Thoriq Firdaus

Thoriq is a writer for Hongkiat.com with a passion for web design and development. He is the author of Responsive Web Design by Examples, where he covered his best approaches in developing responsive websites quickly with a framework.

Latest posts

CSS Dropcaps Using :first-line and :first-letter

Some CSS selectors or properties may not be commonly seen in everyday web design, yet they’ve been around since the CSS1 era. These include the :fir…

Creating an Interactive Online vCard Using Sass & Compass

Today, we’re going to continue our discussion on Sass. This time, we’ll take a practical approach and build an online vCard using Sass along with …

Maximize Your CSS with Compass and Sass

In our last post, we mentioned Compass, an open-source CSS Authoring Framework that enhances your workflow. Compass is a powerful extension for Sass, …

Getting Started with Sass: Installation and the Basics

In this post, we are going to discuss a CSS Preprocessor called Sass or Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets. If you have been following our previous pos…

Fresh Resources for Web Designers and Developers (November 2012)

There are a number of new great tools and resources out to give web designers and developers that extra leverage for their job. This month we have som…

Adding Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) in Unsupported Browser

In an earlier post in this series, we have mentioned a bit about SVG’s pitfall with old browsers and using Raphael.js to serve the graphic as an alt…

A Look Into: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Animation

Vector graphics have been widely applied in print media. In a website, we can also add vector graphics with SVG or Scalable Vector Graphic. Citing fro…

Working with Text Elements in SVG for Dynamic Designs

In previous posts, we’ve explored how to use SVG to create shapes. In this article, we will focus on creating and styling text with SVG. SVG text of…

How to Style SVG Images with CSS: A Simple Guide

Today, we’re diving deeper into Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). As mentioned in our previous post, one of the great things about SVG is that you can…

A Look into: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)

Vector graphics have been widely applied in print media. In a website, we can also add vector graphics with SVG or Scalable Vector Graphic. Citing fro…

How to Apply CSS Filter Effects to Web Images

Adjusting image Brightness and Contrast, or turning image into Grayscale or Sephia is a common feature you may find in image editing application, like…

How to Convert Old CSS to LESS

We have covered much of the basics for LESS in our previous posts. If you have been following our LESS series, we believe that at this point you alrea…