Styling Web Pages with CSS: Visual QuickProject Guide

Introduction

The Visual QuickProject Guide that you hold in your hands offers a unique way to learn about new technologies. Instead of drowning you in theoretical possibilities and lengthy explanations, this Visual QuickProject Guide uses big, color illustrations coupled with clear, concise step-by-step instructions to show you how to complete one specific project in a matter of hours.

Our project in this book is to create a compelling, standards-compliant Web site using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). We’ll use CSS in two main ways; first, we’ll use it for page layout, placing all of the text and images just where we want them on our pages. Then, we’ll use CSS to style the text, giving it the look we need for maximum impact. Along the way, you’ll ...