Let’s create a simple and clean box that shows the updates in a category (or anything you might like it to use for). The result looks like this:

Update box
Starting with the css, insert the following code into the header of your page (or add it to your existing css):
<style>
body{
font-family:Arial;
}
.box{
width: 150px;
height: 40px;
float: left;
border:2px solid #ccc;
-moz-border-radius: 6px;
-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
text-align: center;
padding: 5px;
font-size: 14px;
font-weight: bold;
background-color: #f0f0f0;
color: #888;
}
p.new{
width: 126px;
color: white;
background-color: #3190A5;
-moz-border-radius: 6px;
-webkit-border-radius: 6px;
padding: 1px;
text-align: center;
margin-top: 5px;
margin-left: 12px;
font-weight: 100;
font-size: 11px;
color: #F0F0F0;
}
</style>
In the body of the page, insert the html code:
<div class="box">
IT development
<p class="new">
4 new posts
</p>
</div>
The border radius is for Mozilla and Safari (and webkit browsers) and is still not supported by IE (no surprise there really).
Enjoy!
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