replacement with pseudo-elements (NIR) An accessible image replacement method using pseudo-elements and generated-content. This method works with images and/or CSS off, with semi-transparent images, doesn’t hide text from screen-readers or search engines, and provides fallback for IE 6 and IE 7. Known support: Firefox 1.5+, Safari 3+, Chrome 3+, Opera 9+, IE 8+ http://nicolasgallagher.com/css-image-replacement-with-pseudo-elements/ Another CSS image replacement technique A new image replacement technique was recently added to the HTML5 Boilerplate project. This post explains how it works and how it compares to alternative image replacement techniques. Here’s the CSS behind the recent update to the image replacement helper... Read More

A Pure CSS3 Cycling Slideshow

April 27th, 2012

Thanks to CSS3, we can create effects and animations without using JavaScript, which will facilitate the work of many designers. But we must be careful to avoid abusing CSS3, not only because old browsers do not support all of its properties. In any case, we all see the potential of CSS3, and in this article we’ll discuss how to create an infinitely looping slider of images using only CSS3 animation. http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/25/pure-css3-cycling-slideshow/ Read More

CSS Sprites

April 12th, 2012

CSS Sprites Revisited I’m pretty confident that I won’t surprise anyone here by saying that CSS sprites have been around for quite a while now, rearing their somewhat controversial heads in the Web development sphere as early as 2003. Still, the CSS sprite hasn’t truly found its way into the everyday toolkit of the common Web developer. While the theory behind CSS sprites is easy enough and its advantages are clear, they still prove to be too bothersome to implement, especially when time is short and deadlines are looming. Barriers exist to be breached, though, and we’re not going to let a... Read More

Drop Caps and CSS

April 5th, 2012

The practice of using a large letter to mark the start of a text has been around for almost two thousand years. Illustrated caps increased usability by marking important passages and guiding readers through the text. Unlike their historic counterparts, drop caps on the Web don’t add value in terms of usability or readability—and they are hard for Web developers to control, often rendering differently across browsers. Read More

Useful WordPress Tools, Themes And Plugins

March 24th, 2012

If you’re looking for some great ways to improve your WordPress workflow, read on for a massive collection of free themes, plugins, tools and tutorials. These resources were all linked via the Smashing Magazine Twitter stream, Facebook stream, and other social-media streams around the Web. Read More

CSS Grid Frameworks

March 18th, 2012

With the advancement in the usage of Cascading Style sheets, CSS Grid Frameworks are also gaining popularity as they allow web developers to prototype designs at a faster pace. The main motive behind the usage of CSS grid frameworks is to help you in achieving faster results by heavy lifting all the recurring tasks you ought to do again and again on each web site. With the use of CSS frameworks, the web developers can get to the fun stuff at ease. Wondering what features you need to look for when choosing CSS frameworks!!!The main features one needs to look for a... Read More

WordPress Plug-Ins

February 26th, 2012

In the present day, WordPress has become a competitive software builder in the field of content management system and is most widely preferred blogging tool for developing various websites. WordPress is a publishing system built on PHP and MYSQL with a focus on ease to use, speed and a great user experience. The latest release of WordPress i.e. version 3.0 has laid the road for improvised functionality & flexibility in world of website development thereby making it the most preferred CMS platform for web development and as well for the people who wish to publish content based websites to the World Wide... Read More

Fluid Responsive HTML/CSS

February 12th, 2012

In this modern era of technology, having a website to promote your business operations is a must. If you are into a business where you cannot accept anything below average then it is time for you to have a look at your existing website and check if it is producing you desired results or not. If it is producing you expected results then well and good but if not then it’s time for you to make changes in your web design technology. Are you new to web design? Don’t know what latest technology or approach to follow to attract traffic to your... Read More

CSS Print Style Sheets

January 14th, 2012

People print out web pages a lot more often than what you think whether it is to print out tickets either for concerts or boarding passes of flights or to read any important information. A lot of technical geeks use e-readers when they are offline but there are still lots of people who like to print stuff out. With the recent introduction to printing by some companies in the line of IOS devices; it is a good idea to discuss more on print style sheets. In the present generation, Print style sheets have almost lost their recognition but nevertheless they are and... Read More

jQuery Mobile

January 2nd, 2012

As we see that smart phones and PDAs are becoming ever more advanced, usage of mobile internet will be playing a significant role in up-coming years. Even web browsers that are being used on computers, had issues at earlier stages. HTML 2.0 was the first to see many features that web developers could use. But this was a basic version and did not offer great looks. To yield better looks, Netscape Navigator; a dominant leader during then, introduced proprietary tags and attributes into its browser. While, other browser vendors tried to reflect the same tags; they were not able to render pages... Read More

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