50+ New HTML5 Websites

by AndrewG

Are you ready to get a new portion of inspiration? We have no doubt that it’s so! As a lot of new HTML5 sites have appeared since we did our last review on 70 Original HTML5 Markup Websites, we would like to share with you the best examples of the recent HTML5 websites. Perhaps, some of these might give you great ideas on how to enhance your own web site. Read more…

Tags | cocktail, Html5, inspiration, Web Design

CSS3: Life Without Prefixes

by Renat Rafikov

Prefixes are a good thing. They help browser developers in realization of new possibilities. But with them developers’ lives get even more difficult. There are a lot of prefixes, and sometimes there are distinctions in syntax.

The problem is obvious. We need to find a method to facilitate the work with prefixes.

Of course, it would be unreasonable stop using prefixes. But it’s quite possible to shift a duty of their generation on specially existing for this purpose instruments. I tried to enumerate the possible variants. Read more…

Tags | coding, CSS3, less, sass

40+ New Tools and Services for Web Designers and Developers

by AndrewG

Last year, in summer we published a very informative roundup Timesaving Tools and Services for Web Developers with numerous handy resources. Such services, generators and frameworks are in a popular demand, especially among people who value their precious time. In this post you’ll find a lot of helpful things, except that it hasn’t any of jQuery plugins, as previously we’ve presented to you a showcase of 50 New jQuery Plugins For Web Developers. Read more…

Tags | coding, css, Framework, HTML, services, Tools

Great Dozen of Advices to the Beginning HTML Coders

by Michael Davydenko

Introduction

I am a freelancer. Previously, I didn’t think much about how and what coders do. I was responsible for the server, and my friend was coding and managing with the content. Quite recently I wanted to try to understand “what’s what”. A couple of days ago I came across the material that I liked very much. It was a clear example of what and how to write. Unfortunately, I cannot share the link, because I don’t remember where this manual is situated. Though, it was possible to memorize it, I went another way – I summarized it and made some notes. So, you are welcome to look through my notes. Read more…

Tags | coding, Html5, tips

Dive into CSS3

by Renat Rafikov

Everyone who was ever interested in CSS3 has already tried it. Now we can generate rounded corners and drop shadows without any superfluous efforts.

But it’s just a superficial level. I had to look into the new possibilities of browsers in more detail, to answer the arising questions like: to what extent gradients with a great number of colour transitions have the cross browser compatibility, where and how is it possible to apply at once a few shadows to the block, for what browsers prefixes of properties are used specifically etc.

In addition, I was interested in support of CSS3 on mobile platforms, unstudied possibilities of CSS3, and also generators that create a cross browser code. I tried to fill in some blanks and collect useful information for those, who only prepares to go deeper. Read more…

Tags | coding, CSS3

Float Mania: Explanation of How CSS Property Float Works

by Jean Louis

As previously I was asked for several times: “why float is displayed wrong?”, I decided to write this note, which would explain typical situations a beginning coder runs into, and when someone asks me again simply to give a link to this article. Read more…

Tags | coding, css, HTML, tips