Category: CSS

How to integrate WordPress template with CodeIgniter?

First step is to move CodeIgniter and the WordPress files in their own directory. After that, put the following line at the top of your CodeIgniter’s index.php file. Change the path to wp-blog-header.php as needed to...

How to show popup message using CSS and jQuery?

Here’s how  does it: This is the markup, initially hidden so we can fade it in: <div id=’message’ style=”display: none;”> <span>Hey, This is my Message.</span> <a href=”#” class=”close-notify”>X</a> </div> Here are the styles applied:...

Basics of Google Font API (Application Program Interface)

Link to CSS files You essentially hotlink directly to CSS files on Google.com. Through URL parameters, you specificity which fonts you want, and what variations of those fonts. <head> <link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Tangerine:bold,bolditalic|Inconsolata:italic|Droid+Sans”> </head>...

Simple Auto-Playing Slideshow using CSS3

HTML Wrapper with div’s as the “slides”, which can contain any content. <div id=”slideshow”> <div> <img src=”http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5224/5658667829_2bb7d42a9c_m.jpg”> </div> <div> <img src=”http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5230/5638093881_a791e4f819_m.jpg”> </div> <div> Pretty cool eh? This slide is proof the content can be...

How make Accessibility/SEO Friendly CSS Hiding code?

#content { position: absolute; top: -9999px; left: -9999px; } Removes an item from the page, without affecting page flow or causing scrollbars. Much better than display: none; or even visibility: hidden;  

What are the important CSS Rules

A Cascading Stylesheet rule tells the browser what the HTML looks like, and what it should do. A rule can dictate what just one HTML tag should look like, or you can construct your own...

How to Create a Flexible Folded Paper Effect With CSS3

In this tutorial we’ll learn to create a flexible (responsive) folded paper effect using CSS3 features like background gradients and box-shadows, which can give a cool-looking background to the content area of your website....

What is Responsive Design and Server Side Components?

There’s no shortage of debate about the best way to develop Web sites that work well across many networked devices. Some teams favor a client-side approach while others lean towards server-side solutions. But I’m increasingly...

How mix Responsive Design and Mobile Templates

You need a mobile strategy for your site. You have to pick Responsive Design or a dedicated mobile site, right? Maybe not. Maybe you can mix and match a variety of strategies.   Me...

Top 10 Tips to a make a popular Website page

There aren’t any magic pills to create a great web page that everyone will visit again and again, but there are things you can do to help. Some key things to focus on are...

5 Useful CSS Tricks for Responsive Webpage Design

Making the design to be responsive is very easy as shown in my Responsive Design in 3 Steps tutorial, but maintaining the elements to look aesthetically balanced on all breakpoint layouts is an art. Today I’m...

How to create Animated Knockout Letters using CSS3

I was watching some commercial the other day and they had these letters fly in over a black screen and reveal an image beneath them. It was a pretty cool looking effect and it...

iPhone Calling and Texting Links

This is the calling one (probably more useful if the clickable text is words, as the iPhone auto-detects phone numbers and does this automatically): <a href=”tel:1-408-555-5555″>1-408-555-5555</a> This is the SMS one, which overrides the...