turning an image into css

Question

I have this image (attached). I am not a designer but I do not want to use the image in my app. I heard you can come very close to an image using css. Can someone help me wi

Answer 1

Here's an example to get you started:

HTML:

    

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CSS:

.box {
    /* Set dimensions and color of containing box */
    width: 100px;
    height: 30px;
    background: #03e;
}

.flag {
    float: left;
    /* Set left border to control width and color of flag */
    border-left: 20px solid #fff;
    /* Set top and bottom border each to half of box height */
    border-top: 15px solid transparent;
    border-bottom: 15px solid transparent;
    width: 0;
    height: 0;
}​

Fiddle link: http://jsfiddle.net/kHDFp/