Learning Principles for Improving Your CSS
In Articles by Kitty Giraudel
This article will cover some basic principles and tips on how to learn and become better at CSS, based on personal experience.
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Responsive CSS Timeline with 3D Effect
In Tutorials by Manoela Ilic
A tutorial about how to create an experimental CSS-only timeline with a 3D effect. The idea is to expand a content area when the associated radio input is selected.
Creative CSS Loading Animations
In Tutorials by Kitty Giraudel
In this tutorial we’ll show you how to make some creative css-only loading animations also known as activity indicators.
Baraja: A Plugin for Spreading Items in a Card-Like Fashion
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
With this jQuery plugin items can be spread in a card-like fashion and displayed in an unusual way. Several parameters allow many different spreading results, allowing a unique pattern.
Mobile Design Typography is Vitally Important … and Challenging
In Articles by Carrie Cousins
One of the emerging challenges for web designers is creating web typography that works in the mobile environment as well. But it can be difficult, and there are many things to consider. The keys are to focus on readability, contrast, space and responsiveness.
Gamma Gallery: A Responsive Image Gallery Experiment
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
Gamma Gallery is an experimental responsive image gallery that attempts to provide an adjustable responsive images approach taking its grid layout and the full slideshow view into account.
Heading Set Styling with CSS
In Tutorials by Kitty Giraudel
In this tutorial we will create a couple of heading styles to get your creative juices flowing for your next project. Make heading styles work by applying the right combinations of colors, fonts and decoration.
Becoming Device-Agnostic
In Articles by Patrick Cox
Responsive Web Design is more than just adjusting a web experience to different screen sizes. Becoming device-agnostic is an important step for creating future-proof websites and here are a couple of thoughts on that.
Elastislide Revised
In Articles by Manoela Ilic
Elastislide, the responsive image carousel, has been updated and improved. It can be used vertically or horizontally and a minimun number of visible images can be specified.
Kick-Start Your Project: A Collection of Handy CSS Snippets
In Tutorials by Kitty Giraudel
Don’t start your project with an empty style sheet: there are many great snippets that can make your life easier and speed up web development. We are going to show you some handy snippets that you might find useful for kick-starting your next project.
Slit Slider Revised
In Articles by Manoela Ilic
Slit Slider is a slideshow with a twist: when navigating the slides, the current one will be “cut open” into two slices and moved away, revealing the next or previous slide. The slider can be used in a responsive context and it has been updated and improved.
Basic Ready-to-Use CSS Styles
In Tutorials by Kitty Giraudel
This is a collection of some basic styles that can come in handy when creating your own style definitions. Learn how to make some useful classes for simple styles and how to apply them to a variety of elements.
Slicebox Revised
In Articles by Manoela Ilic
Slicebox, the jQuery 3D image slider plugin, has been updated. We’ve done some major improvements and added new features.
Creating Off-Center Balance: Using Asymmetry in Web Design
In Articles by Carrie Cousins
Asymmetrical design techniques can be visually intriguing and create distinct focal points. Here are a couple of inspirational examples and tips on how to employ asymmetry in your next design.
PFold: Paper-Like Unfolding Effect
In Playground by Manoela Ilic
A highly experimental jQuery plugin that let’s you unfold elements to reveal more content just like on a piece of paper. Unfolding directions and number of steps can be specified.
Custom Login Form Styling
In Tutorials by Kitty Giraudel
In this tutorial we will create some modern and creative login forms using some interesting CSS techniques and HTML5 goodness.
The Unwritten Rules of a Great Design Critique
In Articles by Patrick Cox
Design critiques are not only the way to an improved design, they are also a great educational opportunity for all parties involved. If held properly by following some basic guidelines they can bring along a great collaboration experience and positively influence the progress of a project.
Real-Time Geolocation Service with Node.js
In Tutorials by Dmitri Voronianski
A tutorial about how to create a simple real-time application that shows the locations of visitors on an interactive map using Node.js and the HTML5 Geolocation API.