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"As CSS3 becomes more robust and is more widely supported, the options for fun modern design elements that can be created without graphics are virtually limitless! For a recent project, I decided to see if I could create a centered ribbon banner with pure CSS3. This tutorial will walk you through how it was done. As it turns out, it's actually quite easy, using only simple, semantic HTML and some CSS3 trickery thanks to the magic of the the border-width property. The only caveat: As with all new CSS3 techniques, it can act a bit wonky in some IE browsers… we'll address that at the end of the tutorial. Here's how:"

Future in navigation style design has begun :-)

In my previous posts, we discovered how to create speech bubbles and ribbons without additional HTML elements or images. They were achieved using CSS3 effects applied to the :before and :after pseudo-elements. In this post, we'll use a similar technique to create a paper curl effect.

♻ Retweet In May last year we published an article entitled 22 CSS Button Styling Tutorials and Techniques, it proved to be pretty popular, and the most amazing thing about that post is that none of the tutorials even touch on the subject of CSS3.. What a difference a year makes! Of course CSS3 never rolled out last year, it has been around for a long time without ever entering mainstream web design. That was until last year when support arrived from the web browsers Safari, followed by Firefox and then Chrome. And CSS3 has been gaining momentum ever since.