We’ve discussed adding background images to our web pages – as a background for the entire page and as a background for boxes within our web pages. In this post, let’s look at adding background colors (which we’ve covered a bit already) and using gradients as our backgrounds.
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Background images add a lot of interest to a website. Not only can we have a background image for the entire site, but each box (container) can have it’s own background image. Let’s start by looking at CSS properties relevant to background images, then we’ll look at some examples.
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In our last post we discussed ‘seeing’ the boxes. In this post, let’s look at creating those boxes. The beauty of CSS is the ability to place items where we want to on a page. Much of this placement is handled by using nested boxes (aka containers).
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In the last post we covered how to create boxes within CSS. Let’s expand that and discuss how we do nested boxes – which is most likely how we will be using boxes within a webpage layout. One box for the entire page, then a collection of boxes within the main box. (By the way,
One of the beauties of CSS is being able to create a box (container) of information. The placement of the box is dependent on its relationship with the surrounding elements and what we call the parent containers. Without going into that kind of detail (at least in this post), let’s discuss how to create a
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Let’s start with the first CSS declaration in almost any CSS style sheet:
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There are more and more options available for creating your own website. As an owner of a web design business, I have mixed feelings about this. But, I tend to think the world is big enough for all kinds of opportunities. I think it is exciting how technology has advanced to the degree that it
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CSS gets a lot of attention these days…in the web design arena. And, rightly so. CSS makes it easier to maintain or update a site. CSS is efficient and effective. Efficient in that it with one small change inside CSS, I can change all my headings on the site to a different size or a
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There are a variety of options available for learning how to use Photoshop or Illustrator or Dreamweaver or any of the other Adobe products. As a trainer for over 15 years, I’ve experienced the various options from the trainer perspective and have observed students thrive in one setting and not the other. If you are
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