#css3

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This one’s for the absolute beginners. Once you’ve learned how the box model works, and how to float those boxes, it’s time to get serious about your CSS. To that end, we’ve compiled a massive list of tips, tricks, techniques, and the occasional dirty hack to help you build the design you want. CSS can get tricky, and you should too. And now, in no particular order, (almost) everything you’ll need to know: 1. Absolute positioning If...

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On the modern web there are numerous techniques that can be used to create interesting interactions, but the simplest and most elegant is usually CSS, and specifically the additions that came with CSS3. Back in the old days, we had to rely on JavaScript for this kind of effect, but thanks to ever-increasing support for CSS3 across browsers, it’s now possible to set up effects like these without any scripting at all. There are sadly still browsers...

Every month we bring you the best new apps, frameworks, design and mobile resources, business resources, and more. Now that 2014 is coming to a close, we've compiled a roundup of the best of what we’ve featured this year, a total of 70 resources, carefully curated to make sure it’s the best of the best! Almost everything on the list this month is free, with a few low-cost, high-value apps and tools also included. They’re sure to be useful...

In this month's edition of what's new for designers and developers, we've included new apps for design, frameworks and boilerplates, new mobile apps, new jQuery and JavaScript resources, resources for startups, and much more. And as always, we've also included some awesome new fonts! Almost everything on the list this month is free, with a few low-cost, high-value apps and tools also included. They're sure to be useful to designers and developers,...

Bootstrap is a powerful, mobile-first, responsive, front-end framework that's built with CSS, HTML, and JavaScript. It offers a ton of advantages over starting from scratch, and even over many other frameworks. Bootstrap was originally developed by a designer and developer from Twitter, it's become one of the most popular front-end frameworks in the world. It was first known as Twitter Blueprint, before becoming open-source, and served...

The September edition of what's new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, CSS tools, software, email templates, inspiration resources, productivity apps, jQuery resources, pattern tools, and some really great new fonts. Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to a lot of designers and developers out there. As always, if we've missed something you think should have been included, please...

The July edition of what's new for web designers includes new web apps, frameworks, grid systems, game platforms, inspirational resources, Photoshop plugins, text editors, and some really great new fonts. Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to a lot of designers and developers out there. As always, if we've missed something you think should have been included, please let us know in the comments. And...

One of the most invaluable features of Photoshop—arguably, the feature that powered it ahead of its competition—is blend modes. Blend modes take two pixels laid on top of each other and combine them in different ways, for example the darker color blend mode will simply render the darker of the two pixels. When expanded across a whole image, blend modes can produce some stunning effects. Although Adobe's Photoshop didn't invent blend...

The May edition of what's new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, plugins, frameworks, grid systems, educational resources, icon sets, blogging tools, mobile app tools, and some really great new fonts. Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to a lot of designers and developers out there. As always, if we've missed something you think should have been included, please let us know in...

Trends come and trends go. The ones that stick around the longest do so because they solve a particular problem. A trend that's popular right now for that very reason, is sticky elements; elements that behave normally until we scroll, and then maintain their presence on the page somehow. The trend started with sidebars, but where it’s really grown in popularity is headers. Why? Because headers tend to contain navigation, and persistent...

CSS3 has introduced countless possibilities for UX designers, and the best thing about them is that the coolest parts are really simple to implement. Just a couple of lines of code will give you an awesome transition effect that will excite your users, increase engagement and ultimately, when used well, increase your conversions. What's more, these effects are hardware accelerated, and a progressive enhancement that you can use right now....

The April edition of what's new for web designers and developers includes new web apps, Photoshop extensions, game frameworks, educational resources, mobile frameworks, jQuery plugins, and some really great new fonts. Many of the resources below are free or very low cost, and are sure to be useful to a lot of designers and developers out there. As always, if we've missed something you think should have been included, please let us know in the...