Image frames using CSS3 border-image

















CSS3 makes it possible to specify an image as an element’s border, instead of just a solid color. While on the surface this doesn’t seem particularly interesting, the way the property works makes it more than that which meets the eye. The border-image property lets you specify a single image for the purpose and then slices that image to create the desired border effect. Yes, CSS is slicing now. border-image is currently supported in all the modern browsers to various degrees except IE (as of IE9). The shorthand syntax is…

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