I have an "article" tag and I want to make it have a fancy drop shadow with lifted corners. I want to avoid using images and make it purely with CSS if possible at all.
This is an example of something that looks like what I want to achieve:
Here is my code:
<div class="mainContent">
<div class="contentWrapper">
<article class="content">
</article>
</div>
<div>
And the CSS I have so far:
.mainContent{
background: #F8F8F8;
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
margin-top:500px;}
.contentWrapper {
margin: auto;
width: 1000px;
padding-top: 50px;}
.content {
margin-bottom: 50px;
padding: 40px;
border: #999 1px solid;
line-height: 25px;
color: #4D4D4D;
border-radius: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
background-color: #FFF;
box-shadow: 0px 0px 1px 1px #e1e1e1 inset, 0px 23px 30px -33px #4D4D4D;}
Add the css below to a simple div like <div class="shadow lifted"></div>
.shadow {
position:relative;
width:40%;
padding:1em;
margin:2em 10px 4em;
background:#fff;
-webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
-moz-box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
box-shadow:0 1px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3), 0 0 40px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) inset;
}
.shadow:before,
.shadow:after {
content:"";
position:absolute;
z-index:-2;
}
.lifted {
-moz-border-radius:4px;
border-radius:4px;
}
.lifted:before,
.lifted:after {
bottom:15px;
left:10px;
width:50%;
height:20%;
max-width:300px;
-webkit-box-shadow:0 15px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
-moz-box-shadow:0 15px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
box-shadow:0 15px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
-webkit-transform:rotate(-3deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(-3deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(-3deg);
-o-transform:rotate(-3deg);
transform:rotate(-3deg);
}
.lifted:after {
right:10px;
left:auto;
-webkit-transform:rotate(3deg);
-moz-transform:rotate(3deg);
-ms-transform:rotate(3deg);
-o-transform:rotate(3deg);
transform:rotate(3deg);
}