A basic overview for people interested in getting started with CSS.

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16. I hope you know HTML
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17. The most important
thing you need to
know...
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19. The Box Model
Margin 10
Border 5
Padding 10
10 5 10 200 x 80 10 5 10
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5
10
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20. width
padding-left
padding-right
border-left
+ border-right
Calculated Width
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21. Width = 250px
Margin 10
Border 5
Padding 10
10 5 10 200 x 80 10 5 10
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5
10
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22. height
padding-top
padding-bottom
border-top
+ border-bottom
Calculated Height
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23. Height = 130px
Margin 10
Border 5
Padding 10
10 5 10 200 x 80 10 5 10
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5
10
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24. Block Level Elements
Parent Element
width:auto
If no width declared all block
level elements within the parent
element will be set to 100%.
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25. Block Level Elements
Parent Element
width:200px
If you declare a width...well
your block level element will
have that width, regardless of
the parent element
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26. Absolute Elements
Parent Element
well hello there
well hello there...the box expands
If you don’t specify a width, the
box will expand with the
content. It will expand until
100% of the parent, then wrap.
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27. Floated Elements
Parent Element
well hello there
well hello there...the box expands
Mimics the behavior of
positioned elements.
Doesn’t depend on
relative positioning
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28. Rule of Thumb
Specify the width on:
• floated elements
• positioned elements either
fixed or absolute
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29. Inline Elements
Parent Element
well hello there
well hello there...the box expands
well hello there
well hello there...the box expands
Just really long, skinny boxes
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30. CSS Rule Set
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31. CSS Rule Set
Tells a browser how to render HTML boxes
Selector Declaration Block
Declaration Declaration
Property Value Property Value
body { color :black ; padding:1em ; }
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32. CSS Rule Set
Tells a browser how to render HTML elements
Selector Declaration Block
Declaration Declaration
Property Value Property Value
body { color :black ; padding:1em ; }
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33. Selector Declaration Block
Declaration Declaration
Property Value Property Value
body { color :black ; padding:1em ; }
Selector: “selects” an HTML
element that should be affected
by a rule set
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34. Selector Declaration Block
Declaration Declaration
Property Value Property Value
body { color :black ; padding:1em ; }
Declaration Block: anything
between the curly brackets
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35. Selector Declaration Block
Declaration Declaration
Property Value Property Value
body { color :black ; padding:1em ; }
Declaration: Tells the browser
how to draw any element on a
page that is selected
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36. Selector Declaration Block
Declaration Declaration
Property Value Property Value
body { color :black ; padding:1em ; }
Property: The aspects of the
HTML element that you are
choosing to style.
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37. Selector Declaration Block
Declaration Declaration
Property Value Property Value
body { color :black ; padding:1em ; }
Value: The exact style you want
to set for the property
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38. All together now
Declarations can be grouped.
p{
margin: 10px;
padding: 20px;
}
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39. All together now
Selectors can be grouped.
h1, h2, h3 {
padding:10px;
}
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40. CSS Shorthand
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41. Font
h1{
font-family: Arial;
font-size: 100%;
font-style: normal;
font-variant: small-caps;
font-weight: bold;
line-height:120%;
}
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42. Font
h1{
font: bold small-caps 100%/120% Arial;
}
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43. Font
style variant size line-height font-family
font: bold small-caps 100% 120% Arial ;
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44. Margin/Padding
p{
margin-top: 1px;
margin-right: 2px;
margin-bottom: 3px;
margin-left: 4px;
padding-top: 1px;
padding-right: 2px;
padding-bottom: 3px;
padding-left: 4px;
}
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45. Margin/Padding
T
L R
B
margin: 1px 2px 3px 4px;
padding: 1px 2px 3px 4px;
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46. Margin/Padding
T R B L
margin: 1px 2px 3px 4px;
padding: 1px 2px 3px 4px;
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47. Margin/Padding
T R/L B
margin: 1px 2px 3px 2px;
padding: 1px 2px 3px 2px;
T/B R/L
margin: 1px 2px 1px 2px;
padding: 1px 2px 1px 2px;
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48. Margin/Padding
T/R/B/L
margin: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
padding: 1px 1px 1px 1px;
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49. Comments
/* Comment */
margin: 1px 2px 3px 4px;
/*padding: 1px 2px 3px 4px;*/
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50. Document Tree
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51. <body>
<div id="container">
<h1>This is the document tree</h1>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet.</p>
<p>Lorem ipsum <strong>dolor</strong>
sit amet</p>
</div>
<div id="nav">
<ul>
<li>Item 1</li>
<li>Item 2</li>
<li>Item 3</li>
</ul>
</div>
</body>
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52. body
div div
h1 p p ul
em li li li
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53. body
div div
h1 p p ul
em li li li
Ancestor
Any element that’s connected but further
up the document tree, no matter how
many level higher.
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54. body
div div
h1 p p ul
em li li li
Descendant
Any element that’s connected but lower
down the document tree, no matter how
many levels lower.
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55. body
div div Parent
h1 p p ul Child
em li li li
Parent
Element that is directly above and connected
to an element in the document tree
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56. body
div div Parent
h1 p p ul Child
em li li li
Child
Element that is directly below and connected
to an element in the document tree
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57. body
div div
h1 p p ul
em li li li
Siblings
An element that shares the same parent with
another element
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58. Specificity
Determines which CSS rule is applied to an
element by a browser
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59. Basic Specificity
Inline Style > #ID > .Class > Element
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60. Selectors
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61. Type Selectors
li{color: red;}
body
div div
h1 p p ul
em li li li
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62. Class Selectors
.red{color: red;}
body
div div
h1 p p.red ul
em li li li.red
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63. Class + Type Selectors
p.red{color: red;}
body
div div
h1 p p.red ul
em li li li.red
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64. Rule of Thumb
Don’t use classes to style HTML elements to
look like other elements
<div class="heading">Main Heading</div>
.heading{
font-weight: bold;
font-size: 140%;
}
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65. Rule of Thumb
Do HTML elements that already exist
<h1>Main Heading</h1>
h1{
font-size: 140%;
}
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66. Think before you class
1. Is there an existing HTML element that I
can use instead?
2. Is there a class or ID further up the
document tree that can be used?
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67. ID Selectors
#nav{color: red;}
body
div div
h1 p p.red ul nav
#
em li li li.red
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68. ID vs .class
ID’s
• They are unique
• Each element can only have one ID
• Each page can only have one element
with the same ID
• ID’s have special browser functionality
• Javascript loves ID’s
<div id="nav header"></div>
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69. ID vs .class
Classes
• They aren’t unique
• The same class can be used
on multiple elements
• You can use multiple classes on the
same element
<div class="nav header"></div>
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70. Descendant Selectors
p em{color: red;}
body
div div
h1 p p.red ul nav
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em li li li.red
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71. Universal Selectors
* {color: red;}
body
div div
h1 p p.red ul nav
#
em li li li.red
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72. Child Selectors
div > em {color: red;}
body
div div
h1 p p.red ul nav em
#
em li li li.red
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73. Adjacent Sibling
Selectors
h1 + p {color: red;}
body
div div
h1 p p.red ul nav em
#
em li li li.red
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74. Attribute Selectors
4 Types
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75. Attribute Selectors
Select based on the attribute
<img src="image.png" width="100"
height="100" title="Main Image"
alt="Main Image"/>
img[title] { border: 1px solid #000; }
img[width] { border: 1px solid #000; }
img[alt] { border: 1px solid #000; }
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76. Attribute Selectors
Select based on the attribute’s value
<img src="image.png" width="100"
height="100" title="Main Image"
alt="Main Image"/>
img[src="image.png"] {
border: 1px solid #000;
}
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77. Attribute Selectors
Select based on the space separated
instances of a value
<img src="image.png" width="100"
height="100" title="Main Image"
alt="Main Image"/>
img[alt~="Main"] {
border: 1px solid #000;
}
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78. Attribute Selectors
Select based on the hyphen separated
instances of a value
<img src="image.png" width="100"
height="100" title="Main Image"
alt="Main Image"/>
img[alt|="Main"] {
border: 1px solid #000;
}
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79. :Pseudo Classes
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80. Most Common
:link
:visited
:hover
:active
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81. :first-child
li:first-child {color: red;}
body
div div
h1 p p.red ul nav em
#
em li li li.red
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82. :first-line
p:first-line {color: red;}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
adipiscing elit. Vestibulum rutrum purus
non risus porttitor convallis. In vitae nulla
id felis.
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83. :before and :after
p:before {content: “ extra stuff”}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
adipiscing elit. Vestibulum rutrum purus
non risus porttitor convallis. In vitae nulla
id felis. extra stuff
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84. CSS3 Selectors
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85. Most Common
:link
:visited
:hover
:active
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86. :first-child
li:first-child {color: red;}
body
div div
h1 p p.red ul nav em
#
em li li li.red
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87. :first-line
p:first-line {color: red;}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
adipiscing elit. Vestibulum rutrum purus
non risus porttitor convallis. In vitae nulla
id felis.
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88. :before and :after
p:before {content: “ extra stuff”}
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur
adipiscing elit. Vestibulum rutrum purus
non risus porttitor convallis. In vitae nulla
id felis. extra stuff
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89. CSS 3
I shall now cheat...I’m also lazy
http://www.css3.info/
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90. CSS Tricks
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91. • Absolute Positioning (z-index)
• Multi-Column Layouts with floats
• .clearfix
• Image Sprites
• Image Replacement
• Center align elements
• display:none vs visibility:hidden
• Multiple background images
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92. A Clean Stylesheet
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93. ?
http://twitter.com/killermoo
http://bermonpainter.com
http://facebook.com/bermon
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94. Books
Designing with Transcending CSS CSS Mastery
Web Standards Andy Clarke Andy Budd
Jeffry Zeldman
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