CSS Articles
This section contains my articles on CSS.
- Rediscovering generated content
- In this article I'll discuss some possible uses of generated content.
- Styling code blocks
- In this article I'll explain how to use CSS for styling code blocks.
- Rediscovering attribute selectors
- In this article I'll explain how to use CSS 2.1 attribute selectors to stylize a web document.
- How to build an Acid Test
- In this article I'll explain how to build an Acid Test on a CSS feature.
- Formatting a login message with CSS
- In this article I'll explain how to format a login message by using CSS.
- Styling an image gallery with CSS
- In this article I'll explain how to create and stylize an image gallery by using CSS.
- Creating a logo with CSS
- In this article I'll explain how to create and format a logo by using CSS.
- Styling form elements
- In this article I'll explain how to format form elements by using CSS.
- Using the table values of the 'display' property
- In this article I'll explain how to use the table values of the CSS
displayproperty to format certain sections of a simple three-columns layout. - Using JSDoc tags for organizing CSS
- In this article I'll explain how to create JSDoc-like tags for keeping our CSS organized.
- Working with Textpattern
- In this article I'll explain how to use the Textpattern's interface for creating a CSS-driven layout.
- A directory listing with CSS
- In this article I'll explain how to format a directory listing by using CSS.
- Formatting a tag cloud with CSS
- In this article I'll explain how to format a tag cloud by using CSS.
- CSS and XML
- In this article I'll explain how to format a well-formed XML document by using CSS.
- CSS counters
- In this article I'll explain how to use CSS counters by providing some useful examples.
- Semantic XHTML
- In this article I'll review the most common XHTML elements by providing a short description of their semantic role and scope. The intended purpose of this article is to explain why we should write our markup with semantics in mind.
- CSS hacks
- This article contains a detailed review of the most common CSS hacks, plus some practical reasons for avoiding hacks by deploying other techinques.
- CSS syntax
- This article provides a detailed review of the CSS syntax, with some useful descriptions of syntax errors and parsing bugs.
- Web standards and CSS
- In this article I'll introduce Cascading Style Sheets through a brief historical overview on its origin and some remarks about standards and their usage. I'll explain what is CSS, why it's been created, why we should know CSS and, overall, why CSS can be regarded as the present and the future of web documents.