The :target pseudo selector in CSS is both pretty cool and pretty limited in what it can do. In this article we discuss some things it can be helpful with, it’s limitations, and some work arounds.
There are three ways we can go about dealing with responsive <img>s : 1) a new format 2) a new syntax 3) rely on existing hacks.
There are many such roundups. This one is mine.
If you feel like you have a decent understanding of JavaScript, what was your “Ah ha!” moment? Or are you still waiting for it?
They don’t exist. But wouldn’t that be nice? …
This is a quick beginner-level overview of the different CSS position values. In a nutshell: relative allows you to "nudge" and leaves the element's original position in the page flow. Absolute and fixed allow for exact placement of elements and remove them from the page flow. Fixed positioned elements are unaffected by scrolling. All of them set a new positioning context and allow z-index to work.
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Between now and the end of May 2012, code a small project using a language or environment that's new to you or that you've only casually messed around with.
The main trouble with the existing fancy methods for serving images responsively is manually generating the images and syntax needed to utilize it. Keir Whitaker show us how to use WordPress to handle all that hard stuff for us.
Soak in a little An Event Apart without leaving your house. Dan Cederholm (you know, the other banjo playing CSS guy) with an hour talk on responsible and enhancement-based CSS3 use.
