Cascading Style Sheets

Taking a Tumble with CSS

What does the term cascade mean for style sheets? It means that a CSS rule tumbles down through the code, and sometimes bumps into a conflicting rule.

The cascade is about what programmers call [more…]

Specifying Size and Position with CSS

In a CSS style definition (or rule), you can describe positions and sizes in many ways, using may different units of measurement. You can often choose whatever unit you want, although certain specific [more…]

Expanding Efficiency with Cascading Style Sheets

Defining a style in one location as CSS does has several advantages. First, it eliminates redundancy: You don't have to keep specifying its font size and color each time you use the <h1> tag in your document [more…]

Common CSS Properties in Microsoft Expression Web

This table represents the Expression Web properties you specify to use in the New/Modify Style dialog box and the CSS Properties task pane. (This table does not include all CSS properties available in [more…]

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript Code Hints

As a Web designer, you use some bits of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript code frequently but not often enough to commit to memory. The following HTML code, CSS style, and JavaScript hints are handy when you are [more…]

Common CSS Attributes

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allow a programmer to create and apply various styles, such as color and formatting, to text and Web page layout. The following table lists the CSS attributes you will use [more…]

Using Cascading Style Sheets, or CSS

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a styling language that enables you to create a more attractive, well-designed Web site and make it much easier to manage and organize. Here are three basic reasons that [more…]

Basic HTML and CSS Markup for WordPress Themes

When you work with WordPress themes to create web designs, you use basic HTML, combined with CSS styling, to accomplish the formatting and styling you desire for your Web site. Here's a rundown of some [more…]

Setting Up CSS in HTML

CSS is a style sheet language used to define the appearance and formatting of a document written in a markup language — often HTML. A style in this sense is a set of text-formatting instructions, such [more…]

CSS References and Resources

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) give you more flexibility in your website's formatting and layout, as well as letting you make global changes to all the pages on your site. The following table lists some [more…]