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  • Quotation Marks in CSS

    27
    Nov

    A good quote does wonders for an article; so how can CSS help?

    I recently realised what I always assumed was simple is made incredibly complex by the myriad of implementations user agents have for CSS quoting.

    According to CSS2, adding quote marks to any blockquote automatically, should be pain free.  The spec handles it in such a way as to be entirely language independent - negating hard coded quote marks and allowing simple style sheet changes.

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    It would appear there’s nothing really simple about it at all however.  So, standing on the shoulders of giants I did some searching and found a great explanation, and functioning code on David’s Kitchen.

    I would heartily advise your read the full article to understand what’s happening but for those impatient developer’s out there, as we all are - click read more for an easy to drop in code sample.

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    CSS

  • Flash Back!

    30
    May

    I recently stumbled across the Bargain Booze website, and was instantly taken with the animated backdrop. 

    When I found it to be a Flash animation I was further impressed.  Not only did I want to know how to use Flash scenes as a backdrop, I wanted to find a way to tie those backdrops to the bottom of the browser window.

    Ignoring the Flash for just a moment; the object of this exercise is to position content at the bottom of the browser window and have it remain there, regardless of resizing or scrolling of the window; without Javascript.  It can be done but it requires a few workarounds but it’s about the most elegant solution I’ve seen thus far.

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    CSS, Flash