Font Awesome is a, well, awesome tool that gives developers free access to hundreds of different useful icons to add to their sites and web apps. It’s becoming a really nice alternative to downloading PSD icon sets, largely because since […]
Despite the fact that it’s widely used, applying CSS3’s !important declaration to your stylesheets isn’t considered to be a best practice. The !important declaration is typically used to override style rules that are defined elsewhere in the CSS. For example, […]
CSS’s opacity property is great for making any HTML element (especially images) see-through or transparent, but the problem with the property is that it applies to the opacity of the entire element. If you have a <p> tag positioned over an […]
With CSS3, it’s super easy to take a boring, un-styled link, like this:
and turn it into a beautiful, customized button, like this:
All it takes is a little bit of styling. To start, you’re going to need some basic <a> tags. […]
The CSS content property allows you to add content or space to a page without having to touch the HTML. CSS content is used with the pseudo selectors :before or :after, and won’t work without them. As long as you […]
The Z-index property can be strange at times. If you don’t have much experience with using it, you might find that it only works most of the time when you need it 100% of the time. Fortunately for you, […]
CSS3 has a really neat feature called multiple columns. Multiple columns are really great for splitting up text for a responsive website. They are just one of those things good web developers should use to cut down on unnecessary […]
The CSS calc() function is a vital part of many responsive websites these days. It allows developers to have the benefits of both absolute units and percentages in CSS positioning. Things that can seem daunting, such as aligning elements […]
