Css Cookbook,9780596005764

Css Cookbook

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ISBN13: 9780596005764
ISBN10: 0596005768
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2004-08-01
Publisher(s): Oreilly & Associates Inc
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Summary

CSS Cookbook cuts straight through the theory to provide hundreds of useful examples and CSS code recipes you can use immediately to format your web pages. Reflecting CSS2 and including topics that range from basic web typography and page layout to techniques for formatting lists, forms, and tables, the CSS Cookbook is a must-have resource for any web author who has even considered using CSS.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Preface xi
Web Typography
1(37)
Specifying Fonts and Inheritance
2(3)
Specifying Font Measurements and Sizes
5(4)
Enforcing Font Sizes
9(1)
Setting a Simple Initial Cap
10(1)
Setting a Larger, Centered Initial Cap
11(2)
Setting an Initial Cap with Decoration (Imagery)
13(2)
Creating a Heading with Stylized Text
15(2)
Creating a Heading with Stylized Text and Borders
17(2)
Stylizing a Heading with Text and an Image
19(2)
Creating a Pull Quote with HTML Text
21(1)
Creating a Pull Quote with Borders
22(2)
Creating a Pull Quote with Images
24(3)
Setting the Indent in the First Line of a Paragraph
27(1)
Setting the Indent of Entire Paragraphs
28(3)
Setting Text to Be Justified
31(1)
Styling the First Line of a Paragraph
32(1)
Styling the First Line of a Paragraph with an Image
33(2)
Creating a Highlighted Text Effect
35(1)
Changing Line Spacing
36(2)
Page Elements
38(29)
Eliminating Page Margins
38(2)
Coloring the Scrollbar
40(3)
Centering Elements on a Web Page
43(5)
Setting a Background Image
48(1)
Creating a Line of Background Images
49(1)
Placing a Background Image
50(3)
Fixing the Background Image
53(3)
Placing a Page Border
56(2)
Customizing a Horizontal Rule
58(4)
Example Design: Setting Up a Dynamic Splash Page
62(5)
Links and Navigation
67(32)
Removing Underlines from Links
67(2)
Setting Text to Blink
69(1)
Setting Style Decorations Other Than Underlines
70(1)
Changing Cursors
71(2)
Creating Rollovers Without JavaScript
73(1)
Creating Nongraphical Menus with Rollovers
74(4)
Creating Collapsible Menus
78(2)
Building Horizontal Menus
80(5)
Creating Breadcrumb Navigation
85(3)
Creating Image-Based Rollovers
88(4)
Designing a Dynamic Visual Menu
92(3)
Creating Contextual Menus
95(4)
Lists
99(12)
Changing the Format of a List
100(1)
Writing Cross-Browser Indentation in Lists
101(1)
Creating Custom Text Markers for Lists
102(2)
Creating Custom Image Markers for Lists
104(2)
Creating Inline Lists
106(1)
Making Hanging Indents in a List
107(1)
Moving the Marker Inside the List
108(3)
Forms
111(28)
Setting Styles for Input Elements
111(4)
Setting Styles for textarea Elements
115(1)
Setting Styles for Select and Option Elements
116(3)
Creating Form Buttons
119(3)
Setting Up a Submit-Once-Only Button
122(1)
Designing a Web Form Without Tables
123(2)
Sample Design: A Login Form
125(4)
Sample Design: A Registration Form
129(10)
Tables
139(19)
Setting the Cell Spacing
139(2)
Setting the Borders and Cell Padding
141(2)
Setting the Styles Within Table Cells
143(1)
Removing Gaps from Table Cells with Images
144(2)
Setting Styles for Table Header Elements
146(2)
Sample Design: An Elegant Calendar
148(10)
Page Layouts
158(30)
Developing Hybrid Layouts Using HTML Tables and CSS
159(5)
Building a One-Column Layout
164(1)
Building a Two-Column Layout
165(5)
Building a Two-Column Layout with Fixed-Width Columns
170(3)
Creating a Flexible Multicolumn Layout with Floats
173(3)
Creating a Fixed-Width Multicolumn Layout with Floats
176(3)
Creating a Flexible Multicolumn Layout with Positioning
179(3)
Creating a Fixed-Width Multicolumn Layout with Positioning
182(2)
Designing an Asymmetric Layout
184(4)
Print
188(16)
Creating a Printer-Friendly Page
189(2)
Making a Web Form Print-Ready
191(3)
Inserting URLs After Links
194(1)
Sample Design: A Printer-Friendly Page with CSS
195(9)
Hacks and Workarounds
204(9)
Hiding Certain Styles from Netscape Navigator 4.x
205(2)
Delivering Alternative Values to Internet Explorer 5.x for Windows
207(3)
Removing Web Page Flicker in Internet Explorer 5.x for Windows
210(1)
Keeping Background Images Stationary in Internet Explorer 6 for Windows
211(1)
Keeping CSS Rules from Internet Explorer 5 for Macintosh
212(1)
Designing with CSS
213(26)
Enlarging Text Excessively
213(2)
Creating Unexpected Incongruity
215(3)
Combining Unlike Elements to Create Contrast
218(1)
Leading the Eye with Contrast
219(3)
Building a Panoramic Image Presentation
222(3)
Combining Different Image Formats
225(5)
Making Word Balloons
230(3)
Emphasizing a Quotation
233(3)
Placing a Drop Shadow Behind an Image
236(3)
Appendix: Resources 239(6)
Index 245

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