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Introduction to Cascading Style Sheets. Exercise Files. www.missingmanuals.com Top nav bar, click on “Missing CDs” Sub nav bar, click on “C” Scroll down to: CSS3: The Missing Manual, Third Edition Tutorial Downloads link (.zip file). Course Objectives, Session 1.
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Exercise Files • www.missingmanuals.com • Top nav bar, click on “Missing CDs” • Sub nav bar, click on “C” • Scroll down to:CSS3: The Missing Manual, Third Edition • Tutorial Downloads link (.zip file)
Course Objectives, Session 1 • Chapter 1: HTML for CSS • Chapter 2: Creating Styles & Style Sheets • Chapter 3: Selectors; Identifying What to Style • Chapter 4: Saving Time with Style Inheritance • Homework Tutorial: Inheritance pg 97-102
Course Objectives, Session 2 • Chapter 5: Managing Multiple Styles, The Cascade • Chapter 6: Formatting Text • Chapter 7: Margins, Padding, and Borders • Chapter 8: Adding Graphics to Web Pages • Chapter 12: Introducing CSS Layout
What is CSS A core technology that allows you to efficiently create and modify web page layout and design. First appeared in 1996. Benefits of CSS • Separate style from basic structure • Create clean, standards compliant code • Develop and maintain websites quickly • Allows HTML to be used as it should be (structure content)
http://reference.sitepoint.com/css/css 3 Layers of Web Page Construction
Page 37 CSS Structure Declaration Property Value Selector p { color: red; font-size: 1.5em; } Declaration Block
The Box Model Margin Border Padding Page 101
Element Dimensions 10 px padding all around 300px W Content 300 + 10 + 10 = 320 px wide element
Element Dimensions 10 px padding all around 300px W Content 1 px border all around 300 + 10 + 10 = 320 px wide element 300 + 10 + 10 + 1 +1 = 322 px wide element
Element Dimensions 10 px padding all around 300px W Content 25 px margin-left 1 px border all around 300 + 10 + 10 = 320 px wide element 300 + 10 + 10 + 1 +1 = 322 px wide element 300 + 10 + 10 + 1 +1 + 25 = 347 px wide element
Element Dimensions 347 px wide 10 px padding all around 300px W Content 25 px margin-left 1 px border all around 300 + 10 + 10 = 320 px wide element 300 + 10 + 10 + 1 +1 = 322 px wide element 300 + 10 + 10 + 1 +1 + 25 = 347 px wide element