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CSS, the missing manual, David Sawyer McFarland

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David Sawyer McFarland

The missing manual

the missing manual

This book combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, a dash of humor, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show you ways to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers. Create HTML that's simpler, uses less code, is search-engine friendly, and works well with CSS, style text by changing fonts, colors, font sizes, and adding borders. Create complex layouts using CSS, including multi-column designs that do not require using old techniques like HTML tables and turn simple HTML links into complex and attractive navigation bars-complete with CSS-only rollover effects that add interactivity to your Web pages, and style images to create effective photo galleries and special effects like CSS-based drop shadowsCascading Style Sheets can turn humdrum websites into highly-functional, professional-looking destinations, but many designers merely treat CSS as window-dressing to spruce up their site's appearance. You can tap into the real power of this tool with CSS: The Missing Manual. This second edition combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show you how to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers. Witty and entertaining, this second edition gives you up-to-the-minute pro techniques. You'll learn how to:Create HTML that's si

Part 1. CSS basics. Rethinking HTML for CSS -- Creating styles and style sheets -- Selector basics: identifying what to style -- Saving time with style inheritance -- Managing multiple styles: the cascade -- Part 2. Applied CSS. Formatting text -- Margins, padding, and borders -- Adding graphics to web pages -- Sprucing up your site's navigation -- Formatting tables and forms -- Part 3. CSS page layout. Building float-based layouts -- Positioning elements on a web page -- Part 4. Advanced CSS. CSS for the printed page -- Improving your CSS habits -- CSS 3: CCS on the edgeHTML Present: Scaffolding for CSSWriting HTML for CSS; Think Structure; Two New HTML Tags to Learn; HTML to Forget; Tips to Guide Your Way; The Importance of the Doctype; Getting the Most out of Internet Explorer 8; Creating Styles and Style Sheets; Anatomy of a Style; Understanding Style Sheets; Internal or External--How to Choose; Internal Style Sheets; External Style Sheets; Linking a Style Sheet Using HTML; Linking a Style Sheet Using CSS; Tutorial: Creating Your First Styles; Creating an Inline Style; Creating an Internal Style Sheet; Creating an External Style SheetSelectors: Identifying What to StyleTag Selectors: Page-Wide Styling; Class Selectors: Pinpoint Control; ID Selectors: Specific Page Elements; Styling Groups of Tags; Constructing Group Selectors; The Universal Selector (Asterisk); Styling Tags Within Tags; The HTML Family Tree; Building Descendent Selectors; Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements; Styles for Links; Styling Paragraph Parts; More Pseudo-Classes and -Elements; :before; :after; :first-child; :focus; Advanced Selectors; Child Selectors; Adjacent Siblings; Attribute Selectors; Tutorial: Selector Sampler; Creating a Group SelectorCreating and Applying a Class SelectorCreating a Descendent Selector; Creating and Applying an ID Selector; Finishing Touches; Saving Time with Style Inheritance; What Is Inheritance?; How Inheritance Streamlines Style Sheets; The Limits of Inheritance; Tutorial: Inheritance; A Basic Example: One Level of Inheritance; Using Inheritance to Restyle an Entire Page; Inheritance Inaction; Managing Multiple Styles: The Cascade; How Styles Cascade; Inherited Styles Accumulate; Nearest Ancestor Wins; The Directly Applied Style Wins; One Tag, Many Styles; Specificity: Which Style WinsThe Tiebreaker: Last Style WinsControlling the Cascade; Changing the Specificity; Selective Overriding; Starting with a Clean Slate; Tutorial: The Cascade in Action; Resetting CSS and Styling from Scratch; Creating a Hybrid Style; Overcoming Conflicts; Formatting Text; Formatting Text; Choosing a Font; Serif fonts; Sans-serif fonts; Monospaced and fun fonts; Additional fonts to consider; Adding Color to Text; Hexadecimal color notation; RGB; Changing Font Size; Using Pixels; Using Keywords, Percentages, and Ems; Keywords; Percentages; Ems; Formatting Words and Letters; Italicizing and Bolding