One thing beginning Web Designers and Developers often misunderstand or even leave out completely is CSS specificity hierarchy. This not so wise decision can cause them a lot of troubles alongside with few headaches later on. Let’s fix it or prevent it from happening at all today. We are going to talk a bit more… Continue reading What is CSS specificity hierarchy
Category: Design Development
This category features articles on general design principles, Web design, typography, user interface design and related topics such as development.
Overriding CSS rules
It can happen at any time and for many reasons. You need to change some style that is already declared somewhere in your stylesheet or in other, more serious case, you need to include another brand new CSS stylesheet and change more styles at the same time.
CSS stylesheet for print
How many of you found interesting information online and want to save it for later? Easy to say, but often harder to do. Sure, you have couple of options available like taking a snapshot of the page and saving it as an image file or you can use print command in your browser. This second… Continue reading CSS stylesheet for print
Learn Sass in 20 minutes
If you never approached any preprocessor, don’t worry i will explain what they are and how they work. There are many CSS preprocessors you can use. For example Sass, Stylus or LESS. Even they might differ from each other in syntax, they all share common philosophy – DRY – Don’t Repeat Yourself. Their goal is… Continue reading Learn Sass in 20 minutes
Sliding navigation tutorial without JavaScript
Today we will create nice sliding navigation using on CSS3 techniques. You may argue that with JavaScript it is much easier – with jQuery you need just a few lines of code -, but remember that not every one has JavaScript allowed in his browser. Another thing is that, personally, I don’t like overwhelming websites… Continue reading Sliding navigation tutorial without JavaScript
Game of numbers with your clients
Many starting Web Designers are doing one almost special mistake. The ask their clients for numbers before they tell them. This is occur most often when Designer is beginner and got his first client (maybe second). Since this mistake can cost you a lot of money and also – from psychological view – your reputation,… Continue reading Game of numbers with your clients