Mary Lou

20 fresh and colorful CSS3 buttons

In Tutorials, September 2, 2009

Here is the result of an experiment with fonts and css3 properties like text-shadow and box-shadow: Click here to download the ZIP file with the two overlay images: ... read more

CSS3 big style fieldset registration form

In Tutorials, September 1, 2009

Experimenting with CSS3, I created a big style registration form with rounded borders and shadow effects. The only image used is not the button, but the pen that ser... read more

Solving PHP MySQL UTF-8 issues

In Playground, August 31, 2009

Heres a list of actions you should do in order to get PHP + MySQL working with UTF-8: 1. Database: CREATE DATABASE db_name CHARACTER SET utf8 DEFAULT CHARACTER SET u... read more

CSS button with hover effect

In Tutorials, August 31, 2009

Inspired by the nice download button on the jquery homepage I created this button with a hover effect. It uses opacity options for all browsers. You can see a demo h... read more

Free Web 2.0 style glossy buttons

In Articles, August 30, 2009

Here is a set of some colorful glossy web 2.0 style buttons in png format (size: 203 px wide, 71 px high). You can use them as you like!... read more

JavaScript browser detection

In Playground, August 30, 2009

Here is some very useful javascript for detecting the browser that is accessing a page:... read more

PHP function that returns the exact age

In Playground, August 30, 2009

Here is a simple PHP function that returns the exact age of a person given his/her birthdate: function age($month, $day, $year){ $y = gmstrftime("%Y"); $m = gmstrfti... read more

CSS Gmail style labels

In Tutorials, August 29, 2009

Ever wondered how to generate some cool gmail labels in css? Here is an attempt to imitate the little labels used in gmail. Three tiny colorless images are used to c... read more

Cool CSS-only registration form

In Tutorials, August 28, 2009

Here is a very simple and cool registration form. A lot of times I was searching for some registration or login form that is easy to adapt. Here comes my contributio... read more

Simple CSS chart for dynamic content

In Tutorials, August 27, 2009

This is an example of a very simple CSS + one tiny image chart. The result will look like this: Insert the follwoing style into the head of your html (or add it to y... read more

Simple CSS: Update box for category or posts

In Tutorials, August 26, 2009

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: Starting with ... read more

JavaScript: Changing location or stylesheet according to device or browser

In Playground, August 26, 2009

Developing web applications for mobile phones sometimes brings the need to just create separate content for different devices. Some time ago I had to create a web... read more