Mick Redman: css3

Tuesday, 10 May 2011

How to add the .htc mime type to your Apache website

I have been updating my blog to include demo versions of the pages. A number of my blog entries include the use of css3pie which uses a file called PIE.htc to render css3 content in IE. Having stuck the demo pages on Effective Web Designs, I discovered that PIE.htc was not delivering the goods as it normally does.

After a bit of surfing, I found that it may be to do with not serving the .htc mime type. After a bit more surfing, I discovered that this could be achieved by setting the mime type within your .htaccess file, if you are using the only web server which matters (Apache).

This is the line you need for your .htaccess file.

AddType text/x-component .htc

I hope this also opens up all sorts of mime type possibilities to you.

Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Nice CSS button

This demonstration relies upon css3pie in order to work in IE. You can get it at http://css3pie.com/
I have tried to use gradients and box shadow to a cool effect.
It seems like a lot of code for a button, but as it's a class, you can create many buttons on the same page with it.
Hope you like it.

See demo.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>SoM KI Box</title>

<script src="http://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
<script>
google.load("jquery", "1");
google.load("jqueryui", "1");
</script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function()
{

});
</script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/css/reset/reset.css" />
<style>
body
{
font-family:Sans-serif;
}
.greenButton
{
float:left;
margin:1em;
}
.greenButton .outer, .greenButton .inner, .greenButton .outer:hover, .greenButton .inner:hover
{
position:relative;
behavior:url('scripts/PIE.htc');
}
.greenButton .outer, .greenButton .outer:hover
{
width:8em;
height:8em;
padding-top:0.2em;
padding-left:0.2em;
}
.greenButton .inner, .greenButton .inner:hover
{
border-radius:0.5em;
-moz-border-radius:0.5em;
-webkit-border-radius:0.5em;
width:7.8em;
height:5.8em;
padding-top:2em;
text-align:center;
}
.greenButton .outer, .greenButton .outer:hover
{
box-shadow:0 0 0.8em #CCCCCC;
-moz-box-shadow:0 0 0.8em #CCCCCC;
-webkit-box-shadow:0 0 0.8em #CCCCCC;
border-radius:0.62em;
-moz-border-radius:0.62em;
-webkit-border-radius:0.62em;
}
.greenButton .outer
{
background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(90deg, #64cc00, #8DE639);
background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#64cc00), to(#8DE639));
-pie-background:linear-gradient(90deg, #8DE639, #64cc00);
}
.greenButton .inner
{
background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(90deg, #8DE639, #64cc00);
background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#8DE639), to(#64cc00));
-pie-background:linear-gradient(90deg, #64cc00, #8DE639);
}
.greenButton .outer:hover
{
background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(90deg, #C80043, #E33972);
background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#C80043), to(#E33972));
-pie-background:linear-gradient(90deg, #E33972, #C80043);
}
.greenButton .inner:hover
{
background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(90deg, #E33972, #C80043);
background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#E33972), to(#C80043));
-pie-background:linear-gradient(90deg, #C80043, #E33972);
}
.greenButton a, .greenButton a:link, .greenButton a:hover, .greenButton a:visited, .greenButton a:active
{
color:#FFFFFF;
text-decoration:none;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section id="mainContent">
<figure class="greenButton">
<section class="outer">
<section class="inner">
<a href="getPageContext.php">Get<br />Page<br />Context</a>
</section>
</section>
</figure>
</section>
</body>
</html>