Ajaxian has an article on a Javascript package called Corner.js. It allows you to use CSS class specifications to add some simple effects to images at page-load time – you can round the corners, add shadows and shade the edges. The only things you need to do on your web page are load the script and add the appropriate CSS class definitions to your images.

Corner.js works with Firefox 1.5+, Safari and Opera 9+. Older browsers and Internet Explorer will just display images normally without the added effects.

Ajaxian » Canvas Corner 1.0
[tags]rounded corners, javascript, css, images, web[/tags]

I’m in the process of redesigning the theme on the Apocalypse Blog and I’ve been stuck on the colors. I know the basic color scheme I want to use…red, orange, black… alarming colors… apocalyptic colors. I used them in the original theme. I’ve been running into a lot of issues, though – for instance, it seems like the only thing that looks good on red is black. Other colors are just… dim. So I shouldn’t be using black for section headers, although it does look very dramatic and apocalyptic.

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Download Squad has link to a list of 53 CSS tutorials – essentially an online cookbook of CSS techniques to do things like navigation, tabs, star ratings, pie charts, bar charts, drop caps, curves and footnotes. If you’re looking for an example of how to do that-certain-something with CSS, this is a good resource.

Via: 53 CSS tutorials anyone can do – Download Squad
[tags]css, tutorials, cookbook[/tags]

Wordpress versions 2.1.3 and 2.0.10 are released as of April 3rd. They’re mostly security fixes, with a dash of reassurance that the downloads are being actively monitored against tampering now.

Via: WordPress › Blog » WordPress 2.1.3 and 2.0.10
[tags]wordpress, update[/tags]