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Welcome to CSS3 Explained

CSS3 extends on CSS to allow developers to build rich content web pages with very lightweight code.  At the moment Microsoft's IE browser up to and including version 8 does not support most CSS3 features (IE9 does, currently in Beta) however you will find almost complete support from Mozilla Firefox, Safari/Google Chrome and Opera.  Using CSS3 in your web projects offers richer visual effects, better user interfaces and faster, cleaner pages.

This breif introduction to CSS3 explains some of the new features available to developers, touches on browser support and explains why you should begin exploring the various functions of CSS3 to make your websites more dynamic.

Learn how to use new selectors introduced in CSS3 to simplify difficult tasks such as alternating row colour, add style to first or last elements and using the empty selector to hide elements with no content.

The CSS3 implementation of fone-face allows web developers to use any licensed TrueType “.ttf” or OpenType “.otf” ” in their web pages.

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How to use the box-shadow effect in CSS3 to highlight your page elements with the need to use tricky images or css and javascript hacks.

The Text-shadow CSS3 feature allows you to create simple shadows behind text to create Photoshop like effects.

CSS3 offers a new border-image feature to allow you to usw images for your border, and also allows you to define corner images.

Use the CSS3 border-radius command to create simple rounded corners without tricky divs or graphics in one line of markup.

The latest Internet Explorer 9 Platform Preview released yesterday at Microsoft’s professional developers conferences adds 2d Transform support for CSS3.

CSS3 Explained is a site dedicated to providing information about CSS3 browser support and guides for developers on implemeting using CSS3 code in their projects.

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