Thread: Using CSS Sprites

I am a web designer and build project on website. I want to know that system CSS Sprites concept, purpose and usage, I think this would help me for great efforts in my website.

It is not technology; it is Web Developed mature development. It is not rule, but it has benefits, the important is that it can decrease server load, develop page opening speed. "Sprite" is method; it joint many images into grid, and then processes every grid on screen.

Here are few CSS Sprites Use examples:

Xing -This site gives many buttons, icons, and created LOGOCSS Sprites.
Amazon - Amazon utilizes big, tidy and neat CSS Sprites.