Category Archives: CSS

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Z-index: sandwich filler

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Karl Dawson

Working with z-index can be a little counter-intuitive at times.

With my redesign I wanted to place a “polaroid” style photo of myself behind the “about” section but in front of the main content and header. If I hadn’t used such large text and a coloured background perhaps I wouldn’t even have noticed what was happening. Continue reading →

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The :first-letter pseudo-element

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Karl Dawson

By a roundabout route I happened on a post describing an Internet Explorer 6 bug (of course) in applying the :first-letter pseudo-element in CSS. In IE6 there must be a blank between the selector and the declaration block. /* does … Continue reading →

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What happened to the design? CSS Naked Day ’08

Posted on April 9, 2008 by Karl Dawson

To know more about why styles are disabled on this website visit the Annual CSS Naked Day website for more information.

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