August 2004
Intermediate to advanced
272 pages
5h 17m
English
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Contents of This Book
The most common way I use a book like this is to crack it open from time to time when trying to solve a particular problem. To that end, this book will serve well on a web builder’s desk—always within reach to resolve a problem with CSS. However, you are still free to read the book from the first page to the last.
The following paragraphs review the contents of each chapter:
Chapter 1, discusses how to use CSS to specify fonts in web pages, headings, pull quotes, and indents within paragraphs, as well as other solutions.
Chapter 2, covers a loose collection of items that don’t necessarily fit in every chapter, but that all carry a theme of affecting the design of the overall page. Solutions in this chapter include centering elements, setting a background image, placing a border on a page, and other techniques.
Chapter 3, shows how to use CSS to control the presentation of a link and sets of links. Solutions range from the basic, like removing the underlining from links, to the more complex, such as creating a dynamic visual menu.
Chapter 4, describes how to style the basic list items in various ways. Solutions include cross-browser indentation, making hanging indents, inserting custom images for list markers, and more.
Chapter 5, discusses ways to work around the basic ways browsers render forms. Solutions reviewed in this chapter include setting styles to specific form elements, setting a submit once-only button, and styling a login form.
Chapter 6, shows how ...
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