Question

In this page following CSS to draw 12 point burst, how can I put some text inside it (in current form it does not show text inside text, I test z-index without success)?

How can I draw a 12 burst border in it most clean manner?

#burst-12 {
    background: red;
    width: 80px;
    height: 80px;
    position: relative;
    text-align: center;
}
#burst-12:before, #burst-12:after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    height: 80px;
    width: 80px;
    background: red;
}
#burst-12:before {
    -webkit-transform: rotate(30deg);
       -moz-transform: rotate(30deg);
        -ms-transform: rotate(30deg);
         -o-transform: rotate(30deg);
}
#burst-12:after {
    -webkit-transform: rotate(60deg);
       -moz-transform: rotate(60deg);
        -ms-transform: rotate(60deg);
         -o-transform: rotate(60deg);
}

Answer 1

All you need is to nest another element inside the burst container:

<div id="burst-12"><span>I am the text</span></div>

Then you can style it the way you want:

#burst-12 span {
 display:block;
 position:absolute;
 z-index:2;
}

You’ll find a very basic example here.