Archive for January 2012
A drop shadow was one of those effects that had to be done by using images. There was no way to accomplish that with just using html or any of the web scripting languages. So you had to create an image using Photoshop or a similar program then place that image in your post or web page. If at any time you had to make a change, then you had to modify the image and go through the process again. However, now that effect is possible with CSS3 and all the latest browsers support it except for IE ! You have to use the “filter” property with IE but it doesn’t work as well as with other browsers.
I also would recommend not using this effect with small text sizes as it makes it hard to read but it works great with larger text sizes such as header tags, although this will work with p tag.
To use this effect all you need to do is to add one line of code to your CSS file using the following syntax:

