Issue #517

August 18, 2022

Creative CSS Layout

Michelle Barker will bring you up to speed with modern CSS layout and demonstrate some creative use cases.

Designing for Long-Form Articles

Daniel Schwarz looks at some best practices and examples of incredible article pages to get a better idea of what makes a visually appealing reading experience for long-form articles.

Presenting the An Event Apart Denver 2022 agenda

Want to take your UX and front-end skill set to the next level?

Join us at An Event Apart Denver this coming October 10–12 for three days of expert sessions on:

New CSS features
Design system tooling
Accessibility
Responsive Animation
Global design
SEO+UX

And more!

Articles & Tutorials

CSS Grid and Custom Shapes

Temani Afif shows how to use CSS clip-path and mask to create fancy grids of images for just about any shape you can imagine.

On Ratings and Meters

Lea Verou explores how to create a star rating element.

Tip - Use fetchpriority=high to load your LCP hero image sooner

Addy Osmani explains why you should add fetchpriority="high" to your Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) image to get it to load sooner.

Do You Know About overflow: clip?

Kilian Valkhof explains how overflow: clip; works.

Outline is Your Friend

Manuel Matuzovic reminds you about the importance of the focus outline.

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