Book description
The short, focused lessons presented in Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes will help you quickly understand cascading style sheets (CSS) and how to immediately apply it to your work. Author Russ Weakley is a well-respected member of the CSS community and is known for his ability to make complicated concepts easy-to-understand for even inexperienced CSS users. With this book, you will cover the essentials for standards compliant techniques that are supported by the most common browsers. Once you master the basics, Weakley will also take you inside positioning, troubleshooting CSS, and handling common CSS bugs. Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes is the ultimate quick learning tool and handy desk reference guide to CSS.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- We Want to Hear from You!
- Reader Services
- Introduction
- 1. Understanding CSS
- 2. Using CSS Rules
- 3. Selectors in Action
- 4. Applying Styles
- 5. Getting to Know the CSS Box Model
- 6. Adding Background Images
- 7. Formatting Text
- 8. Styling a Flexible Heading
- 9. Styling a Round-Cornered Heading
- 10. Styling Links
- 11. Positioning an Image and Its Caption
- 12. Creating a Photo Gallery
- 13. Styling a Block Quote
- 14. Styling a Data Table
- 15. Creating Vertical Navigation
- 16. Creating Horizontal Navigation
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17. Styling a Round-Cornered Box
- Setting Up the HTML Code
- Creating the Illusion of Round Corners
- Creating Selectors to Style the Round-Cornered Box
- Preparing the Images
- Styling the <div> Element
- Styling the <h2> Element
- Styling the <p> Element
- Styling the .furtherinfo Class
- Styling the <a> Element
- Creating a Fixed-Width Variation
- Creating a Top-Only Flexible Variation
- Summary
- 18. Creating a Site Header
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19. Positioning Two Columns with a Header and a Footer
- Setting Up the HTML Code
- Creating Selectors to Style the Two-Column Layout
- Styling the <body> Element
- Styling the Container
- Styling the <h1> Element
- Styling the #nav Container
- Styling the <ul> Element
- Styling the <li> Element
- Styling the #content Container
- Styling the #footer Container
- Styling the <h2> Element
- Styling the <a> Element
- Summary
- 20. Styling a Page for Print
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21. Positioning Three Columns with a Header and a Footer
- Setting Up the HTML Code
- Creating Selectors to Style the Three-Column Layout
- Creating a Liquid-Layout Grid
- Creating the Background Images
- Styling the <body> Element
- Styling the <h1> Element
- Styling the <h2> and <h3> Elements
- Styling the First Container
- Styling the Second Container
- Styling the #content Column
- Styling the #news Column
- Styling the #nav Column
- Styling the <ul> Element
- Styling the #footer Element
- Summary
- 22. Troubleshooting CSS
Product information
- Title: Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2005
- Publisher(s): Sams
- ISBN: None
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