Quick CSS Tricks Roundup

Here are some unusual and ingenious CSS tricks, all meant to be quick reads and get your mind thinking in a different direction. They will also show you that sometimes simpler is better.



Remove dotted outline from links - This one was news to me. Works on text and image links. (Deziner Folio)



Center DIV - Horizontally & Vertically - Apply a little math for this neat trick, pure simplicity. (Deziner Folio)





Prevent content from shifting with AdBlockers - If you have ad content in the flow of your design, ad blocking could cause it to shift. Here is a fix for that. (5ThirtyOne)



Custom underlines - Okay, this is not too quick. But it is unusual. (A List Apart)



Fluid dot leaders - This is a freaky thing to watch when you adjust screen width. Great for pages that have a table of contents. (David Lenef)













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Did you know these basic Firefox Tips?

From the desk of CyberCapital comes three sets of Firefox tips. Some you probably already know, others not. All worth a look at.

• Basic Firefox Tips
• Firefox Keyboard Shortcuts
• Top 10 Firefox chrom Url Tricks

There are a couple other quirky entries (warning, memory intensive) Firefox Inside Firefox and Dancing Firefox. Use at your own risk !!!





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Blogger Tips and Tutorials

I just opened a new blog for anyone who uses Blogger. It is called Tips 4 Blogspot and will feature posts about wading thru widgets, layouts and other features of both the New Blogger and Classic style.

My first tutorial is up -- How to add pseudo-Categories to the sidebar. It has the basic building blocks of how the category list was set up on blog itself.

I wrote the article because of my loathing of labels on the sidebar in general. Found them to be ridiculously long. Tag clouds were out of the question. I wanted a neat uncluttered look.