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CSS3 Google Buttons

February 23, 2012 Blog 4 comments

In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to make Google buttons using CSS3. First here’s a demo:

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The HTML

<button class="orange">Compose</button>
<button class="gray">LilJosh.com</button>
<button class="blue"><img src="search.png" /></button>

Right click and save this search icon: 

The CSS3

I’ve separated the CSS into 3 sections (for each color).

Orange

button.orange, a.orange, input[type=submit].orange {
	padding: 10px 30px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 2px 2px;
	border: solid 0px rgb(153, 153, 153);
	background: #d64937; /* Old browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #d64937 0%, #d14836 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#d64937), color-stop(100%,#d14836)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
	background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #d64937 0%,#d14836 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
	background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #d64937 0%,#d14836 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
	background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #d64937 0%,#d14836 100%); /* IE10+ */
	background: linear-gradient(top,  #d64937 0%,#d14836 100%); /* W3C */
	filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#d64937', endColorstr='#d14836',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
	color: #fff;
	text-decoration: none;
	cursor: pointer;
	display: inline-block;
	text-align: center;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	font-size:11px;
	line-height: 1;
}

button.orange:hover, a.orange:hover, input[type=submit].orange:hover {
	padding: 9px 29px;
	border: 1px solid #b0281a;
	background: #dd4b39; /* Old browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #dd4b39 0%, #c53727 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#dd4b39), color-stop(100%,#c53727)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
	background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #dd4b39 0%,#c53727 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
	background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #dd4b39 0%,#c53727 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
	background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #dd4b39 0%,#c53727 100%); /* IE10+ */
	background: linear-gradient(top,  #dd4b39 0%,#c53727 100%); /* W3C */
	filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#dd4b39', endColorstr='#c53727',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #333333;
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #333333;
	box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #333333;
}

button.orange:active, a.orange:active, input[type=submit].orange:active {
	padding: 9px 29px;
    border: 1px solid #b0281a;
    -webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 8px 4px rgb(197, 55, 39), 0 1px 0 0 #eeeeee;
    -moz-box-shadow: inset 0 0 8px 4px rgb(197, 55, 39), 0 1px 0 0 #eeeeee;
    box-shadow: inset 0 0 8px 4px rgb(197, 55, 39), 0 1px 0 0 #eeeeee; 
}

Gray

button.gray, a.gray, input[type=submit].gray {
	padding: 10px 10px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 2px 2px;
	border: solid 1px #dadada;
	background: #f4f4f4; /* Old browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #f4f4f4 0%, #f1f1f1 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#f4f4f4), color-stop(100%,#f1f1f1)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
	background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #f4f4f4 0%,#f1f1f1 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
	background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #f4f4f4 0%,#f1f1f1 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
	background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #f4f4f4 0%,#f1f1f1 100%); /* IE10+ */
	background: linear-gradient(top,  #f4f4f4 0%,#f1f1f1 100%); /* W3C */
	filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#f4f4f4', endColorstr='#f1f1f1',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
	color: #555;
	text-decoration: none;
	cursor: pointer;
	display: inline-block;
	text-align: center;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-shadow: 0px 1px 1px rgba(255,255,255,1);
	line-height: 1;
	font-size:11px;
}

.gray:hover { 
	border:1px solid #c6c6c4; 
	background: background: #f8f8f8; /* Old browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #f8f8f8 0%, #f1f1f1 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#f8f8f8), color-stop(100%,#f1f1f1)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
	background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #f8f8f8 0%,#f1f1f1 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
	background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #f8f8f8 0%,#f1f1f1 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
	background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #f8f8f8 0%,#f1f1f1 100%); /* IE10+ */
	background: linear-gradient(top,  #f8f8f8 0%,#f1f1f1 100%); /* W3C */
	filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#f8f8f8', endColorstr='#f1f1f1',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
	color: #222; 
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px 0px rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.4);
	-moz-box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px 0px rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.4);
	box-shadow: 0px 1px 1px 0px rgba(10, 10, 10, 0.4);
}
		
.gray:active { 
	border:1px solid #c6c6c4; 
	color: #222;
	-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 2px 4px #f1f1f1, 0 1px 0 0 #eeeeee;
	-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 0 2px 4px #f1f1f1, 0 1px 0 0 #eeeeee;
	box-shadow: inset 0 0 2px 4px #f1f1f1, 0 1px 0 0 #eeeeee;
}

Blue

button.blue, a.blue, input[type=submit].blue {
	padding: 10px 30px;
	-webkit-border-radius: 2px 2px;
	border: solid 1px #3079ed;
	background: #4d90fe; /* Old browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #4d90fe 0%, #4787ed 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#4d90fe), color-stop(100%,#4787ed)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
	background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #4d90fe 0%,#4787ed 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
	background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #4d90fe 0%,#4787ed 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
	background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #4d90fe 0%,#4787ed 100%); /* IE10+ */
	background: linear-gradient(top,  #4d90fe 0%,#4787ed 100%); /* W3C */
	filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#4d90fe', endColorstr='#4787ed',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
	color: #fff;
	text-decoration: none;
	cursor: pointer;
	display: inline-block;
	text-align: center;
	font-weight:bold;
	font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
	text-transform:uppercase;
	font-size:11px;
	line-height: 1;
}

button.blue:hover, a.blue:hover, input[type=submit].blue:hover {
	border: 1px solid #2f5bb7;
	background: #4d90fe; /* Old browsers */
	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top,  #4d90fe 0%, #357ae8 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#4d90fe), color-stop(100%,#357ae8)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
	background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top,  #4d90fe 0%,#357ae8 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
	background: -o-linear-gradient(top,  #4d90fe 0%,#357ae8 100%); /* Opera 11.10+ */
	background: -ms-linear-gradient(top,  #4d90fe 0%,#357ae8 100%); /* IE10+ */
	background: linear-gradient(top,  #4d90fe 0%,#357ae8 100%); /* W3C */
	filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#4d90fe', endColorstr='#357ae8',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
	-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #333333;
	-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #333333;
	box-shadow: 0 1px 1px #333333;
}

button.blue:active, a.blue:active, input[type=submit].blue:active {
	border: 1px solid #377cea;
	-webkit-box-shadow: inset 0 0 2px 2px #377cea, 0 1px 0 0 #aaa;
	-moz-box-shadow: inset 0 0 2px 2px #377cea, 0 1px 0 0 #aaa;
	box-shadow: inset 0 0 2px 2px #377cea, 0 1px 0 0 #aaa;
}

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Use PDO Not MySQLi

February 21, 2012 Blog No comments

In NetTuts+ most recent tutorial, they discuss the advantages of using PDO over MySQLi to make database connections from PHP. “The core advantage of PDO over MySQLi is in its database driver support. At the time of this writing, PDO supports 12 different drivers, opposed to MySQLi, which supports MySQL only.” Dejan Marjanovic See the full tutorial and start using PDO today:

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/pdo-vs-mysqli-which-should-you-use/

Here is another great tutorial from NetTuts+ as to why you should be using PHP’s PDO for database access:

http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/why-you-should-be-using-phps-pdo-for-database-access/

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CSS3 Search Bar

February 15, 2012 Blog No comments

I found a great tutorial on Speckyboy.com that shows how to make a beautiful CSS3 search bar (in fact I’m using it on my site). Read the tutorial here:

How to Build a Stylish CSS3 Search Box

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