Sam Beauvois » CSS

How to set two background images for an HTML page ?

Sam Beauvois — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:50:26 +0000

The other day I was wondering how could I set two background images for an HTML page and I came with one solution.
I don’t know if it’s the best way to do that but it worked as I wanted.

To explain the solution, here is the complete steps I made

First I had an HTML page without any background:

Then I added some CSS to set a background image :

body
{
   background:url("img/bg.gif") no-repeat fixed left top #9AE4E8;
}

The result was good :

But I wanted to add a second background image on the right bottom :

So I moved my background declaration for the head part of the html file

html
{
 background:url("img/bg.gif") no-repeat fixed left top #9AE4E8;
}

and I added an other background declaration for the body part

body
{
 background:url("img/logobeachrahier_medium.png") no-repeat fixed right bottom ;
}

The background declared for the body is applied over the html one:

I think it’s Pretty good now.

CSS Mixer

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:41:35 +0000

Css mixer is a tool I’ve developped in C# winforms, .NET framework 3.5

You can use it to improve you ASP.NET Themes or your CSS files for all your web projects.

If you have many css files linked to a page, you can group them in a single file with CSS Mixer.

You can also minify CSS files to save the bandwith.

To use it, open a folder containing CSS files,

choose an action (simple combine, or combine and minify) then click Save as …

Download the last version of CSS Mixer on codeplex.

I hope you’ll find it usefull. please give me feedback on it

How to build a “visible on hover” action menu with CSS?

Sam Beauvois — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:44:41 +0000

In my previous post I explain a way to build a “visible on hover” menu using jQuery.

Now, I’ll explain you how to do that without javascript, using only CSS.

First, built the web page and a CSS file



 
 Sam Beauvois | CSS on hover menu
 
 

 
 Visible on hover with CSS demo.

 
Please put you mouse hover the following texts

 
 Demo 1
 
 action 1 | action 2 | action 3

Then add a class to the container and content divs

Demo 1

action 1 | action 2 | action 3

And define the classes in the CSS file :


.hidden_action_container .hidden_action
{
 display: none;
}
.hidden_action_container:hover .hidden_action
{
 display:inline;
}

note the class declaration :

.hidden_action_container:hover .hidden_action

Now it’s functionnal,

Add a style to make it nicer :

.hidden_action_container
{
 padding : 15px 15px 15px 15px;
 background-color: #DDDDDD;
 border-style:solid;
 border-color:#EEEEEE;
 height:50px;
}

.hidden_action_container .hidden_action a
{
 color:#999999;
 font-size: 20px;
 font-weight:bolder;
}

.hidden_action_container .hidden_action
{
 display: none;
}
.hidden_action_container:hover .hidden_action
{
 display:inline;
}

You can see the online demo here : http://www.sambeauvois.be/Demos/CSS/VisibleOnHover/demo.html