5 Nice CSS Articles

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1. Site Monday by Noon has a nice article that looks at CSS organization methods and writing style.

I’d like to cover some common techniques for writing CSS. This article is in no way meant to indicate that method A is in any way, shape, or form superior to method B. Please keep that in mind as you read. Topics such as this tend to spark quite the debate, but that’s not my goal. The purpose of this article is to provide insight to other ways of doing things.

CSS Organization Methods and Writing Style (Monday By Noon)

2. From nimbupani.com, learn how to write CSS without hacks. (nimbupani.com)

3. Learn how to achieve pixel precision when converting from a Photoshop PSD to html/css using this diagnostic css trick.

Here’s a little CSS trick I started using a while ago that has really helped me to achieve pixel precision when converting Photoshop PSD (or Fireworks PNG or whatever) design comps into (X)HTML and CSS web standards goodness.

Pixel Precision with Diagnostic CSS (aloestudios.com)

4. Neal Grosskopf.com looks at hacks that work with various browser for when you absolutely need to use them.

CSS Browser Hacks for Firefox, Opera, Safari and Internet Explorer (nealgrosskopf.com)

5. Site From Scratch shares a handy text file to ensure that all html elements have been styled. Simply load up the html file with your own css file and test it in a browser. Handy file to have on hand.

When ever I design templates I always try to ensure that all of my HTML elements are styled properly. It's very easy to forget element and to see how they look. I've tried to create a test file with all the code you will need to be concerned about on a basic level.

HTML XHTML for CSS Testing (Site From Scratch)

September 1, 2008 in CSS Resources

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