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New Poll: What Kind of CSS Reset Do You Use?

Different browsers have different default settings for page elements. In an effort to keep web pages looking as consistent as possible between browsers, many web designers use what is commonly referred to as a CSS reset to wipe away these default settings and start fresh.
Margin and padding are the most common things to reset as [...]

2007 Thank You’s & Wrap Up

January is coming to a close already so I thought I’d better get this out! I want to do a little wrap up of 2007 and give my thanks where thanks is due.
Thanks to all you readers, subscribers, and commenters
I really appreciate everyone who has come to be a reader of CSS-Tricks. This has grown [...]

Results of the “What do you use to write your CSS?” Poll

Wow.
That sums up my reaction to all the responses from this article. You guys really had something to say on this subject!
As of Wednesday evening, there have been 430 votes on the poll and a whopping 123 comments on the post itself. That’s gotta be some kinda record around here =)
And it’s Dreamweaver by a [...]

Have you ever seen this?

Read Kevin writes in:
A css file will have something like…
background:url(../images/topheader.htm) top left no-repeat;
…where topheader.htm is just an empty file. In this same directory is a jpg named topheader.jpg. How does this work? Why is it done this way?
Yes, I have seen that before. I have no idea how it works or why it’s done. I [...]

Rate Your CSS Skill Level: Final Version & Poll

There was lots of great feedback from the rough draft model of the CSS Skill Levels. I have tried to take everyones ideas into account and rework things. The biggest consensus was that there needs to be another level between either 3 & 4, or 4 & 5. My solutions was to expand to a [...]