CssGlance

A really well-done and exhaustive css properties reference, with examples of their use and the cross-browsers compatibility.
Great simple and clear interface, with a box search and a list of the sections, to browse the contents of this reference. Work by Tommy Olsson and Paul O’Brien.

Posted by Roberto on 30 Jan, 2008 

We’ve received quite a number of emails from designers who want to know how our MiniAdv banner works. Is it a JavaScript, a PHP solution, a server-side application? No, it’s even more simple. It’s CSS. Here we’d like to explain it in details!

Posted by Andrea on 5 Nov, 2007 

A great collection of tools to improve Css design technique: from colors and backgrounds, fonts and shapes, sizes or positions to faster and progressive loading of pages and much more.

Posted by Roberto on 3 Oct, 2007 

Paul O’Brien shows us the positive side of negative margins on static and float elements.

Posted by Andrea on 10 Aug, 2007 

Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns is a valuable reference for using CSS on your website. The companion website lets you play with each pattern (over 350).

Posted by Andrea on 31 Jul, 2007 

Podcasts from this year’s @media (London, June 7th-8th) are now available, including audio and slides.

Posted by Andrea on 24 Jul, 2007 

For the numerous users of Google’s imagebrowser Picasa, some templates to create web photo galleries and slideshows even without any knowledge of HTML, CSS and Javascript.

Posted by Roberto on 20 Jun, 2007 

From an accessibility point of view, user style sheet is a powerful tool for people with a vision impairment. But per-site user style sheet could be useful also for customising the aspect of common use applications.

Posted by Roberto on 10 Jun, 2007 

Christian Watson, the author of Smiley Cat Web Design, explains this useful technique on his website incuding the Fireworks source file of the grid. You apply the grid to the body of your page as a background image so that it displays behind your site. Thus you can use it to precisely line up your layout.

Posted by Andrea on 2 Jun, 2007 

On Digital Web Magazine a chapter excerpt from the recently published book, Web Standards Creativity. Title of the excerpt: Creative Use of PNG Transparency in Web Design by Jeff Croft.

Posted by Roberto on 30 May, 2007 

Nowdays designers’ needs are growing faster than CSS official recommendations. In an article which ends with the suggestion of CSS2.2 as interim step, Andy Buddy investigates the possible causes, both technical and political, of the delay in CSS3 recommendation release.

Posted by Roberto on 27 May, 2007 

A comprehensive explanation of what is comprised in the term and what not. At the end of the article, a list of resources for learning more.

Posted by Roberto on 24 May, 2007 

Roger Johansson, author of 456 Berea Street, explain us how to create elegant, resizable and accessible link buttons with Css.

Posted by Roberto on 23 May, 2007 

A long useful article with the answers of 35 webdevelopers to 5 design-related questions asked in March by Smashing Magazine.

Posted by Roberto on 21 May, 2007