Dec 21 2011
Using a hidden checkbox, you can re-create a lot of functionality on website that rely on clicks and toggled states. Fair warning, it’s not always super semantic or a good idea, but it’s awful fun to play with.
Dec 20 2011
There are some pretty cool module headers on Adobe’s site. In this tutorial we’ll recreate them in a more efficient way.
Dec 18 2011
By space separating the value of the class attribute we get “multiple classes” we can select by. But what if we want to be able to do that with other attributes?
Dec 14 2011
For the gallery section of this site, I wanted people to have the ability to see the screenshot at its original size. Due to the fluid nature of this site, it’s fairly common for the screenshot to be scaled down to fit into its column. So I put together this little solution.…
Dec 13 2011
I think it would be interesting to get an idea of what the internet connection speeds are like for CSS-Tricks readers. Connection speed makes such a huge difference in the web browsing experience I hope that getting an understanding of what speeds people are getting will help us all kind that in mind when working on websites.…
LiveReload is a Mac-only menu bar app that is quite helpful for web developers. Just tell it to watch a specific folder, and when a file is saved, the browser will automatically refresh showing the change. So no need to switch applications and manually refresh, which is awkward and prone to breaking concentration.
Even better, LiveReload can trigger all the preprocessing to happen first. So if you like to work in SASS, Compass, LESS, Jade, CoffeeScript, Eco, HAML, Slim, or Stylus (or would like to try out working with these languages) LiveReload makes it easy. Essentially, just start making files with the appropriate file extention and LiveReload will compile them down to their native language every time the file is saved.