HTML & CSS
Adding a Little Style
I was told there’d be CSS in this book. So far you’ve been
concentrating on learning XHTML to create the structure of your Web pages. But as
you can see, the browser’s idea of style leaves a lot to be desired. Sure, we could
call the fashion police, but we don’t need to. With CSS, you’re going to completely
control the presentation of your pages, often without even changing your XHTML.
Could it really be so easy? Well, you are going to have to learn a new language; after
all, Webville is a bilingual town. After reading this chapter’s guide to learning the
language of CSS, you’re going to be able to stand on either side of Main Street and
hold a conversation.
You're not in Kansas Anymore
You’ve been a good sport learning about markup
and structure and validation and proper syntax and
nesting and compliance, but now you get to really
start having some fun by styling your pages. But no
worries, all those XHTML pushups you’ve been
doing aren’t going to waste. In fact, you’re going to
see that a solid understanding of XHTML is crucial
to learning (and using) CSS. And, learning CSS is
just what we’re going to do over the next several
chapters.
Just to tease you a bit, on these two pages we’ve
sprinkled a few of the designs you’re going to work
with in the rest of the book. Quite a difference from
the pages you’ve been creating so far, isn’t it? So,
what do you need to do to create them? Learn the
language of CSS of course.
Let’s get started...
