The CSS font-size property is most often assigned numeric values in the amounts of px, em, or rem, but what many developers may not know is that the property can also accept other values, like ‘larger’ or ‘smaller’. When you […]
Despite the fact that it’s widely used, applying CSS3’s !important declaration to your stylesheets isn’t considered to be a best practice. The !important declaration is typically used to override style rules that are defined elsewhere in the CSS. For example, […]
At first glance it might seem like CSS’s display: none rule and it’s visibility: hidden rule have the exact same function, but that’s not entirely accurate. While it’s true that both rules render an HTML tag invisible, they do so […]
By default, each list item in any unordered list will be preceded by a standard round bullet point, like in the example below.
If round bullet points aren’t your style, CSS gives us a few different list-item marker options […]
We’ve all had that pesky HTML element that refuses to center no matter how many different CSS styles we apply. We always get it eventually, but sometimes it’s not before a lot of time has been wasted trying to remember […]
CSS3’s border-radius property is most commonly used to add rounded corners to elements that are otherwise square. It’s a great tool for adding some softness to your designs. Less commonly, the property is also used to turn square images into […]
Sometimes it’s necessary for an HTML element to have two, three, or even four + classes assigned to it. To assign multiple classes to an element, all you need to do is separate them with a space, like this:
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Using CSS in HTML emails can be a tricky business, mostly because it seems like just about every email client has different rules about the amount of CSS they support. Keeping this in mind, here are some tips to use […]
CSS’s opacity property is great for making any HTML element (especially images) see-through or transparent, but the problem with the property is that it applies to the opacity of the entire element. If you have a <p> tag positioned over an […]
Most developers know that in order for a site’s structure to be responsive and mobile-friendly, it’s better to define widths of divs and other HTML elements using percentages rather than pixels. Using percentages to define widths allows the widths of […]
