Custom Buttons

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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. Read the rest of this entry »
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First Letter

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. Read the rest of this entry »
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Commenting Your Code

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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SlashDot Style HyperLinks

In 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. Read the rest of this entry »
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CSS Rollovers

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. Read the rest of this entry »
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Custom Text Area Backgrounds

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. Read the rest of this entry »
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CSS Text Transformations

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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CSS/JavaScript Vanishing Act

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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Drop Caps: Document Pimping 8th Century Style!

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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Adding flair to your unordered list

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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