CSS In Easy Steps

by Mike Mcgrath

• ISBN13: 9781840783643
• ISBN10: 1840783648
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-11-17
• Publisher: In Easy Steps Limited

Summary

Since being introduced in the late nineties, Cascading Style Sheets or CSS has become an indispensable tool for every web creator and author. CSS gives web designers complete control over how an HTML page looks without using unwieldy HTML tags. CSS in easy steps teaches you all the basics of this exciting web technology. With its easy-to-understand text, illustrated examples and cut-to-the-chase sidebars, this primer provides the keys to choosing font styles, controlling text content, styling content boxes, formatting backgrounds, creating dynamic effects, and much more. The book's detailed table of contents, chapter summaries, and index will enable you to troubleshoot problems instantly.

Table of Contents

Getting started
Introducing CSS	p. 8
Understanding the cascade	p. 9
Creating style rules	p. 10
Applying internal style rules	p. 12
Linking an external stylesheet	p. 14
Importing other style sheets	p. 16
Summary	p. 18
Selecting targets	p. 18
Selecting by class	p. 22
Selecting by identity	p. 23
Selecting descendants	p. 24
Selecting by relationship	p. 26
Selecting by attribute	p. 28
Selecting partial attributes	p. 30
Evaluating importance	p. 32
Summary	p. 34
Styling boxes	p. 35
Recognizing content boxes	p. 36
Changing display formats	p. 38
Sizing the content area	p. 40
Controlling borders	p. 42
Adding padding	p. 44
Setting margins	p. 46
Painting colors	p. 48
Repeating backgrounds	p. 50
Positioning backgrounds	p. 52
Summary	p. 54
Controlling layout	p. 55
Centering content boxes	p. 56
Positioning boxes absolutely	p. 58
Stacking content boxes	p. 60
Positioning boxes relatively	p. 62
Fixing constant positions	p. 64
Floating content boxes	p. 66
Clipping & handling overflow	p. 68
Constructing columns	p. 70
Summary	p. 72
Formatting text	p. 73
Suggesting a font	p. 74
Specifying font size	p. 76
Adjusting font weight	p. 78
Varying font styles	p. 80
Using the font shorthand	p. 82
Aligning text	p. 84
Indenting & spacing text	p. 86
Decorating text	p. 88
Governing space & direction	p. 90
Summary	p. 92
Arranging data	p. 93
Setting table columns	p. 94
Spacing table cells	p. 96
Collapsing table borders	p. 98
Assigning table features	p. 100
Choosing list markers	p. 102
Positioning list markers	p. 104
Summary	p. 106
Generating effects	p. 107
Inserting text enhancements	p. 108
Numbering document sections	p. 110
Highlighting important content	p. 112
Providing special cursors	p. 114
Outlining page components	p. 116
Indicating current focus	p. 118
Displaying hyperlink status	p. 120
Reacting to user events	p. 122
Interacting with CSS buttons	p. 124
Moving CSS tabs	p. 126
Hiding & revealing elements	p. 128
Summary	p. 130
Following guidelines	p. 131
Resetting browser defaults	p. 132
Organizing your code	p. 134
Optimizing style rules	p. 136
Employing multiple classes	p. 138
Validating style sheets	p. 140
Compressing code files	p. 142
Summary	p. 144
Customizing pages	p. 145
Recognizing media	p. 146
Adding page structure	p. 148
Specifying default styles	p. 150
Specifying reverse styles	p. 152
Improving readability	p. 154
Reverting to legacy styles	p. 156
Providing handheld styles	p. 158
Setting printer styles	p. 160
Summary	p. 162
Looking ahead	p. 163
Rounding corners	p. 164
Reducing opacity	p. 166
Adding shadows	p. 168
Creating resizable containers	p. 170
Summary	p. 172
Reference section	p. 173
Properties and values	p. 174
Selectors	p. 181
Pseudo-classes	p. 184
Pseudo-elements	p. 186
Index	p. 187
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