CSS Types: Tags, Classes, and IDs
WordPress is a great tool for building websites — one of its strengths is that you don't need to know code. But I've found it incredibly useful to know…
Creating a Box in CSS
One of the beauties of CSS is being able to create a box — or container — of information. The placement of the box depends on its relationship with surrounding…
Seeing the Boxes: Understanding CSS Layout
In the last post we covered creating a single box in CSS. Now let's expand that and talk about nested boxes — which is how you'll use boxes in an actual page…
Creating Nested Boxes in CSS
In the last post we discussed seeing the boxes in a page layout. Now let's write the CSS to create those boxes. The beauty of CSS is the ability to place…
Basic CSS for Links
I was asked recently how to use CSS to format links on a web page. This is a foundational skill — CSS gives you complete control over how links look in every…
CSS Absolute and Relative Positioning
For a long time, absolute and relative positioning confused me — and honestly, it still trips me up occasionally. But the more I work with it, the more it…
Background Colors and Gradients in CSS
We've covered adding background images to web pages — both as a full-page background and as backgrounds for boxes within the page. In this post, let's look at…
Adding Background Images in CSS
Background images add a lot of visual interest to a website. Not only can we have a background image for the entire page, but each box (container) can have its…