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CSS box model (A beginners guide to margin, padding & border)

CSS margin and padding explanation

In this post, I explained the CSS margin, padding, border, and box model. Also, I tried to clear the common confusion and demonstrate how these three components work together. Let’s get started. The easiest-to-understand diagram (box model) margin border padding In this example, the image is the content that has a 90px margin, 30px border, and 60px padding. What is the difference between padding and margin? Padding and margin both create spaces surrounding the content. But what makes them different? The padding creates space inside the content. And margin creates space outside of the content. And border lives in between […]

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CSS class versus id

css class vs id

Classes are the selectors in HTML that you can use in your CSS to stylize HTML elements. And CSS ID stands for the identifier. The ID is a unique selector in HTML that you can use in your CSS to stylize and to make an anchor.

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How to center text in HTML CSS?

Center align text using CSS

The “text-align” property aligns the text in center, left, right and also it can justify the texts. If you want to center align the text, assign its value to “center” (text-align: center). You can apply this “text-align” property to many of the HTML element such as p, div, section, h1-h6, etc.

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How to resize an image in CSS?

Resize image using CSS

You can use the width, max-width, min-width, height, max-height & min-height properties to change the image size. See the examples below. This is how you can resize the images. You can also add auto height & width but this is optional. For example: After you specify the width, the height will be automatically resized proportionally. In the same vein, if you specify height, the width will proportionally change. You can also use multiple width & height properties together. Please see some of the examples below. The above CSS will make the image 800 pixels if there is available space. But […]

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Center an image in various directions & methods

Center an image using CSS

In this post, I will show how you can center-align an image in various directions & using different methods (CSS). Any HTML element can be centered horizontally, vertically & both. Also, a horizontally centered image can be aligned at the top & bottom. In the same vein, a vertically centered image can be aligned at the left & right. If this doesn’t make sense, see the infographic below. Please take a look at all the live examples in the link below. Center align an image in all the possible directions If you take a closer look at the above infographic, […]

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Background image size (full-width, responsive, full-screen, etc)

background images size css

In this post, I will show you a couple of examples based on the background-size property. After reading it, you’ll learn how to make a full-width background image, how to make it responsive for all devices, full-screen background on any screen, custom size, etc. Before you start, you can also check the live demo of the finished examples that you’re going to build. You’ll get all the code samples and all the source code that powers the live preview template. Let’s get started. Examples of background image size Throughout the examples, I am only using plain text/paragraphs but you can […]

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How to center align text vertically?

CSS vertically centered text

The text-align: center can make any text horizontally centered. But if you need to make the text vertically centered, you have to do it differently. In this post, I will show you how to center-align text vertically. Also, I will give you multiple examples & use cases. After reading this post, you’ll be able to vertically center align text from various directions. Last but not least, you’ll get all the code samples and GitHub repo. Before you dive in, check the live previews of the finished products that you’re going to build. Let’s get started. Examples of vertically center-aligned text […]

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How to Search Words on a Website in 3 Easy Ways

Search words on web page

If you are looking to find web pages that include specific words, this technique will help you to find them quickly. Also, this post will show you if a website or web page contains specific words or not. I will show you 3 easy ways to do it. Search words on a website using Google This method is very handy if you want to search words for the entire website. Google will search and find all the different URLs that contain your search terms. Here is the search technique rule: For example, you want to search for “travel news” on […]

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Why do most websites fail in the first year and give up?

Chart website success and failure

There are more than 1.88 billion websites in the world but most of them actually failed. More than 90% of new websites get zero traffic from organic search. Most website owners give up in the first year or leave the sites as they are. As a result, it’s a huge waste of their time, effort, and money. Because people spend their highest energy at the beginning of the website design and up to the end of the development process. After that, they wait to see the output in the next 3/4 weeks. Certainly, they receive nothing and end up with […]

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How many websites are there on the planet?

Total number of websites historical data with up to 2021

As of August 2021, there are over 1.88 billion websites on the internet. The first website was created in 1991. In the next year 1992, there were only 10 websites around the globe. The ratio (highly) increased in 1993 and there were 623 websites. In this post, I will give you all the numbers, statistics, and give you other related information. Graph from the start to 2021 Tim Berners-Lee created the first website on August 06, 1991. The name/URL of the world’s first website is http://info.cern.ch and it was made for the European Nuclear Research Agency (CERN). After 1993, there […]

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