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HTML5 and CSS3 Without Guilt

Tutorial • Beginner

Not every HTML5 or CSS3 feature has widespread browser support, naturally. To compensate for this, enterprising developers have created a number of tools to...

Ludovico Fischer • 17 Dec 2010
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Quick Tip: Mimic a Click Event with CSS

Tutorial • Intermediate

In today's video quick tip, I'll show you a nifty technique: we'll use plain and simple CSS to mimic click events. The key is to use the helpful :target...

Jeffrey Way • 10 Dec 2010
CSS

Convert a Warm, Cheerful Web Design to HTML and CSS

Tutorial • Intermediate

Not long after our newest Tuts+ site, Webdesigntuts+, launched, they posted an excellent tutorial that details the process of designing a warm and cheerful...

Jeffrey Way • 8 Dec 2010
CSS

Build Awesome Practical CSS3 Buttons

Tutorial • Intermediate

Twice a month, we revisit some of our readers’ favorite posts from throughout the history of Nettuts+. This tutorial was first published in May, 2010. ...

Jeffrey Way • 19 Nov 2010
CSS

Quick Tip: Detect CSS3 Support in Browsers with JavaScript

Tutorial • Intermediate

Isn't it fun that we get to play with the latest CSS techniques, like shadows and transitions? There's only one problem: how do we compensate, or more...

Jeffrey Way • 15 Nov 2010
CSS

Quick Tip: Mimic Equal Columns with CSS3 Gradients

Tutorial • Beginner

What happens when your main content area needs two specific background colors: one for the primary content, and another for the sidebar? If you've ever...

Jeffrey Way • 11 Nov 2010
CSS

Quick Tip: A Crash-Course in CSS Media Queries

Tutorial • Beginner

In the past, in order to create layouts based upon the width of the user's browser, we had to use JavaScript -- perhaps combined with a server-side...

Jeffrey Way • 15 Sep 2010
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Getting to Work with CSS3 Power Tools

Tutorial • Intermediate

CSS3 is one of the coolest new web technologies available to web developers right now. Using some of its many features, it is possible to reproduce the...

Devon Govett • 24 Aug 2010
CSS

Mastering the 960 Grid System

Tutorial • Beginner

We're already familiar with the 12- and 16-column variants of 960.gs, but did you know that a 24-column alternative exists too? In this article, you'll...

Roydee • 18 Aug 2010
CSS

Take Advantage of CSS3 to Achieve Subtle Design

Tutorial • Intermediate

I hear this CSS3 thing is all the rage. Resources are flying around the tutorial world and blogosphere providing brilliant examples of creative new ways to...

Brant Steen • 16 Jul 2010
CSS

Flexible, Mobile-First Layouts with CSS3

Tutorial • Intermediate

Some experts are projecting mobile devices to become the dominant medium for web browsing within five years, overtaking browsing on desktop computers....

Brant Steen • 28 Jun 2010
CSS

Quick Tip: Practical CSS Shapes

Tutorial • Intermediate

A common design technique lately is to create a fold effect, where it appears as if a heading is wrapping behind its container. This is generally achieved...

Jeffrey Way • 13 May 2010