Incredibly Cool CSS3 Buttons a la Twitter
Thanks to Photoshop tools like gradients, font-face, etc. we can create some very cool buttons without needing to use a single image. Jeffrey Way delivers us his kickass version of a button a la Twitter using 100% CSS3. Yes folks, this is pure CSS.
Click on the image above for the vid tutorial. Below is the final code.
Download the .zip file HERE.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>CSS3 Buttons</title>
<style>
/* CUSTOM FONT */
@font-face {
font-family: 'EfonRegular';
src: url('font/EFON-webfont.eot');
src: local('EfonRegular'), url('font/EFON-webfont.woff') format('woff'), url('font/EFON-webfont.ttf') format('truetype'), url('font/EFON-webfont.svg#webfont') format('svg');
font-weight: normal;
font-style: normal;
}
body {
width: 400px;
margin: 200px auto;
background: #666;
}
.button {
width: 400px;
height: 100px;
line-height: 100px;
color: white;
text-decoration: none;
font-size: 50px;
font-family: helvetica, arial;
font-weight: bold;
display: block;
text-align: center;
position: relative;
/* BACKGROUND GRADIENTS */
background: #014464;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0D658E, #0C577A 50%, #014D71 51%, #003E5C);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottombottom, color-stop(0, #0E658E), color-stop(.5, #0C577A), color-stop(.5, #014D71), to(#003E5C));
/* BORDER RADIUS */
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
border: 1px solid #368DBE;
border-top: 1px solid #c3d6df;
/* TEXT SHADOW */
text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px black;
/* BOX SHADOW */
-moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px black;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px black;
box-shadow: 0 1px 3px black;
}
/* WHILE HOVERED */
.button:hover {
background: #014464;
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #0c5f85, #0b5273 50%, #024869 51%, #003853);
background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottombottom, color-stop(0, #0c5f85), color-stop(.5, #0b5273), color-stop(.51, #024869), to(#003853));
}
/* WHILE BEING CLICKED */
.button:active {
-moz-box-shadow: 0 2px 6px black;
-webkit-box-shadow: 0 2px 6px black;
}
/* FONT GLYPH (MOSTLY FOR FUN) */
.button:before {
font-family: EfonRegular;
content: 'v';
color: #09232F;
font-size: 90px;
float: left;
margin-left: 35px;
margin-right: -10px;
text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #4190AF;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<a href="#"> Follow Me </a>
</body>
</html>
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