Using FontAwesome as an icon framework
When customizing the look and feel of a website, we often want to use specific, intuitive icons. In some cases - such as content management platforms - these icons are already there, but they may not make sense for many reasons: not completely meaningful color does not match the site design not flexible enough Wouldn't it be great is there was a lightweight solution we could use, that doesn't involve any script, of even custom images?! Well, there is. I have been using FontAwesome for a while now and I can say it is pretty impressive: 100% CSS (no images, or scripts) Supports IE8+ and other browsers Its an icon framework with 500+ icons Provides a consistent icon set Supports features such as custom size, mouse over color, animated icons, rotation, etc. Its free! Now, the idea is that you embed, in your html, a tag with your markup. e.g. Here's a breakdown: fa provides common icon styles fa-camera-retro specifies the icon to be used fa-3x en...