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CSS Text Effects: Text Shadow

The CSS text shadow property has been around since the release of CSS2, but has not been supported by mainstream browsers until recently. The level of support is still limited, but with time we will start seeing it more and more.Basically text shadow allows you to render text with a blur, glow or off-set shadow without using an image. Benefits of this include: The ability to allow text to be searchable by popular search engines like Google or Yahoo. Reduce load time by eliminating image file... read more!

Feb 16, 2011 8:27am by Jeff Nicholson

Posted in CSS, Google, Graphic Design, html, Microsoft Windows, snippets, tutorials, web design | Post Comment

The Proper Use of img and background-image Property

There seems to be confusion among web designers when to use the img tag vs the CSS background-image property. Both tags are frequently used improperly. Usually this isn't revealed until it comes time to give the site a facelift or update photos. Really it isn't difficult to keep your images inline. Read below for a couple helpful tips. Use the img tag when the image is not related to the stylesheet. These are photos that need to display no matter how the look and feel of the site changes.... read more!

Nov 15, 2010 12:02pm by Jeff Nicholson

Posted in CSS, html, web design | Post Comment

CSS3 Support

As interest in HTML5 and CSS3 heats up, you may be wondering when you'll finally get to implement them in your own code. They can seem almost unusable right now due to cross browser support issues. Many of us are still stuck supporting IE6 and can't imagine trying to code with new standards that are iffy in even the most recent browsers. Wide support is coming, though it may take a bit of time yet. On the bright side there are people out there with the goal of making CSS3 usable right now. The ... read more!

Jun 25, 2010 3:43pm by Jill Hartsen

Posted in CSS, html, internet, technology, web design | Post Comment


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