April 2007 - Posts

• CSS tip: Extract what's common (define class in multiple parts)

  There are often cases where similar (but not exactly the same) CSS styles are defined. Avoid the redundancy by grouping the common styles and creating a second style for the difference. For example, here are two classes that define a menu item when it Read More... Posted Thursday, April 26, 2007 3:49 AM by alexdan | 0 Comments Filed under: CSS

• CSS tip: Group identical classes together

  There are often cases where the same CSS style is defined multiple times for different classes. Consider grouping selectors to avoid the redundancy. This also helps optimize the size (and improve manageability) of the CSS. (In fact, CSS optimizers use Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 25, 2007 12:55 AM by alexdan | 0 Comments Filed under: CSS