Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes

The short, focused lessons presented in Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes will help you quickly understand cascading style sheets (CSS) and how to immediately apply it to your work. Author Russ Weakley is a well-respected member of the CSS community and is known for his ability to make complicated concepts easy-to-understand for even inexperienced CSS users. With this book, you will cover the essentials for standards compliant techniques that are supported by the most common browsers. Once you master the basics, Weakley will also take you inside positioning, troubleshooting CSS, and handling common CSS bugs. Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes is the ultimate quick learning tool and handy desk reference guide to CSS.

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Russ Weakley has worked in the web design field for over 18 years. He is one of the principals for MaxDesign, a highly respected Australian design house. Russ currently is co-chairman of the Australian Web Standards Group, through which he assists web developers in understanding a variety of new technologies. He also is well-known in the CSS community for his CSS-based showcases and tutorials.

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Introduction.

    Who Is This Book For?

    How This Book Works.

    Online Support Files.

    Conventions Used in This Book.

1. Understanding CSS.

    What Is CSS?

    What Does Cascading Mean?

    Why Use CSS?

2. Using CSS Rules.

    Setting Up the HTML Code.

    Creating a Rule Set.

    Using Multiple Declarations.

    Combining Selectors.

    Using Shorthand Properties.

    Using Shorthand Borders.

    Using Shorthand Margins and Padding.

    Other Shorthand Properties.

3. Selectors in Action.

    Setting Up the HTML Code.

    Type Selectors.

    Class Selectors.

    ID Selectors.

    Descendant Selectors.

    Universal Selectors.

    Advanced Selectors.

4. Applying Styles.

    Setting Up the HTML Code.

    Applying Inline Styles.

    Using Header Styles.

    Using External Style Sheets.

    @import Styles.

    Hiding Styles from Older Browsers.

5. Getting to Know the CSS Box Model.

    Understanding Inline and Block Level Elements.

    Setting Box Width.

    Margins.

    Background Color and Background Image.

    Padding.

    Border.

    Content Area.

6. Adding Background Images.

    Setting Up the HTML Code.

    Creating Selectors to Style the Header.

    Adding background-image.

    Setting background-repeat.

    Adding background-position.

    Using the background Shortcut.

    Adding padding.

7. Formatting Text.

    Setting Up the HTML Code.

    Removing Font Elements.

    Creating the Selectors.

    Styling the <p> Element.

    Styling the First Paragraph.

    Converting to Shorthand.

8. Styling a Flexible Heading.

    Styling the Heading.

    Adding Color, Font Size, and Weight.

    Setting Text Options.

    Applying Padding and Borders.

    Adding a Background Image.

9. Styling a Round-Cornered Heading.

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