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53 CSS-Techniques You Couldn�t Live Without (Smashing Magazine)

Mishka — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 14:34:36 +0000

Over the last few years web-developers have written many articles about CSS and developed many useful techniques, which can save you a lot of time – of course, if you are able to find them in time. (Article dated: January 19, 2006)

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6 Keys to Understanding Modern CSS-based Layouts (Snook.ca)

Mishka — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:05:48 +0000

Much of CSS is pretty straightforward and quite easy for most people to grasp. There’s font styles, margin, padding, color and what not. But there’s a wall that people will run into… that point where a number of key elements need to come together to create a solid CSS-based layout that is consistent cross-browser. These are the six things that will help people get over the hump. (Article dated: August 8, 2007)

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A Guide to CSS Support in Email (Campaign Monitor)

Mishka — Tue, 04 Apr 2006 13:41:32 +0000

If Internet Explorer is the schoolyard bully making our web design lives a little harder, then Hotmail, Lotus Notes and Eudora are serial killers making our email design lives hell. Yes, it’s really that bad. (Article dated: March 30, 2006)

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Beginning CSS Web Development

Mishka — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 14:33:01 +0000

Another CSS book, Beginning CSS Web Development

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Centering an Image (Bite Size Standards)

Mishka — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 13:23:51 +0000

There are two techniques for placing an image within a block level element. (Article dated: January 3, 2007)

Containing Floats (Eric Meyer)

Mishka — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:29:14 +0000

As powerful and useful as they are, floats can make for tricky layout tools. (Article dated: August 25, 2003)

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CSS Expressions

Mishka — Sun, 16 Oct 2005 16:43:39 +0000

CSS expressions were introduced in Internet Explorer 5.0 and allow you to to assign a JavaScript expression to a CSS property.

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CSS for Bar Graphs

Mishka — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 16:04:36 +0000

Recently we’ve had to tackle some interesting visualizations which we coded in XHTML and CSS. The method we used, while fairly simple, was a big help to the engineer and created a very flexible and inexpensive solution. We thought we would share our solution and code in case anyone else ran against similar situations. (Article dated: November 21, 2005)

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CSS Layouts: The Fixed. The Fluid. The Elastic. (Beast-Blog)

Mishka — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:03:08 +0000

Which CSS layout is best? All have their quirks and their unique pros and cons. Is one more accessible than the other? More usable? What are the drawbacks and how are they dealt with? Is one easier to create than the other? Is there an evil, inaccessible layout? (Article dated: August 6, 2007)

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CSS Shorthand Guide

Mishka — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:17:40 +0000

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