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CSS Tutorials

CSS Tutorials

Welcome to the CSS Tutorials. In this section we cover Cascading Style Sheets, the powerful supplement to HTML that allows you complete control over the look of your websites. We'll show you how to create Cascading Style Sheets, and some of the cool tricks you can achieve with them.

For Beginners...

variants might be assigned values for font-weightas shown in Table 5-3.

Table 5-1. Hypothetical Weight Assignments for a Specific Font

The first three number values are assigned to the lightest weight.The Regular face gets the keywords 400 andnormal, as expected. Since there is a Medium font,it's assigned to the number 500. There isnothing to assign to 600, so it's mapped tothe Bold font face, which is also the variant to which

Introduction to CSS
This tutorial covers the basics: what are style sheets? How do I make a style sheet? It also shows some of the cool things you can do with style sheets.

CSS Units
A description of all the units that can be used with CSS, including lengths, percentages, colours and URL's.

For Intermediate Users...

Controlling Background Images and Colours
Learn how to use CSS properties to add background images and colour to your Web pages. Lots of neat tricks and examples are included!

Controlling Fonts with CSS
In this tutorial we take a look at how to control the fonts used in your page body text, using the various font properties that can be controlled with style sheets.

Controlling Text Appearance with CSS
This tutorial shows you how to control the layout of your text using the text properties available in CSS, such as line spacing and text alignment.

Making Lists Look Nicer with CSS
You can really go to town with HTML lists when you add a sprinkle of CSS! This tutorial shows you how to make your lists stand out from the crowd.

For Advanced Users...

CSS Positioning
This tutorial teaches you how to use CSS to position images, text, and other elements on your Web pages. Essential reading for anyone who wants to start using CSS for layout.



when the mouse pointer hovers over them, as illustrated in Figure 10-9.

Figure 10-9

Figure 10-9. Hover styles

As a matter of fact, the rule for A:hover would be used while the pointer hovers over any anchor, not just a hyperlink. While some other pseudo-classes, like :link and :visited , are constrained to the A element in HTML, the same is not true of :hover. User agents could, in theory, allow the assignment of hover styles to any element, like this: