How to spice up your menu with CSS3
By Mary Lou on
Quick tip on how to spice up your menu with CSS3: add an image to every menu item and slide it out on hover.
Tutorials
In this section you will find in-depth how-tos involving common web development and web design techniques.
Sliding Image Panels with CSS3
By Mary Lou on
Today we'll show you how to create some neat sliding image panels with CSS only. The idea is to use background images for the panels and animate them when clicking o
CSS Buttons with Pseudo-elements
By Sergio Camalich on
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create buttons with a twist, using just one anchor tag per button and the great power of CSS.
Animated Web Banners With CSS3
By Caleb Jacob on
Today we're going to take a look at spicing up our web banners, ads or any content for that matter, with CSS3 animations.
Filter Functionality with CSS3
By Mary Lou on
Using the general sibling combinator and the :checked pseudo-class, we can toggle states of other elements by checking a checkbox or a radio button. In this tutorial
Thumbnail Proximity Effect with jQuery and CSS3
By Mary Lou on
Today we want to show you how to create a neat thumbnail proximity effect with jQuery. The idea is to scale thumbnails when hovering over them and also scale their n
Fullscreen Background Image Slideshow with CSS3
By Mary Lou on
Happy new year, everybody! Today we will create a CSS-only fullscreen background image slideshow. We'll create different image transitions and also make a title appe
CSS3 Lightbox
By Mary Lou on
Today we want to show you how to create a neat lightbox effect using only CSS. The idea is to have some thumbnails that are clickable, and once clicked, the respecti
Slopy Elements with CSS3
By Mary Lou on
It's always a delight to see some non-straight elements in web design. Angled shapes and diagonal lines can create an interesting visual flow and add some unexpected
Item Blur Effect with CSS3 and jQuery
By Mary Lou on
Today we want to show you how to create a simple blur effect for text-based items. The idea is to have a set of text boxes that will get blurred and scaled down once
Experiments with background-clip: text
By Mary Lou on
With the CSS property "background-clip: text" (which is currently only supported in Webkit browsers), we can add a background image to a text element. Today we will
Splash and Coming Soon Page Effects with CSS3
By Mary Lou on
CSS3 opens up so many crazy possibilities and today we want to show you how to go wild with splash and coming soon page effects using CSS3 animations. We'll experime
Lateral On-Scroll Sliding with jQuery
By Mary Lou on
After getting the request, we are going to show you how to create a "slide-in on scroll" effect. You've probably seen this cool effect on some websites, like on Nizo
Typography Effects with CSS3 and jQuery
By Mary Lou on
Today we will create a set of nice typography effects for big headlines using CSS3 and jQuery. There are many things we can do with CSS3 animations and transitions a
Hover and Click Trigger for Circular Elements with jQuery
By Mary Lou on
Today we want to share one possible solution to the circle hovering problem. We'll create a plugin that will take care of the 'mouseenter', 'mouseleave' and 'click'
Elastic Image Slideshow with Thumbnail Preview
By Mary Lou on
Today we want to show you how to create a simple elastic slideshow with a thumbnail preview. The slideshow will adjust automatically to its surrounding container and
Interactive Typography Effects with HTML5
By Tim Holman on
With HTML5 gaining popularity, this tutorial outlines what is really just the tip of the iceberg that is interactive design. In this tutorial I will go over the dev
Animated Buttons with CSS3
By Mary Lou on
Still hyped by the possibilities of CSS3, I want to share some CSS3 button experiments with you. The idea is to create some animated link elements with different sty