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03:36 am GMT - Wed, August 29, 2012
CSS Tricks Responsive Web Above The Fold
A guest post by Arley McBlain on using media queries to adjust for available vertical space. Responsive Web Above The Fold is a post from CSS-Tricks...
11:56 pm GMT - Tue, August 28, 2012
CSS Tricks Responsive Retrofitting
Go here and install bookmarkletGo to apple.comClick bookmarkletPretty fun project by Ben Callahan. You can submit your own retrofittings through GitHub.Direct Link to Article — Permalink…R...
11:03 pm GMT - Mon, August 27, 2012
CSS Tricks Retina MacBook, Three Weeks In
I rationalized buying a new Retina MacBook Pro a few weeks ago by telling myself 1) it's my responsibility to stay on top of new things that affect the web 2) I want to make sure the redesign looks go...
11:28 pm GMT - Thu, August 23, 2012
CSS Tricks CSS-Tricks Chronicle Vol. I
I'm going to start a new style of blog post around here called CSS-Tricks Chronicle. It's going to be a (probably) weekly roundup of all the relevant happenings around the site and stuff I'm doing. Ki...
12:33 am GMT - Thu, August 23, 2012
CSS Tricks The innovations of Internet Explorer
While IE is the butt of half the web developer jokes ever written, it has been responsible for it's fair share of web innovation over the years. Nicholas C. Zakas shares some of that, starting as far ...
03:16 am GMT - Wed, August 22, 2012
CSS Tricks ShopTalk Episode 30 & New Design
This week Dave and I were joined by JavaScript avenger Rebecca Murphey where we talk a little #hotdrama followup, the future of JavaScript, GitHub etiquette, charging while learning, and more. And OH ...
08:54 pm GMT - Mon, August 20, 2012
CSS Tricks CSS-Tricks GitHub Organization
There is now an "organization" on GitHub for CSS-Tricks. This is a great feature of GitHub and a perfect fit for us. Why this is goodThere is a larger core group of people that can work on any CSS-Tri...
08:28 pm GMT - Sat, August 18, 2012
CSS Tricks Exclude Compressed CSS from Sublime Text 2 Projects
How to exclude compressed CSS from Find in Project search results (because it's not helpful and annoying) in Sublime Text 2.Exclude Compressed CSS from Sublime Text 2 Projects is a post from CSS-Trick...
09:10 pm GMT - Fri, August 17, 2012
CSS Tricks Understanding CSS3 Flexbox
Ben Frain updated his primer on Flexbox to the new standard. Because, you know, the old one is old.Direct Link to Article — Permalink…Understanding CSS3 Flexbox is a post from CSS-Tricks...
09:08 pm GMT - Fri, August 17, 2012
CSS Tricks 256 Classes Beats an ID
According to the spec, one ID should be infinitely more specific than a class. But as it turns out, if you add 256 classes to a single element (same or different) it will override the ID. Dumb little ...
01:19 am GMT - Wed, August 15, 2012
CSS Tricks Dont Overthink It Grids
The vast majority of websites out there use a grid. They may not explicitly have a grid system in place, but if they have a "main content area" floated to the left a "sidebar" floated to the right, it...
01:44 am GMT - Tue, August 14, 2012
CSS Tricks Smashing Mag CSS Q&A 3
The third installment of my recent question and answer series. This one includes code for dealing with retina version of sprites, fiddling with flexbox, and some of my favorite CSS tricks lately.Direc...
09:07 pm GMT - Mon, August 13, 2012
CSS Tricks ShopTalk Episode 29
This week Dave and I were joined by Tab Atkins and we talk about Tab's job as a spec writer working at Google, Flexbox, the future of float clearing, using encoded characters, smooth animations, and m...
08:45 pm GMT - Fri, August 10, 2012
CSS Tricks Made to Measure
Allen Tan:So if static templates are too limiting, but per-piece art direction is too costly, how else can we make scalable, sustainable digital publications that are beautiful and accessible? To find...
07:08 pm GMT - Fri, August 10, 2012
CSS Tricks CSS Style Guides
As we wrap up our recent poll on ordering CSS properties, it brings up the larger issue of CSS style guides. Ordering properties is just one choice you have to make that makes up a complete styling st...
05:31 am GMT - Fri, August 10, 2012
CSS Tricks New Poll: Do you listen to music while you work?
Just a fun little poll to start a conversation about music and working. I know people firmly on either side of this poll: those that never ever listen to anything and those that can't work without it...
03:25 am GMT - Thu, August 9, 2012
CSS Tricks Multiple Pseudos Work by Adobe
Things are moving along in the pseudo elements world again which is exciting. Alan Stearns put together this mock spec that defines usage like ::before(n) and ::nth-pseudo().Direct Link to Article ...
03:17 am GMT - Thu, August 9, 2012
CSS Tricks ShopTalk Episode 28
Dave and I were joined by Allison House and we talk about getting better at stuff, CSS grids, changing jobs, and more! Thanks to Squarespace (use code shoptalk8 for 10% off any purchase) and Environme...
07:40 pm GMT - Tue, August 7, 2012
CSS Tricks Old Flexbox and New Flexbox
Just so everyone is clear on this: "Flexbox" (more specifically: CSS Flexible Box Layout Module) has undergone a lot of changes in the last three years. Changes both to the spec and what browsers have...
07:11 am GMT - Mon, August 6, 2012
CSS Tricks Meny
Hakim El Hattab is at it again with a simple, beautiful, three-dimensional way to handle "hidden left side navigation" that's getting so popular on small screens. Direct Link to Article — Permal...
11:06 pm GMT - Sun, August 5, 2012
CSS Tricks Poll Results: How do you order your CSS properties?
Over 10,000 people have spoken: the most popular way to order CSS properties is grouped by type. This is how the votes broke down:Grouped by type (45%) was fairly closely followed up by Randomly (39%)...
10:57 pm GMT - Sun, August 5, 2012
CSS Tricks CSS Pie Timer
Hugo Giraudel shares how he made a "pie timer" in CSS. In his words: It's basically a piece of pie getting bigger and bigger to become a whole circle.CSS Pie Timer is a post from CSS-Tricks...
02:09 am GMT - Thu, August 2, 2012
CSS Tricks Squarespace 6
Squarespace 6 is freshly out. It's really nice and the start of what I hope is a revolution in what building content websites is like.Squarespace 6 is a post from CSS-Tricks...
06:53 pm GMT - Tue, July 31, 2012
CSS Tricks Prism
A code syntax highlighter by Lea Verou. Small, fast, and designed to work on front end languages. And my favorite, class names that make sense. Direct Link to Article — Permalink…Prism is...
06:46 pm GMT - Tue, July 31, 2012
CSS Tricks Responsive Email Design
A guide from Campaign Monitor on making emails better on small screens. Some downloadable code at the end.Direct Link to Article — Permalink…Responsive Email Design is a post from CSS-Tric...