The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks

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The CSS Anthology:
101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks
By Rachel Andrew

“The most complete question-and-answer book on CSS”

* Discover practical CSS page layouts you can put to use instantly.
* Combine CSS with images to create impressive visual effects.
* Troubleshoot CSS problems and learn to deal with alternative browsers.
* Save hours of maintenance by creating a site-wide style sheet.
* Customize each CSS solution to meet your specific needs.

 http://www.sitepoint.com/article/css-anthology-tips-tricks-1

Table Of Contents

- Here’s a look at the table of contents:

  1. Preface
    • Who Should Read This Book?
    • What’s Covered in This Book?
    • The Book’s Website
    • The SitePoint Forums
    • The SitePoint Newsletters
    • Your Feedback
    • Acknowledgements
  2. Getting Started with CSS
    • The Problem with HTML
    • Defining Styles with CSS
    • CSS Selectors
    • Summary
  3. Text Styling and Other Basics
    • How do I replace font tags with CSS?
    • Should I use pixels, points, ems or something else for font sizes?
    • How do I specify that my text is shown in a certain font?
    • How do I remove underlines from my links?
    • How do I create a link that changes color on mouseover?
    • How do I display two different styles of link on one page?
    • How do I add a background color to a heading?
    • How do I style headings with underlines?
    • How do I get rid of the large gap between an h1 tag and the following paragraph?
    • How do I highlight text on the page without using font tags?
    • How do I alter the line-height (leading) on my text?
    • How do I justify text?
    • How do I style a horizontal rule?
    • How do I indent text?
    • How do I center text?
    • How do I change text to all-capitals using CSS?
    • How do I change or remove the bullets on list items?
    • How do I use an image for a list item bullet?
    • How do I remove the indented left margin from a list?
    • How do I display a list horizontally?
    • How do I add comments to my CSS file?
    • How do I get rid of the page margins without adding attributes to the body tag?
    • Summary
  4. CSS and Images
    • How do I add a border to images?
    • How do I use CSS to replace the deprecated HTML border attribute on images?
    • How do I set a background image for my page with CSS?
    • How do I position my background image?
    • How do I make a background image that stays still while the text moves when the page is scrolled?
    • How do I set background images for other elements?
    • How do I place text on top of an image?
    • How do I add more than one background image to my document?
    • Summary
  5. Navigation
    • How do I replace image-based navigation with CSS?
    • How do I style a structural list as a navigation menu?
    • How do I use CSS to create rollover navigation without images or JavaScript?
    • Can I use CSS and lists to create a navigation system with sub-navigation?
    • How do I make a horizontal menu using CSS and lists?
    • How do I create button-like navigation using CSS?
    • How do I create tabbed navigation with CSS?
    • How do I change the cursor type?
    • How do I create rollovers in CSS without JavaScript?
    • Summary
  6. Tabular Data
    • How do I lay out spreadsheet data using CSS?
    • How do I ensure that my tabular data is accessible as well as attractive?
    • How do I add a border to a table without using the HTML border attribute?
    • How do I stop spaces appearing between the cells of my table when I’ve added borders using CSS?
    • How do I display spreadsheet data in an attractive and usable way?
    • How do I display table rows in alternating colors?
    • How do I change a table row’s background color on hover?
    • How do I display a calendar using CSS?
    • Summary
  7. Forms and User Interfaces
    • How do I style form elements using CSS?
    • How do I apply different styles to fields in a single form?
    • How do I stop my form creating additional white space and line breaks?
    • How do I make a submit button look like text?
    • How do I ensure that users with text-only devices understand how to complete my form?
    • How do I lay out a two-column form using CSS instead of a table?
    • How do I group related fields?
    • How do I style accesskey hints?
    • How do I use different colored highlights in a select menu?
    • I have a form that allows users to enter data as if into a spreadsheet. How do I style this with CSS?
    • How do I highlight the form field that the user clicks into?
    • Summary
  8. Browser and Device Support
    • In which browsers should I test my site?
    • I only have access to one operating system. How can I test in more of these browsers?
    • Is there a service that can show me how my site looks in various browsers?
    • Can I install multiple versions of Internet Explorer in Windows?
    • How do I test my site in a text-only browser?
    • How do I test my site in a screen reader?
    • How do I hide CSS from Netscape 4?
    • How do I display different styles for Netscape 4?
    • How do I add a message, which displays only in version 4 browsers, to explain why my site looks so plain?
    • How do I hide CSS from other browsers?
    • Why does my site look different in Internet Explorer 6 than it does in Mozilla?
    • I think I’ve found a CSS bug! What do I do?
    • Some of my content is appearing and disappearing in Internet Explorer 6! What should I do?
    • What do the error and warning messages in the W3C Validator mean?
    • How do I create style sheets for specific devices, such as screen readers or WebTV?
    • How do I create a print style sheet?
    • Some browsers allow users to choose a style sheet. How do I add alternate style sheets to my site?
    • How do I make a style sheet switcher?
    • How do I use alternate style sheets without duplicating code?
    • Summary
  9. CSS Positioning and Layout
    • How do I decide when to use a class and when to use an ID?
    • Can I make an inline element display as if it were block-level, and viceversa?
    • How do margins and padding work in CSS?
    • How do I get text to wrap around an image without using the HTML align attribute?
    • How do I stop the next element moving up when I use float?
    • How do I align my logo and strapline to the left and right without using a table?
    • How do I set an item’s position on the page using CSS?
    • How do I center a block on the page?
    • How do I create a liquid, two-column layout with the menu on the left, and the content on the right?
    • Can I reverse this layout and put the menu on the right?
    • How do I create a fixed-width, centered, two-column layout?
    • How do I create a three-column CSS layout?
    • How do I add a footer that works well, using CSS?
    • How do I display a thumbnail gallery without using a table?
    • Summary
  10. Experimentation, Browser Specific CSS, and Future Techniques
    • How do I build those colored scrollbars?
    • How do I create a menu that stays fixed while the page scrolls below it?
    • How do I get a fixed menu to work in Internet Explorer?
    • Can I create a page footer that remains fixed in position, like a frame, using CSS?
    • Can I create pure CSS drop-down menus?
    • Can you create rounded corners on CSS borders?
    • How do I create cross-browser, rounded corners using CSS?
    • How do I make elements translucent both in Mozilla-based browsers, and in Internet Explorer?
    • How do I use CSS to indicate to visitors which links are external?
    • Can I use CSS to insert text into my document?
    • How do I style the first line or first letter of a block?
    • Is it a bad thing to use effects that don’t work in some browsers?
    • Summary
  11. Index

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