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CSS Introduction
-HTML Structure and Content, CSS Presentation
-Advantages of CSS
-Creating and Using Style-Sheets
-CSS Rules: The Basic Syntax
-Case, Whitespace and Comments in CSS
-The CSS Standards
-The Scope Of CSS
-Browser Support for CSS
-Hands-on Exercises
CSS Boxes and CSS Selectors
-The CSS Box Model
-CSS and Logical HTML Structure
-Styling Boxes: Borders, Margins and Padding
-The IE Box Model and Quirks Mode
-IE Box Model Workarounds
-Using IE6 Standards Mode
-Specifying CSS Distances
-Problems with Absolute Units: pixels and point sizes
-Using Proportional Units: em, ex and percentages
-Formatting Box Edges Differently
-Shorthand Syntax for Sets of Edges
-Using Margins and Padding Effectively
-Collapsing Vertical Margins on Paragraphs
-Using Negative Margins on Boxes
-Background Images on CSS Boxes
-Grouping Elements with HTML Classes
-Styling Multiple Elements Similarly (Selector Grouping)
-Block Boxes and Inline Boxes
-Block Box Behaviour
-nline Box Behaviour
-Hands-on Exercises
Text Formatting in CSS
-Text Formatting
-Typefaces, Alternatives and Defaults
-Text Size — a Serious Usability Issue
-Font Characteristics
-Setting and Using Space Within Text
-Formatting Blocks of Text
-Using Arbitrary Inline Tags: <span>
-Hands-on Exercises
More CSS Selectors and Selection
-Using HTML Element IDs in CSS
-Using CSS Descendant Selectors
-Descendant Selector Examples
-Child, Sibling and Pseudo-Class Selectors
-Why You Need To Know Them
-Browser Support and CSS Hacks
-Distinguishing and Setting Link States
-Link, Visited, Hover, Active, Focus
-Modularising CSS Style-Sheets
-Simpler Management, Less Effort, More Control
-Embedded CSS Styles in HTML Documents
-How and When to Use Them (Rarely).
-Distinguishing Print, Screen and other Output Formats
-Special Issues in CSS for Print
-Hands-on Exercises
CSS Positioning
-Choosing the Right CSS
-Technique for Positioning Blocks
-The Position Property, Floats, Margins (inc. Negative and Auto), etc
-Static Positioning and Normal Flow
-Absolute Positioning Outside Normal Flow
-Relative Positioning
-Fixed Positioning Outside Normal Flow
-Relative Absolute Positioning
-Absolutely Positioned Blocks in Relatively Positioned Containers
-Floating Boxes with the CSS float property
-Page Layout Using Absolutely Positioned Blocks
-Hands-on Exercises |
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More on CSS Page Layout
-Alternative Methods of CSS Positioning
-Centring Blocks
-Styling Lists
-Redefining the Behaviour of Inline and Block Elements
-Hiding and Revealing Blocks
-Table Formatting in CSS
-Styling Table Cell Borders
-Page Layout with Table Display Properties
-Hands-on Exercises
Cascade, Precedence, Specificity and Inheritance in CSS
-Taking Control: Ensuring that CSS Rules Interact in the Way You Want
-Combining Styles: Different Types, Origins, Importance, Specificity and Order
-Examples: Combining Rules
-Cascading and Cascade Order
-Resolving Style Conflicts By Origin
-Resolving Style Conflicts By Importance
-Resolving Conflict By Selector Specificity
-Resolving Conflict By Order
-Non-CSS Presentational Hints
-Property Inheritance
-Hands-on Exercises
CSS Layers and Translucency
-Different Forms of Layered Presentation in CSS
-Layering with the z-index Property
-Different Methods for Creating Translucency Effects
-The CSS3 opacity Property
-opacity Example
-Fixed Attachment Backgrounds in Layers
-background-attachment Example
-Transparency and Semi-transpaency with Alpha-Blended PNG
-PNG Translucency Example and Sample Code
-Pseudo-Transparency with JPG Positioned Backgrounds
-JPG Pseudo Transparency Example
-Hands-on Exercises
Using CSS in the Real World
-Deploying CSS
-CSS Formatting Versus HTML Formatting
-Achieving a Balance
-Standard Tags and Semantic Markup
-Usability
-Readable Pages
-Screen Size and Fluid Design
-Text Size, Including Internet Explorer Quirks
-Table Layout and CSS Positioning
-Table Layout and CSS Positioning as Alternatives
-Combining Table Layout with CSS Positioning
-CSS Browser Support
-Testing Websites
-Using Test Suites and Multiple Browsers
-Cross-platform Testing in Single-platform Environments
-CSS Help and Advice
-Authorative Sources versus Web Myths and Gossip
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