Image styling

[timbo89]

If you're anything like me you probably hate the way images look when slapped onto a page, no border to make them stand out, just background, then picture.

I though i'd share my new favorite way to 'pretty them up'

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nothing too flashy, but i looks a lot better than a plain image.

HTML

<div class="image-container">
	<img src="imagepath" alt="Image Title" class="image">
	<p>Image Title</p>
</div>

CSS

.image-container {
	margin:10px;
	display:inline-block;
	width:500px;
	padding:5px;
	box-shadow: #888 0 0 5px;
}
.image-container .image {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
}
.image-container p {
	margin: 5px 0 0 0;
}

the reason for making the image width 100% and then adjusting the size using the container width is to avoid pushing the edges on the container out for responsive designs.

for a mobile, if you use the following CSS, it will still use the page margins rather than going over due to the extra 5px padding on the container.

@media screen and (max-width: 500px) {
	.image-container {
		margin:10px auto;
		display:block;
		width:auto;
		padding:5px;
		box-shadow: #888 0 0 5px;
	}
	.image-container .image {
		display: block;
		width: 100%;
	}
	.image-container p {
		margin: 5px 0 0 0;
	}
}

it also looks quite good without the image title below the image

does anyone have any other image styling tips?

[timbo89]

as i was writing up the last post, i came up with this, a little bit fancier looking, i wouldn't use it for everything, but it works well.

CSS3 Polaroid Photo Board

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HTML

<div class="polaroid">
	<img src="img/image.jpg" />
	<p>Polaroid Image</p>
</div>
<div class="polaroid">
	<img src="img/image.jpg" />
	<p>Polaroid Image</p>
</div>
<div class="polaroid">
	<img src="img/image.jpg" />
	<p>Polaroid Image</p>
</div>
<div class="polaroid">
	<img src="img/image.jpg" />
	<p>Polaroid Image</p>
</div>
<div class="polaroid">
	<img src="img/image.jpg" />
	<p>Polaroid Image</p>
</div>
<div class="polaroid">
	<img src="img/image.jpg" />
	<p>Polaroid Image</p>
</div>

CSS

.polaroid:before {
	width: 100%;
	height: 40px;
	content: " ";
	position: absolute;
	top: 0;
	left: 0;
	margin: -5% 0 0 0;
	background: url(img/pin.png) center no-repeat;
	background-size: contain;
}
.polaroid {
	font-family: 'Covered By Your Grace', cursive;
	line-height: 1em;
	font-size:18px;
	text-align:center;
	display:inline-block;
	padding:15px 12px 2px 12px;
	margin:5px 5px;
	width:200px;
	background:#fff;
	box-shadow: rgba(0,0,0,.5) 0 0 10px;
}
.polaroid:nth-child(1n) {
	-ms-transform: rotate(2deg);
	-webkit-transform: rotate(2deg);
	transform: rotate(2deg);
}
.polaroid:nth-child(2n) {
	-ms-transform: rotate(-3deg);
	-webkit-transform: rotate(-3deg);
	transform: rotate(-3deg);
}
.polaroid:nth-child(3n) {
	-ms-transform: rotate(4deg);
	-webkit-transform: rotate(4deg);
	transform: rotate(4deg);
}
.polaroid:nth-child(4n) {
	-ms-transform: rotate(-4deg);
	-webkit-transform: rotate(-4deg);
	transform: rotate(-4deg);
}
.polaroid img {
	display: block;
	width: 100%;
	margin: 0 0 10px 0;
}
.polaroid p {
	margin: 0;
	height:40px;
	overflow:hidden;
}

http://users.adam.com.au/vsimkin/ideas/polaroid/