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Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes
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Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes

by Russ Weakley
November 2005
Beginner
256 pages
3h 28m
English
Sams
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Chapter 12. Creating a Photo Gallery

In this lesson, you will learn how to create a photo gallery using a series of floated <div> elements. You will also learn how to use two backgrounds images to create a flexible container.

Creating a Thumbnail Gallery

First of all, you will need a series of thumbnail images and captions. Each thumbnail image and caption will be placed inside a <div> element. The caption will then be placed inside a <p> element as shown in Listing 12.1.

To make sure you don’t target every <div> on the page, you should apply the same classname to each one.

Example 12.1. HTML Code Containing the Markup for a Thumbnail Gallery

<div class="thumbnail"> <img src="chapter12c.jpg" alt=""> <p>A flower from my garden</p> </div> <div class="thumbnail"> ...
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