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CSS – Auto-height and margin-collapsing
Minz Meyer has been kind enough to provide a great article discussing margin-collapsing in CSS. This can be a confusing concept for people learning CSS, for that matter, it can be pretty confusing to those of us who have a lot of experience with style sheets. So, if you’re a Web developer or designer, give the article a read.
Online CSS Optimizer/Optimiser
I haven’t used this yet, but it sounds promising: Online CSS Optimizer/Optimiser
Fixed Positioning
Anne van Kesteren provides a great CSS positioning resource on his (yes, his) site, simply titled Fixed positioning. If you are a Web designer/developer working with, or learning CSS, I highly recommend you look at his examples, as they may open your eyes to some layout possibilities that you may not be aware of.
CSS Teaser Box
From 456 Berea Street comes another good example of a CSS Box. This version doesn’t require any extra markup, making it a viable tool to style pullquotes.
Em Widths
The Man in Blue has built a great resource for the Web development community: em Widths. Em is not the easiest measurement to visualize, but it is extremely useful in controlling the size of text relative to a base size, and in the concept of elastic design.