With all of the various tutorials I post on CSS, HTML, and website design, I often get emails from readers that resemble something like this: "This looks awesome, but I have no idea where to start. Do you have anything that talks about the basics of [css/html/jQuery/etc]" It's worth going back to the very beginning to set a great foundation for the other tutorials…
CSS Transitions, when used properly, are a great way to provide a bit of eye candy to your site. Providing movement and motion, either upon scroll or reveal of content, is a great way to subtly draw a viewer's attention. It's also a way, unfortunately, to annoy the ever-loving crap out of your readers. When CSS Transitions were first revealed, people worried that they…
It's the little things, I've noticed, that really make a website design pop. The layout may be good, the content may be worth reading, but it's small, minor details that take a good design and turn it into a great one. With the advent of CSS3 and HTML5, those details become even easier to bring in. No longer do designers and coders have to…