CSS3 Diagonal Section Dividers

by jme11

HTML

<header>
    <p>Header</p>
</header>
<section class="diagonal">
    <p>Lorem ipsum</p>
    <p>Lorem ipsum</p>
    <p>Lorem ipsum</p>
    <p>Lorem ipsum</p>
    <p>Lorem ipsum</p>
    <p>Lorem ipsum</p>
</section>
<footer class="diagonal">
    <p>Footer</p>    
</footer>

CSS

body {
    background-color: #000;
    margin: 0px;
}
p {
    color: white;
}
section {
    position: relative;
    background: blue;
    color: #fff;
    text-align: center;
}
section:before {
    position: absolute;
    content:'';
}
section.diagonal {
    background: blue;
}
footer {
    position: relative;
    background: black;
    color: #fff;
    text-align: center;
}
footer:before {
    position: absolute;
    content:'';
}
footer.diagonal {
    background: black;
}
.diagonal {
    z-index: 1;
    padding: 3em;
}
.diagonal:before {
    -webkit-transform: rotate(-3deg);
    transform: rotate(-3deg);
    -webkit-transform-origin: 3% 0;
    transform-origin: 3% 0;
    top: 0;
    left: -25%;
    z-index: -1;
    width: 150%;
    height: 75%;
    background: inherit;
}