Book description
CSS is a language for describing the presentation of elements in a document marked up in HTML. It enables you to rapidly create Web designs that can be shared by multiple pages, accelerates development time, and is the essential tool for building standards-compliant sites. This low-priced pocket guide works as a concise introduction to CSS3 and serves as a handy reference. In it readers will learn
The core concepts of CSS
How to format text with CSS
How to apply CSS style rules to markup
How to build multicolumn layouts without using tables
And much more
This pocket guide along with the HTML Pocket Guide and the JavaScript Pocket Guide make creating standard-compliant websites a breeze. Learn core concepts or skip to the parts you need to solve an immediate problem. They're exactly the resource that every Web designer needs.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- About the Author
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. CSS Basics
- 2. Web Browsers
- 3. Selectors
- 4. Measurements, URLs, and Color Units
- 5. The Box Model
- 6. Positioning and Floats
- 7. Page Layouts
- 8. Backgrounds and Borders
- 9. Typography and Web Fonts
- 10. Lists and Tables
- 11. Forms and User Interface Elements
- 12. Media: Printing and Other Devices
- 13. Resets and Frameworks
- 14. The Not Too Distant Future of CSS
- Index
Product information
- Title: The CSS Pocket Guide
- Author(s):
- Release date: October 2010
- Publisher(s): Peachpit Press
- ISBN: 9780132345385
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