Book description
Completely updated material and new examples show you what CSS can do
With the latest versions of Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, and other browsers released, CSS is more essential than ever. This beginner guide demonstrates how cascading style sheets can be used to define styles to items in Web pages, rather than format each item individually. Each lesson in this full-color book has been methodically revised to be more concise and efficient, making your learning experience as productive as possible.
Covers the latest in CSS, including the new features of Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, and Google Chrome
Reviews the vast improvements to mobile browsers and how CSS can work with them
Provides helpful examples and walks you through real-world solutions to common hurdles
Discusses embedded fonts, compatibility tables, and cross-browser bug scenarios
Beginning CSS, Third Edition gets you completely up to date so that you can start using CSS in the newest Web and mobile browsers today!
Table of contents
- BEGINNING CSS
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- ABOUT THE AUTHORS
- CREDITS
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- INTRODUCTION
- PART I: The Basics
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PART II: Properties
- CHAPTER 5: Applying Font Faces
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CHAPTER 6: Manipulating the Display of Text
- LINE HEIGHT
- CONTROLLING THE SPACING BETWEEN LETTERS
- CONTROLLING THE SPACING BETWEEN WORDS
- INDENTING TEXT
- HORIZONTALLY ALIGNING TEXT
- DECORATING TEXT WITH UNDERLINES, OVERLINES, OR STRIKETHROUGH
- TRANSFORMING LETTER-CASE TO LOWERCASE OR UPPERCASE OR CAPITALIZING THE INITIAL CHARACTERS OF WORDS
- CONTROLLING HOW WHITE SPACE IS HANDLED
- CHAPTER 7: Background Colors and Images
- CHAPTER 8: The Box Model: Controlling Margins, Borders, Padding, Width, and Height
- CHAPTER 9: Floating and Vertical Alignment
- CHAPTER 10: Styling Lists
- CHAPTER 11: Positioning
- CHAPTER 12: Styling Tables
- CHAPTER 13: Create a Complete Layout
- PART III: Advanced CSS and Alternative Media
- APPENDIX A: Answers to Exercises
- APPENDIX B: Additional CSS Resources
- APPENDIX C: CSS Reference
- APPENDIX D: CSS Colors
- Index
Product information
- Title: Beginning CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, Third Edition
- Author(s):
- Release date: June 2011
- Publisher(s): Wrox
- ISBN: 9780470891520
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