Hover Fade

by Keith Jeter

HTML

<div class="container">
    <div id="test">
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    </div>
</div>

CSS

a { 
    display: block;
    width: 100px;
    height: 100px;
    background-color: #000;
    border-radius: 50%;
    margin: 5px;
    float: left;
    text-decoration: none;
}

.container > #test > a { background-color: #063; }

.container > #test > a:nth-child(-n+3)::before { 
    position: absolute;
    content: "new"; 
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
    background: yellow;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 50px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-weight: bold;
    color: #000;
    margin: 21px;
    border: solid 4px #000;
    border-radius: 50%;
    padding: 0px;
}

.container > #test > a:nth-child(-n+3):hover::before { opacity: 0.050; }