Coding Transparent Backgrounds and Images With CSS3
February 9th, 2010
Transparency has always been a stumbling block for web designers. However, thanks to CSS3, that is quickly changing. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to use CSS3 to easily add transparency to backgrounds and images.
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18×24 Poster Winner Announced!
February 8th, 2010
The winner of the 18×24 poster print from OnlinePosterPrinting.com is Jaime Aguirre! Thanks to everyone who entered. Stay tuned for more great giveaways from Cardeo. For more info, check out the original contest post.
How To Create Circles With CSS3 and No Images
February 8th, 2010
Thanks to CSS3 it’s now possible to create circles with only code. Look ma, no images! In the following post, I’ll show you how to create full, half and quarter circles using only CSS. Unfortunately, the half and quarter circles only work in Firefox at this time. The trick to creating the circles, is the use of the border-radius selector.
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CSS3 rounded corners using the border-radius selector
February 7th, 2010
Round corners, without the need of images, is one of the most exciting new features of CSS3. In the past, a web designer would have to use images and tons of code to use rounded corners in their designs. Thanks to the new border-radius property, designers can easily add rounded corners to their layouts.
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Writing for the Web: The Right Strategy
February 3rd, 2010
One of my resolutions for 2010 was to try and provide 100% original content on my blog. However, I say that then I see an amazing blog post that I just have to link up. Shay Howe has put together an awesome post on writing great content for the web. This is a must read for any web designer.
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Win a 18×24 poster from OnlinePosterPrinting.com
January 28th, 2010
Time for great giveaway from the good people at OnlinePosterPrinting.com. Up for grabs is one 18″x24″ poster print. The winner gets their choice of a digital photo enlargement or digital photos on a poster.
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Coding an animated news ticker with jquery and CSS
January 20th, 2010
Alright, about time that I’m back with a new post! For this tutorial, I’m going to breakdown creating an animated news ticker using a little jquery and CSS. The tutorial is based on a jquery plugin developed by textotela.co.uk, and I recently built it into the homepage of recork.org. If you head over to textotela.co.uk, you’ll notice there are some instructions on installing this plugin. The problem is (being a beginner at jquery), I had a hard time filling in all the blanks that are not described on his website. Therefore, I thought I would break it down for beginners to make it easier to understand and install.
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250 business cards winner
January 19th, 2010
The winner of 250 Business Cards from uprinting.com and cardeo.ca is Mary Hanlon! If you’re wondering what I’m talking about, check out the original post. Thanks!
Win 250 business cards from uprinting.com
January 6th, 2010
Time for another free giveaway! My blog sponsor uprinting.com has been nice enough to offer up 250 business cards for one lucky cardeo.ca reader – you only pay for the shipping. To enter, please leave a comment explaining what you would do with the cards if you win.
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