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CSS Folder

August 8, 2011
by Graham
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CSS3 Text Effects

Looking for ways to jazz up your website? With new CSS3 techniques it’s easy to add some nifty text effects that can make your site really stand out. What’s great about these effects is that they degrade gracefully; that is to say that, if a browser (in this case, Internet Explorer) does not support the new CSS rules, there is a satisfactory fallback.
Check out the demo of some text-shadows in action. Continue reading

Printer

August 18, 2010
by Graham
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Printing Web Pages with the CSS Media Query

Although nowadays it’s becoming more acceptable for people to read text from a screen (especially with the release of high resolution e-readers such as the iPad and the Kindle) it’s still very important that people have the option of printing a paper copy.
This article will walk through some of the easy steps involved in creating a printer friendly version of your webpages. To see this method in action, take a look at this demo. Continue reading

June 29, 2010
by Graham
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CSS3 Text Background

The other day I came across an interesting post by Trent Walton that demonstrates good use of CSS3 and its wekbit aminations over selectable text. It is accomplished through the use of background clipping, transparent text and webkit animations. If you want to … Continue reading