Book description
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example allows you to learn the fundamentals of CSS by taking you through small, gradual steps. It provides examples using CSS in "real world" scenarios. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example follows a logical, linear teaching style that will ultimately have you using CSS to utilize more control over the appearance and styling of Web pages.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Tell Us What You Think!
- Introduction
- Creating Your First Style Sheet
- Understanding Basic Concepts
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Working with Colors, Fonts, and Text
- Working with Colors and Backgrounds
- Working with Fonts
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Working with Text and Links
- Using the Example File
- Horizontally Aligning Text
- Indenting the First Text Line
- Controlling the Line Height
- Controlling Letter and Word Spacing
- Setting Underlining, Overlining, and Other Highlighting
- Controlling Capitalization
- Setting Text Shadows
- Using the SPAN Element
- Controlling the Appearance of Links
- What's Next?
- Working with Block Elements and Objects
- Working with Lists and Tables
- Getting Deeper into Using Styles
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Validation and Compatibility
- Validating Your Style Sheet
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Providing for Backward Compatibility
- Using the Example File
- What About Non-Conforming Browsers?
- Using Gateway Pages and Browser Sniffers
- Participating in the Web Standards Project
- Using the LINK Element with a MEDIA Attribute
- Finding Out What Works (and Doesn't Work) in Which Browsers
- The Comment Bug
- A Practical Example
- Understanding How DocType Switching Works
- What's Next?
- Appendixes
Product information
- Title: Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) by Example
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2001
- Publisher(s): Que
- ISBN: 0789726173
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