Archive for the ‘back to the basics’ Category

How I Structure My CSS Files

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Let’s face it, navigating and maintaining large CSS files is no fun. As long as the site is small or if you happen to be in the early stages of development, the CSS file looks manageable, but once you hit the 2k+ line mark, finding what you are looking for can take a while. Not to mention how your team is going to pollute your style.css if the file structure is overly complicated.
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The CSS Box Model – Back to The Basics

Monday, April 20th, 2009

Welcome to the second part of the Back to The Basics series of articles here on Scarf*oo. Back to The Basics focuses – in simple terms – on the basic stuff every web developer should be familiar with. In the first Back to The Basics article we covered the shorthand CSS notation. Today, we’ll be looking at the obscure box model and what does it mean to us and how can we manipulate it.

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The Shorthand CSS Notation Explained – Back to The Basics

Thursday, April 9th, 2009

Welcome to the first part of the Back to The Basics series of articles here on Scarf*oo. In this series, I’ll focus – in simple terms – on the basic stuff every web developer should be familiar with. Today, we’ll be looking at the shorthand CSS notation, a quick way to write long CSS statements in one short line.

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