Surprising CSS properties you can use today

filter: sepia(1); – 78% browser support CSS filter effects can be used to apply effects like blur, grayscale, brightness, contrast and hue. I remember a few years ago I was asked to create a blur effect as an element that overlays the page content. CSS was no help as none of the browsers supported blur. […]

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CSS Protips

A collection of tips to help take your CSS skills pro. Use :not() to Apply/Unapply Borders on Navigation Add Line-Height to body Vertically-Center Anything Comma-Separated Lists Select Items Using Negative nth-child Use SVG for Icons Use the “Lobotomized Owl” Selector Use max-height for Pure CSS Sliders Inherit box-sizing Equal Width Table Cells Get Rid of […]

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CSS Refresher Notes

Table of Contents Positioning Display Floats CSS Selectors Selector efficiency Repaints and Reflows CSS3 Properties CSS3 Media queries Responsive Web Design CSS3 Transitions CSS Animations Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) CSS Sprites Vertical Alignment Known Issues Positioning CSS Position allows up to 5 different values. But essentially only 4 values are commonly used. div { position: […]

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Multiple Backgrounds

Browsers that support multiple backgrounds (WebKit from the very early days, Firefox 3+) use a syntax like this: #box { background: url(icon.png) top left no-repeat, url(texture.jpg), url(top-edge.png) top left repeat-y; } They are comma separated values and there can be as many as you want with different URL’s, positioning, and repeat values. You can even […]

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Flip an Image

img { -moz-transform: scaleX(-1); -o-transform: scaleX(-1); -webkit-transform: scaleX(-1); transform: scaleX(-1); filter: FlipH; -ms-filter: “FlipH”; }

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Remove Paragraph Tags From Around Images

function filter_ptags_on_images($content){ return preg_replace(‘/<p>\s*(<a .*>)?\s*(<img .* \/>)\s*(<\/a>)?\s*<\/p>/iU’, ‘\1\2\3’, $content); } add_filter(‘the_content’, ‘filter_ptags_on_images’);

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Force Perfect JPG Images

WordPress doesn’t use 100% quality for images served on the website, to conserve space and bandwidth. add_filter( ‘jpeg_quality’, ‘smashing_jpeg_quality’ ); function smashing_jpeg_quality() { return 100; } WordPress uses a default quality of 90%. This is fine in most cases; if top-notch image quality is a must on your website (for a portfolio, photography, etc.), modifying […]

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