CSS: Skirting style - html

Question

Is it possible by using styles to create an DIV like this?
I mean the structure of the plinth. A similar 3D effect

Answer 1

It is kind of possible. You can use background: linear-gradient() for the colors and multiple div's with border-radius for the shape and different heights and widths, e.g.:
.wrapper {
width: 300px;
}
.layer1 {
height: 10px;
width: 300px;
float: right;
border-bottom-left-radius: 8px;
background: #eeeeee;
/* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee 0%, #cccccc 100%);
/* FF3.6-15 */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee 0%, #cccccc 100%);
/* Chrome10-25,Safari5.1-6 */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #eeeeee 0%, #cccccc 100%);
/* W3C, IE10+, FF16+, Chrome26+, Opera12+, Safari7+ */
filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#eeeeee', endColorstr='#cccccc', GradientType=0);
/* IE6-9 */
}
.layer2 {
height: 30px;
width: 280px;
float: right;
border-bottom-left-radius: 25px;
background: #b5b5b5;
/* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #b5b5b5 0%, #eeeeee 48%, #cccccc 100%);
/* FF3.6-15 */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #b5b5b5 0%, #eeeeee 48%, #cccccc 100%);
/* Chrome10-25,Safari5.1-6 */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #b5b5b5 0%, #eeeeee 48%, #cccccc 100%);
/* W3C, IE10+, FF16+, Chrome26+, Opera12+, Safari7+ */
filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#b5b5b5', endColorstr='#cccccc', GradientType=0);
/* IE6-9 */
}
.layer3 {
height: 20px;
width: 230px;
float: right;
border-bottom-left-radius: 15px;
background: #eeeeee;
/* Old browsers */
background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee 0%, #cccccc 100%);
/* FF3.6-15 */
background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #eeeeee 0%, #cccccc 100%);
/* Chrome10-25,Safari5.1-6 */
background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #eeeeee 0%, #cccccc 100%);
/* W3C, IE10+, FF16+, Chrome26+, Opera12+, Safari7+ */
filter: progid: DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#eeeeee', endColorstr='#cccccc', GradientType=0);
/* IE6-9 */
}
<div class="wrapper">
<div class="layer1"></div>
<div class="layer2"></div>
<div class="layer3"></div>
</div>
Just play around with the properties a little bit and I'm sure you will get nice results. The above is just a quick ugly example...
Limitations: With this approach it's only possible to build convex curves.