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Contents
The Missing Credits ........................................ ix
Introduction ..............................................xiii
What Is CSS? ..................................................... xiii
What You Need to Know ........................................... xiv
HTML: The Barebones Structure .................................... xiv
Document Types .................................................. xiv
How HTML Tags Work ..............................................xv
HTML5: More Tags to Choose From .................................x vii
Software for CSS .................................................xvii
About This Book ................................................. xviii
The Very Basics ....................................................xx
About the Online Resources ........................................ xxi
Safari® Books Online ..............................................xxii
Part One: CSS Basics
CHAPTER 1:
HTML and CSS ............................................. 3
HTML: Past and Present .............................................3
Writing HTML for CSS ...............................................5
The Importance of the Doctype .....................................17
How CSS Works ...................................................19
CHAPTER 2:
Creating Styles and Style Sheets ...........................21
Anatomy of a Style ................................................. 21
Understanding Style Sheets .........................................24
Internal Style Sheets ...............................................25
External Style Sheets ...............................................26
Tutorial: Creating Your First Styles ...................................27
CHAPTER 3:
Selectors: Identifying What to Style ...................... 41
Type Selectors: Styling HTML Tags ...................................42
Class Selectors: Pinpoint Control ....................................43
ID Selectors: Specific Page Elements .................................46
Styling Groups of Tags ..............................................49
Styling Tags Within Tags ............................................50
Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements ...............................55
