Cascading Style Sheets

A Beginner's Guide

By: James H. Pence

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Paperback | 26 November 2001

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Anybody who creates Web sites would benefit from learning how to use Cascading Style Sheets to streamline the design and consistency of their sites. This book is specifically targeted at people new to Cascading Style Sheets. It capitalizes on the established pedagogy of the Beginner's Guide series and covers areas such as: goals; ask the expert; 1-minute drills; annotated syntax; projects; and mastery checks. The book assumes that the reader does not have previous experience with Cascading Style Sheets and addresses the complete spectrum of design issues - from analysis to the finished product.

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Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. xix
A Painless Introduction to CSS
HTML and CSS: Focus on the Similarities	p. 3
A Brief History of HTML and CSS	p. 5
HTML's Documentary Origins	p. 5
HTML's Inherent Limitations	p. 5
Workarounds and Extensions	p. 7
CSS Develops Alongside of HTML	p. 8
Why CSS Seems Difficult	p. 9
Reasons to Learn CSS	p. 9
Review HTML Terms and Page Structure	p. 11
Create an HTML Sampler Page	p. 14
CSS and HTML: Focus on the Similarities	p. 17
Basic CSS Terminology	p. 17
Basic CSS Syntax	p. 19
Attaching Style Sheets	p. 20
Create Style Sheets	p. 22
Mastery Check	p. 24
Understanding and Using Selectors	p. 27
How Selectors Work	p. 28
Types of Selectors	p. 28
Understand Type Selectors	p. 29
Understand Descendent Selectors	p. 29
Understand Attribute Selectors	p. 31
Understand Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements	p. 32
Create an Unstyled Web Page	p. 33
Work with Type Selectors	p. 37
A List of Type Selectors	p. 37
Basic Type Selector Syntax	p. 38
Work with Descendent Selectors	p. 40
Understand the HTML Document Tree	p. 40
Using Descendent Selectors	p. 42
Apply Type and Descendent Selectors	p. 44
Work with Attribute Selectors	p. 47
Class Selectors	p. 47
ID Selectors	p. 48
Work with Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements	p. 51
Understand Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements	p. 51
Recognizing Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements	p. 53
Apply Class, ID, and "Pseudo" Selectors to Constitution.htm	p. 54
Mastery Check	p. 59
Surveying CSS Properties	p. 61
Understand Properties and their Functions	p. 62
Understand Properties	p. 62
Five Categories of Properties	p. 63
Construct an HTML Practice Page	p. 70
Working with Properties	p. 74
Control Text Arrangement with Text Properties	p. 74
Modify Fonts with Font Properties	p. 78
Add Color with Color/Background Properties	p. 80
Position Elements with Box Properties	p. 83
Control Display with Classification Properties	p. 86
Add More Style to Fred's Travel Adventures	p. 88
Mastery Check	p. 93
Applying Values	p. 95
Understand Values and Their Importance	p. 96
Different Value Types	p. 98
Specific Values	p. 98
URL Values	p. 100
Percentage Values	p. 101
Color Values	p. 102
Measurement Units	p. 102
Absolute vs. Relative Units	p. 105
Simplifying Color Values	p. 106
Understand Additive Color Mixing	p. 106
Easy Color Mixing	p. 108
Alternative Color Values	p. 110
Simplifying Measurement Units	p. 112
Create a Color Table	p. 112
Mastery Check	p. 119
Understanding Cascade and Inheritance	p. 121
Understand Inheritance	p. 122
How Inheritance Works	p. 122
Non-Inherited Properties	p. 125
Forcing Inheritance	p. 126
Determining Specificity	p. 127
How to Understand Specificity	p. 127
How to Calculate Specificity	p. 128
How to Use Specificity	p. 129
The limportant Declaration	p. 129
Understand the limportant Declaration	p. 130
How to Use limportant	p. 131
Understand the Cascade	p. 133
Competing Style Sheets	p. 134
Sort Out Style Sheets	p. 135
Experiment with Conflicting Styles and limportant	p. 137
Mastery Check	p. 143
Exploring the CSS Toolbox
Working with Font Properties	p. 147
CSS and Browser Compatibility	p. 148
Use "Safe" Properties and Values	p. 150
Test Your Pages	p. 151
Create Alternate Style Sheets	p. 151
Typewriters to Desktop Publishing	p. 152
The Web, [left angle bracket]font[right angle bracket], and HTML	p. 153
The Problem with HTML's [left angle bracket]font[right angle bracket] Element	p. 153
The Advantages of CSS Font Properties	p. 154
CSS 1 Font Properties	p. 155
The font-family Property	p. 155
The font-size Property	p. 158
The font-style Property	p. 163
The font-variant Property	p. 164
The font-weight Property	p. 166
The font: Shorthand Property	p. 171
CSS 2 Font Properties	p. 172
The font-stretch Property	p. 172
The font-size-adjust Property	p. 173
Applying Font Properties	p. 173
Mastery Check	p. 180
Work with Text Properties	p. 181
What Font Properties Do	p. 182
What Text Properties Do	p. 182
The CSS Text Properties	p. 183
Experiment with Text Properties	p. 184
Working with Text Properties	p. 187
The Word-Spacing Property	p. 187
The Letter-Spacing Property	p. 189
The Text-Decoration Property	p. 190
The Vertical-Align Property	p. 193
The Text-Align Property	p. 196
The Text-Transform Property	p. 197
The Text-Indent Property	p. 198
The Line-Height Property	p. 201
The Text-Shadow Property (CSS2)	p. 203
Create a Font Sampler	p. 204
Mastery Check	p. 210
Applying Color and Background Properties	p. 211
Add Color and Images	p. 212
CSS Overcomes HTML's Limitations	p. 213
The Color Property	p. 214
The Background-Color Property	p. 216
The Background-Image Property	p. 218
Add Colors and a Background Image	p. 221
Control Image Placement and Attachment	p. 224
The Backround-Repeat Property	p. 224
The Background-Attachment Property	p. 228
The Background-Position Property	p. 229
The background: (shorthand) Property	p. 233
Apply Background Properties	p. 234
Mastery Check	p. 239
Using Box Properties	p. 241
Understand the Box Model	p. 242
HTML Tables and the Box Model	p. 242
Box Model Basics	p. 244
Work with the Box Model	p. 249
The Box Properties	p. 251
The Margin Properties	p. 251
The Padding Properties	p. 256
The Border Properties	p. 259
Playing with the Box Properties	p. 267
Mastery Check	p. 270
Applying the Descriptive Properties	p. 271
Understand the Descriptive Properties	p. 272
Descriptive Properties and HTML	p. 272
Descriptive Properties and XML	p. 273
Descriptive Properties and Browser Compatibility	p. 274
The Display Property	p. 276
The display Property in CSS 1: Element Behavior Control	p. 276
The display Property in CSS 2: Heading-Related Values	p. 278
Table-Related Values	p. 281
Experiment with Display	p. 283
Project Summary	p. 286
The Other Descriptive Properties	p. 287
The white-space Property	p. 287
The list-style-type Property	p. 290
The list-style-image Property	p. 294
The list-style-position Property	p. 295
The list-style Property	p. 296
Create a Nested List	p. 298
Mastery Check	p. 302
Designing with CSS
The Visual Model	p. 305
Understand the Visual Model	p. 306
Box Generation	p. 306
Box Dimensions	p. 311
The Width and Height Properties	p. 315
The min-width and max-width Properties (CSS 2)	p. 316
The Min-Height and Max-Height Properties (CSS 2)	p. 317
Simple Layout with Float and Clear (CSS 1)	p. 318
The Float Property	p. 318
The Clear Property	p. 322
Create a Simple Layout with Float and Clear	p. 323
Element Positioning (CSS 1)	p. 327
Positioning Schemes	p. 327
The Position Property	p. 331
The Top, Right, Bottom, and Left Properties	p. 332
Playing with Blocks	p. 332
Mastery Check	p. 337
CSS Visual Effects	p. 339
Understand Overflow and Clip	p. 340
The Overflow Property	p. 340
The Clip Property	p. 346
Control Visibility and Layering	p. 351
The Visibility Property	p. 351
The z-Index Property	p. 354
Understand Dynamic HTML	p. 356
Create a Dynamic Web Page	p. 359
Mastery Check	p. 366
CSS and Site Design	p. 367
Understand Good Web Design	p. 368
Web Site Planning	p. 368
Web Site Design	p. 369
Plan a Web Site	p. 375
Design with Stylesheets	p. 376
Creating "Lean" Stylesheets	p. 376
Creating "Legible" Stylesheets	p. 378
Experiment with CSS Layouts	p. 380
Develop "Crash-Proof" Pages	p. 385
Well-Formed HTML Documents	p. 385
Valid HTML Documents	p. 387
Valid CSS	p. 389
Design for Cross-Browser Compatibility	p. 390
Compatibility Options	p. 390
Compatibility Resources	p. 393
Mastery Check	p. 395
Advanced CSS	p. 397
Understand CSS 2	p. 398
CSS 1 Property Categories	p. 398
CSS 2 Models and Property Categories	p. 399
Advanced CSS and the Beginner	p. 400
Understand Advanced Selectors	p. 401
The Universal Selector	p. 402
Advanced Descendent Selectors	p. 402
Attribute Selectors	p. 405
Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements	p. 406
Experiment with Advanced Selectors	p. 410
Advanced Properties	p. 414
Aural Style Sheets	p. 414
User Interface Properties	p. 415
Paged Media	p. 416
Font Specification Properties	p. 417
CSS 2 Resources	p. 418
Mastery Check	p. 420
Appendixes
Answers to Mastery Checks	p. 423
HTML and CSS: Focus on the Similarities	p. 424
Understanding and Using Selectors	p. 424
Surveying CSS Properties	p. 425
Applying Values	p. 425
Understanding Cascade and Inheritance	p. 426
Working with Font Properties	p. 427
Work with Text Properties	p. 428
Applying Color and Background Properties	p. 428
Using Box Properties	p. 429
Applying the Descriptive Properties	p. 430
The Visual Model	p. 431
CSS Visual Effects	p. 432
CSS and Site Design	p. 432
Advanced CSS	p. 433
CSS 1 Quick Reference	p. 435
HTML Selectors	p. 436
Pseudo-Class Selectors	p. 436
Pseudo-Element Selectors	p. 437
Font Properties	p. 437
Text Properties	p. 437
Margin Properties	p. 438
Padding Properties	p. 438
Border Style Properties	p. 439
Border Width Properties	p. 439
Border Color Properties	p. 440
Border Properties	p. 440
Color / Background Properties	p. 441
Descriptive Properties	p. 441
Positioning and Visual Effects Properties	p. 442
Index	p. 443
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