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  • Dan Farrell
    Dan Farrell
    4,124 Points

    Instead of displaying the background image with url(), use the Compass URL helper that generates a path to image assets

    Posted April 3, 2016 7:56am by Dan Farrell
    Dan Farrell
    4,124 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Compass Helper Functions

    1 Answer

  • Srdjan Cestic
    Srdjan Cestic
    6,855 Points

    :after

    Posted March 8, 2016 9:21pm by Srdjan Cestic
    Srdjan Cestic
    6,855 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Image Dimension Helpers

    1 Answer

  • Kasper Peulen
    Kasper Peulen
    921 Points

    Including two different images to support retina or just scaling down the retina image, as in this video?

    Posted March 16, 2015 4:11pm by Kasper Peulen
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    921 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Image Dimension Helpers

    1 Answer

  • Kelvin Atawura
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    Kelvin Atawura
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,022 Points

    Helper function,mixins or varibales for media queries

    Posted March 1, 2015 4:12am by Kelvin Atawura
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    Kelvin Atawura
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 19,022 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Text Replacement and Inline Images

    0 Answers

  • Julian Pinzón Eslava
    Julian Pinzón Eslava
    11,401 Points

    Can't find threshold on compass-style.org documentation.

    Posted January 16, 2015 1:19am by Julian Pinzón Eslava
    Julian Pinzón Eslava
    11,401 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Creating Color Contrast

    0 Answers

  • David Service
    David Service
    12,928 Points

    Replacing <img> tag with CSS image.

    Posted January 15, 2015 6:11pm by David Service
    David Service
    12,928 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Text Replacement and Inline Images

    0 Answers

  • David Service
    David Service
    12,928 Points

    Why Position Images as Pseudo-Elements?

    Posted January 14, 2015 7:52pm by David Service
    David Service
    12,928 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Image Dimension Helpers

    0 Answers

  • Manu Santana
    Manu Santana
    8,329 Points

    Color Helpers... How can apply the linear-gradient to the rest of li:nth-child with a mixing or similar?

    Posted January 3, 2015 11:29pm by Manu Santana
    Manu Santana
    8,329 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Color Helpers

    1 Answer

  • Ben Attenborough
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    Ben Attenborough
    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,769 Points

    Should I concentrate on mastering CSS before moving on to Sass / Compass etc?

    Posted November 7, 2014 4:39pm by Ben Attenborough
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    Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 32,769 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Text Replacement and Inline Images

    2 Answers

  • ixtepec
    ixtepec
    19,347 Points

    Challenge task 1 of 3 Compass Helper Functions

    Posted August 16, 2014 4:10am by ixtepec
    ixtepec
    19,347 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Compass Helper Functions

    1 Answer

  • Sean Kennedy
    Sean Kennedy
    21,150 Points

    I need help understanding this please!?

    Posted August 14, 2014 4:27pm by Sean Kennedy
    Sean Kennedy
    21,150 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Compass Helper Functions Review

    1 Answer

  • Timothy Hooker
    Timothy Hooker
    15,323 Points

    I am having a hard time with this task of putting an inline image as the background in Compass.

    Posted July 28, 2014 8:06pm by Timothy Hooker
    Timothy Hooker
    15,323 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Compass Helper Functions

    3 Answers

  • Andrew Mills
    Andrew Mills
    6,073 Points

    Compass URL Helper

    Posted July 22, 2014 10:58pm by Andrew Mills
    Andrew Mills
    6,073 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Compass Helper Functions

    2 Answers

  • Marston Gould
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    Marston Gould
    PHP Development Techdegree Student 17,314 Points

    Video focuses on 'what', but misses the 'why' to often.

    Posted July 17, 2014 4:34pm by Marston Gould
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    PHP Development Techdegree Student 17,314 Points
    • CSS
    • Compass Basics
    • Compass Helper Functions
    • Image Dimension Helpers

    5 Answers

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