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The default buttons in today’s browser are plain. Mostly just a shade of gray, and do not fit with the color scheme of most sites. With the use of the HTML button tag and some CSS, you customize your buttons for your site.
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Posted on June 24th, 2008 by Derald under
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One of the most over looked attributes in CSS is the :first-letter attribute. With this attribute you can add a lot of style to your site, with very little code. If you wanted to make your pages have theme similar to books in the Dark Ages, this attribute is perfect for that.
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Posted on June 18th, 2008 by Derald under
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Have you even written some code then come back to it a few days or even months or years, and not understand what you were trying to do? This is a part of coding that few people actually practice yet alone try to master.
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Posted on June 10th, 2008 by Derald under
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Slashdot’s commenting system, you can see the URL of the site that the commenter has posted. This tutorial will show you how to do the same effect with just CSS and using the attr attribute.
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Posted on June 4th, 2008 by Derald under
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Javascript is a great scripting language used for creating websites. One of the more popular uses of JavaScript is the use of rollovers. There is a draw back with JavaScript rollovers, you have to use images to create the effect.
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Posted on May 27th, 2008 by Derald under
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Browsing the web, you may have noticed that there are sites where text areas have different color backgrounds. This allows the create of the site to add more of a custom look to the site.
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Posted on May 19th, 2008 by Derald under
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If you are anything like me, you are pretty lazy. Like me, you probably spend more time trying to find someone else’s solution to a problem than solving it yourself. Don’t worry, it’s ok, I do it too. The truth hurts doesn’t it?
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Posted on April 17th, 2008 by admin under
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As always, magic tricks have captured my attention. So today I present you with my own magic trick. We’re going to make some text appear and disappear into thin "cyber" air. Unlike real magicians, I’ll show you how I did it.
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Posted on April 1st, 2008 by admin under
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You know how when you’re chillin’ at the crib with the homies reading up on ancient texts, and you notice that fancy drop cap on the first letter of the document? Come on now, I’m not the only one who does this right? Yeah, well we are going to bring it back, like Hammer pants, with CSS.
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Posted on March 14th, 2008 by admin under
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Have you ever found yourself wondering how you could somehow jazz up that simple, unordered list you have just sitting there on your website? Does it look like something our good friend Bill would have busted out in PowerPoint way back in 1990 on windows 3.0? Yeah, I thought so. Don’t fret my friends; CSS has come to the rescue…
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Posted on February 29th, 2008 by admin under
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