CSS : the missing manual

CSS lets you create professional-looking websites, but learning its finer points can be tricky—even for seasoned web developers. This fully updated edition provides the most modern and effective tips, tricks, and tutorial-based instruction on CSS available today. Learn how to use new tools such as Flexbox and Sass to build web pages that look great and run fast on any desktop or mobile device. Ideal for casual and experienced designers alike. The important stuff you need to know: * **Start with the basics.** Write CSS-friendly HTML, including the HTML5 tags recognized by today’s browsers. * **Design for mobile devices.** Create web pages that look great when visitors use them on the go. * **Make your pages work for you.** Add animations that capture the imagination, and forms that get the job done. * **Take control of page layouts.** Use professional design techniques such as floats and positioning. * **Make your layouts more flexible.** Design websites with Flexbox that adjust to different devices and screen sizes. * **Work more efficiently.** Write less CSS code and work with smaller files, using Syntactically Awesome Stylesheets (Sass). CSS3 lets you create professional-looking websites, but learning its finer points can be tricky-even for seasoned web developers. This fully updated fourth edition shows you how to take your HTML and CSS skills to the next level, with valuable tips, tricks, and tutorial-based instruction. Casual and experienced designers alike will quickly learn how to build web pages that look great and run fast on any desktop or mobile device. The important stuff you need to know: Start with the basics. Write CSS3-friendly HTML, including the HTML5 tags recognized by today's browsers. Apply real-world design. Format text, create navigation tools, and enhance pages with graphics. Make your pages lively. Create eye-catching animations and give your visitors attractive tables and forms. Take control of page layouts. Use professional design techniques such as floats and positioning. Look great on any device. Craft sites that adapt to desktop, tablet, and mobile browsers with responsive web design. Work quickly and efficiently. Learn timesaving techniques to make your pages easier to create, use, and maintain This book combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, a dash of humor, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show you ways to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers. Create HTML that's simpler, uses less code, is search-engine friendly, and works well with CSS, style text by changing fonts, colors, font sizes, and adding borders. Create complex layouts using CSS, including multi-column designs that do not require using old techniques like HTML tables and turn simple HTML links into complex and attractive navigation bars-complete with CSS-only rollover effects that add interactivity to your Web pages, and style images to create effective photo galleries and special effects like CSS-based drop shadows. HTML and CSS Creating styles and style sheets Selectors: identifying what to style Saving time with style inheritance Managing multiple styles: the cascade Formatting text Margins, padding, and borders Adding graphics to web pages Sprucing up your site's navigation CSS transforms, transitions, and animations Formatting tables and forms Introducing CSS layout Building float-based layouts Positioning elements on a web page Responsive web design Using a CSS grid system Modern web layout with Flexbox Improving your CSS habits More powerful styling with Sass.