Using Google Fonts
In the past web designers were restricted to a small group of fonts referred to as web-safe fonts. But now, you can easily link to hundreds, if not a thousand beautiful fonts hosted by Google Fonts. More ...
Easy Three-level Expanding Menu Code
In a previous article, I described an easy method to create an expanding menu similar to Windows Explorer, but with only one level of sub-menus. This article provides code for a similar expanding menu, except with two levels of sub-menus. More ...
Create Custom Horizontal Rules
Horizontal rules can increase webpage readability by providing a separation between different topics on a page. Horizontal rules are often used to separate a footer or resource box at the bottom of a webpage from the main webpage content. HTML by itself creates some pretty bland horizontal rules. But with CSS designers have the means to create interesting horizontal rules. More ...
Understanding CSS Positioning
One of the most important CSS webpage layout concepts to understand how to position webpage elements. In this article you'll learn how a web browser places elements on the webpage as it renders the display, and you'll learn about the five different methods of positioning: static, relative, absolute, fixed, and float. More ...
How to Color Alternating Rows or Columns in a Table
It can be difficult for your eyes to follow a row or column across a large table. In this article, I show you some easy CSS techniques to to add a background color to alternating rows or columns of a table to make it easier to read. More ...
Create Animated Glowing Text
CSS3 added many new features, one of them was the ability to create animations entirely in CSS, without JavaScript. CSS3 animations are fun and easy to create. More ...
How to Use a Pull Quote
A pull quote is a sentence or two extracted from an article and placed in quotes. The extracted text is used as a "teaser" to entice the reader to continue reading. By using quotation mark and background images along with choice of fonts, font size and color, you have infinite opportunities for creativity in the design of pull quotes. More ...
Code for Horizontal Drop-down Menu Bar
One of the most popular website navigation elements used today is the horizontal drop-down menu bar. Using the code provided in this article, you'll be able to create a menu bar that meets your requirements. You'll be able to easily change the number of main menu and sub-menu items, and to style the menu as you desire. More ...
How to Style a List
Lists are a very common structure found on Web pages. Many lists use the default styles, which makes them somewhat boring. In this article, I show you how to get control of your lists and how to use style rules to make them more interesting. More ...
How to Style a Table
The early Web was used to communicate data between Universities and one of the most common structures used for that purpose is a table. Even today, many tables use the default styles, which makes them somewhat boring. In this article, I show you how to use CSS (cascading Style Sheets) to make your tables more interesting. More ...
Using the HSL Color Specification
The CSS hsla method gives artists familiar with the HSL (hue, saturation, lightness, alpha) color specification a way to design color with CSS. More ...
Pro CSS Techniques
One thing this book focuses on that is different than the majority of other CSS book is that is stresses creating semantic markup throughout the design and development process. What this means is that the code is free of presentational information using div and span only when absolutely necessary. More ...
