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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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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I was asked recently how to use CSS to format links on a web page. This is a very basic introductory tutorial. There are many additional features one can use to spice up your buttons, but this will get you started. In this brief tutorial, I define how I want my links to appear via
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For a long time, the use of Absolute and Relative positioning has confused me..and it still does sometimes, but I think I am understanding it more and more. In this video, Kevin Powell explains how Absolute positioning works with Relative positioning when it comes to placing elements on the page.
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