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 […]
With CSS3, it’s super easy to take a boring, un-styled link, like this:
and turn it into a beautiful, customized button, like this:
All it takes is a little bit of styling. To start, you’re going to need some basic <a> tags. […]
When defining an HTML element’s size — whether it’s a font size, the width or height of div, or the margin and padding of any particular element, you can use relative units like rem or em, or you can use […]
The CSS border-radius property can be used to give HTML elements rounded corners. Most commonly, the property is seen using only one value, but it actually will take up to four values.
Assigning one value to the border-radius property will apply […]
With CSS, you can use the background property to make it look like text has been highlighted, but it doesn’t quite mimic how highlighting looks in real life. If you want to make your highlights appear more realistic, you can […]
CSS’s text-overflow property is rarely used but easy to implement. When given the value of ellipsis, it adds an ellipsis to the cut off point of any text that doesn’t fit within its parent element.
The CSS to achieve the effect […]
CSS3’s transform property makes it easy to rotate any HTML element using only code.
Below we have a div that’s screaming: “Rotate Me!”
All we need to rotate this div is one line of CSS:
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transform: rotate(10deg);
This one simple […]
Gone are the days of being limited to using only a handful of fonts in web design because of compatibility issues. Google Fonts is a great resource that provides free fonts for web designers, but everyone is using it. If […]
The CSS text-decoration property is capable of much more than the standard underlines and strike-throughs. Text-decoration has properties that can create dashed, dotted, or wavy lines positioned below or above text. Use the standard text-decoration property to define the decoration as an […]
The CSS content property allows you to add content or space to a page without having to touch the HTML. CSS content is used with the pseudo selectors :before or :after, and won’t work without them. As long as you […]
