CSS is a language used to style web pages that usually gets overlooked when building websites. While you might be familiar with the basics of CSS, most people don’t rely on CSS when it comes to writing production code. This is unfortunate as CSS has many powerful features that are practically unknown by most front-end developers. In this post, I’ll discuss how you can use CSS as your website’s backend and why more people aren’t doing so.
Conditional rules for specific pages
Conditional CSS is a powerful tool that can be used in many ways, from simple tasks like making your site look different on different devices to complex processes like creating an interactive quiz with questions that are only shown to people who have answered one question incorrectly.
It’s important to remember that conditional rules work by adding a class to your page’s <html> tag or by using media queries. This means that if you use a conditional rule and then later decide you want to change it, you’ll have to edit this line of code instead of just adding more styles.
Conditional rules can be used for all kinds of things:
- Showing different versions of the same content depending on what device the user is using (mobile vs. desktop)
- Showing or hiding content based on whether or not the user has logged in
- Showing different versions of the same content depending on where they are geographically
CSS variables for Whitelabel configurations
CSS variables are one of the best options if you’re building a website and want to allow your users to configure their own experience. They’re easy to use and can be used in any number of ways—they can be used in the browser or a backend.
One of the common uses for CSS variables is to allow users to customize the appearance of their site. This is especially useful on websites where the user experience is personalized based on other information, such as their location or device type. For example, a Whitelabel configuration might allow users to choose which colors appear on their site’s background or foreground text. You can also use CSS variables to allow users to change the size of certain elements by using percentages rather than fixed units like pixels or ems.
Pushing data from the server to the front end
Pushing data from the server to the front end is a complex task often handled by backend languages like PHP or Ruby. However, with CSS, you can do this on your own! The first step is to create an XMLHttpRequest object. This will allow you to send requests to your server and retrieve data. To do this, simply use JavaScript’s open() method, followed by setRequestHeader().
You’ll need to add an event listener for ‘load,’ which will fire when the request has been completed. Inside this function, you can then use XMLHttpRequest’s responseText property to get the results of your query. You can also use the responseXML property to process XML documents instead of HTML ones.
Creating a flexible website structure
You can use CSS to create a flexible website structure. One of the most common issues that come up in CSS is creating a flexible website structure. Using flexbox and grid, it’s possible to create a responsive website no matter what device it’s viewed on.
The first step in creating a flexible website is setting up your columns and rows. To do this, you’ll need to set up a container for your content. This container should be positioned using relative positioning with a width: of 100%; at the bottom of the page.
Once you’ve done that, you can start adding your content into each row by adding a div tag inside each column. The div tags should be styled using flexbox or grid properties so that only one column will display at any given time, depending on how wide the screen is. The rest of the columns will then be hidden behind them until needed later on down the road when someone resizes their browser window or clicks on one of those links within their browser window’s browser history (i.e., the back button).
Ordering page elements based on dynamic content
The CSS Cascade is a complex part of the process that determines how web pages are displayed. This article will discuss how you can use CSS to order page elements based on dynamic content. When a web browser loads a web page, it uses the HTML code to display all of the elements on the page in their correct order. The HTML code does not specify whether an element is above or below another element, so this information must be communicated through other means, such as CSS. CSS allows you to specify exactly where an element should appear on your page, whether it should overlap another element or have some space between itself and other elements on your page.
Suppose you want multiple elements to display in a specific order based on their contents. In that case, you can do so with relative positioning and z-index values within your CSS ruleset. The z-index value determines which elements appear above others when they overlap vertically (at least partially). At the same time, relative positioning allows you to set an element’s position relative to another element rather than using an absolute position like top/bottom/left/right, etcetera. For example, You have two divs on your page containing text from two different sources (such as two different authors).
Enabling reactive functionality in each component.
To enable reactive functionality in each component, you’ll need to create a new CSS class that extends the original. Your React components will use the extended class to determine whether or not the user has interacted with the element. This will allows you to make changes to the DOM without using JavaScript, saving you time and increasing performance.
Let’s take a look at an example:
In this case, we want to change the color of an element based on how long it’s been clicked on. To do this, we’ll create two classes: one that extends “clickable” and adds in our functionality (for example, changing its color), and another that extends “clickable” but does nothing (so it remains unchanged).
