Media Queries are awesome. They really are. Being able to detect a users device width, height, and/or orientation and then being able to style the content they view accordingly is an invaluable tool in any web designers/developer's toolkit. They are paramount to the responsive design movement, and makes porting content from device to device without having to create multiple templates somewhat of a synch. And better still, every day, new possibilities/options are being added to them to make them more powerful. Read More »

CSS frameworks like Twitter's Bootstrap or Blueprint were created to help developers cut down on development time by creating preset definitions for all of the normal items found within the HTML markup of a website.  In terms of the development of a website, having these items already predefined is a boon for many developers tired of having to rewrite the same chunks of CSS for multiple sites.  Read More »

So what do I mean when I say CSS generated content? Well, it’s somewhat complicated, so lemme try to break it down. CSS generated content is a technique that allows content (HTML and/or images) to be inserted into the DOM without actually being included in the HTML. Say what? A bit odd, but basically if you view the source of a page using this, you won't find the corresponding code in the HTML. It's being added in via CSS, and therefore is usually considered just for presentational purposes. Read More »