Comments thread - Design it & Code it

by Umar

HTML

<ul class="comments">
    <li class="comment">
      <a href="#" title="View this user profile" class="photo"><img src="img/photo1.png" alt="Kasper"></a>
      <div class="meta">Kasper | 2012.07.24 14:58 <a class="reply">Reply</a></div>
      <div class="body">Cupcake ipsum dolor sit amet. Icing donut cheesecake muffin marzipan chocolate biscuit. Sweet roll chocolate marzipan.</div>
    </li>
    <li class="comment level-2">
      <a href="#" title="View this user profile" class="photo"><img src="img/photo-default.png" alt="Photo"></a>
      <div class="meta">John | 2012.07.24 15:21 <a class="reply">Reply</a></div>
      <div class="body">Candy soufflé bear claw apple pie bear claw marshmallow. Jelly brownie wafer chocolate jelly.marzipan pastry sesame snaps apple pie.</div>
    </li>
    <li class="comment level-3">
      <a href="#" title="View this user profile" class="photo"><img src="img/photo-default.png" alt="Photo"></a>
      <div class="meta">Jane | 2012.07.24 15:32 <a class="reply">Reply</a></div>
      <div class="body">Tart apple pie bonbon applicake sesame snaps sugar plum.</div>
    </li>
    <li class="comment level-4">
      <a href="#" title="View this user profile" class="photo"><img src="img/photo-default.png" alt="Photo"></a>
      <div class="meta">Jane | 2012.07.24 15:32 <a class="reply">Reply</a></div>
      <div class="body">Tart apple pie bonbon applicake sesame snaps sugar plum.</div>
    </li>
    <li class="comment">
      <a href="#" title="View this user profile" class="photo"><img src="img/photo1.png" alt="Kasper"></a>
      <div class="meta">Kasper | 2012.07.24 14:58 <a class="reply">Reply</a></div>
      <div class="body">Cupcake ipsum dolor sit amet. Icing donut cheesecake muffin marzipan chocolate biscuit.</div>
    </li>
  </ul>

CSS

html {
  background: #fff url(img/bg.png);
  font-family: Arial, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, sans-serif;
}
body {
  max-width: 380px;
  width: 100%;
  margin: 30px auto 0 auto;
}
a { cursor: pointer; }

/**
 * Customs
 */
.comments:after { border-color: #fff; }
.comments:before { background-color: #fff; }
.comments .comment {
  background: #fff;
  border-radius: 10px;
  font-size: 11px;
  padding: 10px 15px;
}
.comments [class*="level-"] .photo:before { background-color: #fff; }
.comments .meta { color: #ccc; }
.comments .meta a { color: inherit; }
.comments .meta a:hover { color: #34b5d0; }
.comments .body { color: #888; }

/**
 * Comments Thread
 */
.comments {
  list-style-type: none;
  padding: 5px 0 0 46px;
  position: relative;
  margin: 0 0 0 12px;
}
.comments:before,
.comments .comment,
.comments .comment:after,
.comments .comment:before,
.comments .photo img,
.comments [class*="level-"] .photo:before {
  -webkit-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
  -moz-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
  box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4);
}
.comments:after,
.comments:before {
  display: block;
  content: '';
  position: absolute;
}
.comments:before {
  -webkit-border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
  -moz-border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
  border-radius: 0 0 5px 5px;
  height: 100%;
  width: 8px;
  left: 0;
  top: 0;
}
.comments:after {
  box-shadow: 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4), 0 1px 3px rgba(0,0,0,.4) inset;
  border-width: 4px;
  border-style: solid;
  -webkit-border-radius: 18px;
  -moz-border-radius: 18px;
  border-radius: 18px;
  height: 10px;
  width: 10px;
  left: -5px;
  top: -16px;
  z-index: -1;
}
.comments .comment {
  margin-bottom: 10px;
  position: relative;
}
.comments .comment:after,
.comments .comment:before {
  -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
  -moz-border-radius: 10px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  background-color: #fff;
  position: absolute;
  display: block;
  content: '';
}
.comments .comment:after {
  width: 12px;
  height: 12px;
  left: -14px;
  top:...