Favorite CSS Text Styles

Like in anything, there are some things you can do with CSS that are much more fun than other things. I’ve decided to show you some of my favorite ones. We’ll start with things you can do with text. font-variant:small-caps For some reason I think…

Safe CSS Hacking

In a time when some web developers are trying their hardest to make standards compliant websites using proper CSS and XHTML, far too many hacks have come about to solve a plethora of problems in design. Most of these hacks are, in my view, extremely…

CSS Naked Day

What happened to the design? No, the site isn’t broken. To know more about why styles are disabled on this website visit the Annual CSS Naked Day website for more information. ~Nicole Update: CSS Naked Day is now over. It was a neat idea that…

ID Cascade Authority

This is just a quick reminder about a very common troubleshooting issue that you should always check if your site is not displaying as it should. ID always has cascade authority over CLASS. This works no matter how you do it. It doesn’t matter what…

CSS Descendant Selectors

We know that one of the best uses of CSS is its ability to cascade style settings (rules). However, I have seen many website CSS files that do not fully take advantage of some of the most powerful aspects of CSS – descending selectors. I…

CSS Cursors

One thing that CSS allows us to use for screen presentation are alternate cursors. This is not the idea of downloading or forcing a download of a cursor, as was done in the past (though that is possible as well), but instead, we use several…

Straight To Tableless?

Since I recently wrote an article on the benefits of a tableless layout, I felt it prudent to express my views on it in practical application. I personally know many many web developers who work in the industry, and whether these people have multiple clients,…

What’s Your CSS Level?

Not a Quiz – Rate Yourself I found this accurate and amusing little article on Friendly Bit and, of course, it immediately got me thinking. “What Level am I?” Without too much ego, I think I’m sitting around a level 5 and steadily moving toward…