Image-based rollovers with CSS

Dave Shea recently mentioned some alternatives to Doug Bowmans Image Replacement Trick. Having tried one of these methods, I realised that it would really suit rollovers without the need for javascript. Whereas previously I’d only thought it was possible by A List Apart’s method, this way doesn’t limit you to using only using bitmap fonts. Its purely image based. Apparently, Dave already uses this for the rollovers on Mezzoblue (so I’m not claiming any originality here!)

So to test this out, I’ve added a rollover & homepage link on this sites logo, and an article on how to do image rollovers with CSS. As with all my ‘articles’, please let me know if you have anything add, dispute or change. I don’t pretend to be a CSS expert, but hopefully someone will find it useful.