http://gallery.theopalgroup.com/selectoracle/ Selectoracle: site will deconstruct and explain selectors on a site
http://www.selectorgadget.com/ SelectorGadget tool
Rules for links: review
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/item/css-pseudo-classes/P10/ Pseudo-classes for links
http://www.w3schools.com/CSS/css_pseudo_classes.asp Pseudo-classes
http://devsnippets.com/article/5-advanced-css-pseudo-class.html Advanced Pseudo-classes
http://www.westciv.com/style_master/academy/css_tutorial/selectors/p_class_selectors.html Pseudo-classes for links
http://webtint.net/tutorials/the-mysterious-pseudo-class-in-css/ Pseudo-classes for links
http://www.css3.info/preview/rounded-border/ CSS3 Rounded Corners Box techniques with border-radius
http://www.the-art-of-web.com/css/border-radius/ Border-radius complete reference
http://www.bestinclass.com/blog/2008/css3-border-radius-rounded-corners-ie/ CSS3 Rounded Corners Box techniques for IE
http://www.css3.info/preview/box-shadow/ Add a CSS3 drop shadow
http://www.westciv.com/tools/boxshadows/index.html Nice interactive tool for testing drop shadow
http://css.flepstudio.org/en/css3/box-shadow.html Add a CSS3 drop shadow
http://brightchimp.com/2008/09/07/hand-drawn-speac-bubble-using-css3-border-image/ This is a great example of an image border! However the page shows a screen shot, and not the actual CSS-generated file, so it will look like it works in Opera, but it doesn't.>
http://www.lrbabe.com/sdoms/borderImage/index.html an example of various image borders
http://css3please.com/ sandbox
This is a box with rounded corners.
.rounded1 {
background: pink;
border: 2px solid black;
width: 60%;
text-align: center;
padding: 8px;
border-radius: 8px; /* css standard tag */
-moz-border-radius: 8px; /* firefox engine */
-webkit-border-radius: 8px; /* safari/iPhone/chrome engine */
}
This is a box with rounded corners.
It will expand as the text gets longer and longer.
Text here is aligned left, which is the default
.rounded2 {
background: black;
border: 8px solid green;
line-height: 140%;
width: 220px;
padding: 18px 24px;
border-radius: 18px; /* css standard tag */
-moz-border-radius: 18px; /* firefox engine */
-webkit-border-radius: 18px; /* safari/iPhone/chrome engine */
color: white;
}
This is a box with rounded corners and a BG image in the border.
It will expand as the text gets longer and longer.
Text here is aligned left, which is the default
.strokebg1 {
line-height: 140%;
width: 220px;
padding: 18px 24px;
border-width: 12px; /* sets the border width */
border-image: url(multiborder.png) 12;
-webkit-border-image: url(multiborder.png) 12;
-moz-border-image: url(multiborder.png) 12; /* stretch, repeat, or round */
color: white;
}
This is a box with rounded corners and a BG image in the border.
It will expand as the text gets longer and longer.
Text here is aligned left, which is the default
same settings as .strokebg1, different image
This is a box with rounded corners and a BG image in the border.
It will expand as the text gets longer and longer.
Text here is aligned left, which is the default
same settings as .strokebg1, different image
This is a box with rounded corners and a dropshadow
.dropshadow1 {
background: lightgreen;
width: 60%;
text-align: center;
padding: 18px;
border-radius: 18px; /* css standard tag */
-moz-border-radius: 18px;
-webkit-border-radius: 18px;
color: darkgreen;
box-shadow: 5px -5px 10px #888;
-webkit-box-shadow:5px -5px 10px #888;
-moz-box-shadow:5px -5px 10px #888;
}
This is a box with rounded corners and a dropshadow
dropshadow2 {
background: lightyellow;
border: 1px solid green;
width: 60%;
text-align: center;
padding: 18px;
border-radius: 22px; /* css standard tag */
-moz-border-radius: 22px;
-webkit-border-radius: 22px;
color: darkgreen;
box-shadow: 15px 10px 20px #888;
-webkit-box-shadow:15px 10px 20px #888;
-moz-box-shadow: 15px 10px 20px #888;
}
Square box, drop shadow only
.dropshadow3 {
background: lightpink;
border: 1px solid green;
width: 60%;
text-align: center;
padding: 18px;
color: darkgreen;
box-shadow: 15px 10px 20px #888;
-webkit-box-shadow:15px 10px 20px #888;
-moz-box-shadow: 15px 10px 20px #888;
}
Rounded tab
.tab {
background: tan;
width: 15%;
text-align: center;
padding: 11px;
border-top-right-radius: 18px; /* css standard tag */
border-top-left-radius:18px;
-moz-border-radius-topright: 18px;
-moz-border-radius-topleft: 18px;
-webkit-border-top-right-radius: 18px;
-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 18px;
color: darkgreen;
box-shadow: 5px -5px 10px #888;
-webkit-box-shadow:5px -5px 10px #888;
-moz-box-shadow:5px -5px 10px #888;
}
we will do this later when we do lists and menus
http://www.zenelements.co.uk/blog/css3-rgba-color-opacity/ More on RGBA
http://www.css3.info/introduction-opacity-rgba/ Basics of CSS3 opacity using RGBA
http://dorward.me.uk/www/css/alpha-colour/ More on RGBA
http://css-tricks.com/rgba-browser-support/ More on RGBA with fallback option
p> CSS3 opacity [RGBA] is not inherited, the 'opacity' property in CSS2.1 is inheritedhttp://css-tricks.com/css-transparency-settings-for-all-broswers/ Using opacity, cross-browser
http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_image_transparency.asp Using opacity
http://www.mandarindesign.com/opacity.html Using opacity
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/opacity.html Using opacity
http://www.zenelements.com/blog/css3-gradients/ Gradients generated in CSS
http://css-tricks.com/css3-gradients/ CSS Gradients
http://gradients.glrzad.com/ CSS Gradients
http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/html-css-techniques/quick-tip-understanding-css3-gradients/ CSS Gradients
http://www.westciv.com/tools/gradients/ CSS Gradients
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/style/csslibrary/item/css3_linear_gradients/ CSS Gradients
http://www.zenelements.com/blog/css3-gradients/ CSS Gradients
http://www.broken-links.com/2009/11/26/css-gradient-syntax-comparison-of-mozilla-and-webkit/ CSS Gradients
http://www.broken-links.com/tests/gradients/ CSS Gradients
http://www.zenelements.com/blog/css3-background-images/ Multiple background images, sizing and positioning. Possible soon, but not currently working in most browsers
http://www.zenelements.com/blog/css3-multiple-columns/ Multiple Columns
http://css-tricks.com/snippets/css/multiple-columns/ Multiple Columns
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/css3multicolumn// Multiple Columns
http://www.css3.info/preview/multi-column-layout/ Multiple Columns
http://www.goldentwine.com/blog/css3-2d-transforms CSS3 2D transform
http://www.westciv.com/tools/transforms/transforms-moz.html CSS3 2D transform
http://css3.bradshawenterprises.com/ CSS3 2D transform
http://blog.typekit.com/2011/01/25/case-study-getting-hardboiled-with-css3-2d-transforms/ CSS Transforms
http://css3generator.com/ CSS3 2D transform GREAT GENERATOR
http://www.snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html Color Contrast Tool
http://hashgrid.com/ Inserting a grid using .js
http://www.snook.ca/technical/colour_contrast/colour.html Subscribe to Smashing Newsletter
http://css.maxdesign.com.au/floatutorial/ Float Tutorial
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/05/01 /css-float- theory-things-you-should-know/ Comprehensive list of floats articles
http: //www.complexspiral.com/publications/containing-floats Containing floats
http://www.quirksmode .org/css/clearing.html Floats and clearing
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=FloatLayouts Floats and clearing
http://robertnyman.com/2007/04/12/how-to-clear-css-floats-without-extra-markup-different-techniques-explained/ Clearing Floats
http://matthewjamestaylor.com/blog/floating-boxes-css-layout Float layout using float drops
http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/onetruelayout/anyorder Re-ordering columns using floats
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/ negativemargins/ Float using negative margins
http://www.quirksmode.org/css/overflow.html Overflow, hidden
http://codepunk.hardwar.org.uk/acssx17.htm Overflow, hidden
http://cssglobe.com/post/1305/create-resizing-thumbnails-using-overflow-property Creating a rollover thumbnail using overflow
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/05/10/70-expert-ideas-for-better-css-coding/ Workflow and good practices
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/02/21/powerful-css-techniques-for-effective-coding/ more ideas for better coding
http://webdesignledger.com/tips/web-design-trends-in-2011 Web Trends for 2011
http://webdesignledger.com/tips/web-design-trends-for-2010 if you missed Web Trends for 2010...