CSS Tips and Tricks

[Webnauts]

CSS Resources, Tutorials, Tips and Tricks (please report broken links)

CSS Tutorials (all-in-one) http://www.thefixor.com/code_css.php#tutor

Tutorials, Demos, and Hacks http://nemesis1.f2o.org/links

Florida State University Webmaster - Curriculum Cascading Style Sheets (CSS 2.1) Reference
http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/webma.../css/index.cfm

Rebuilding a Site With Standards http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/talks/2...ebuilding.html

W3C Web Style Sheets CSS tips & tricks http://www.w3.org/Style/Examples/007/

Tables or CSS? Choosing a layout http://www.saila.com/usage/layouts/cssvtables.shtml

Tableless Layout with CSS HowTo (W3C) http://www.w3.org/2002/03/csslayout-howto.html.en

How to build a web site without tables http://www.mako4css.com/Tutorial.htm

CSS Quick Reference http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/...css_index.html

Real World Table Free Site Development http://www.womendesignersgroup.com/articlerachel.shtml

CSS Bugs and Workarounds http://css.nu/pointers/bugs.html

How to hide CSS from buggy browsers http://w3development.de/css/hide_css_from_browsers/

Hiding CSS form Netscape 4+ http://www.v2studio.com/k/css/n4hide/

External link icons the CSS way: http://www.kryogenix.org/days/173.html

Definition lists for float-right image and description http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presenta...loat-right.htm

CSS Top Menu Combination - Does not work in Internet Explorer 6.0. It does work in Mozilla 1.4., Opera 6.0., and Safari 1.0. http://moronicbajebus.com/playground/cssplay/top-menu/

Hover Sidebar with CSS - It is known to work in Mozilla 1.3b or later (though in Mozilla 1.4a it was buggy but then was fixed) and it also works in Opera 7.0. But alas, it does not work in Internet Explorer 6.0 because Internet Explorer does not support :hover on anything but hyperlinks (<a>). http://moronicbajebus.com/playground...hover-sidebar/

Erlarger Button Menu with CSS - Overlapping the other elements: http://moronicbajebus.com/playground...r-button-menu/ This does not work in Internet Explorer.

Reformat the tables with CSS - It works in Mozilla 1.4+ and Opera 7.0. It does not work in Windows Internet Explorer 6. http://moronicbajebus.com/playground...eformat-table/

Image replacement - no span with CSS - This works great in Windows Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla 1.4+, and Opera 6+; but in Windows Internet Explorer 5 nothing shows up. This can easily be solved, note of problem and solution courtesy... http://moronicbajebus.com/playground...e-replacement/

Mark you jump - You need a browser that supports CSS3. This is where the time traveling comes in because as of today (2003/2/June) CSS3 is still in the draft stage; but you are in for some luck Mozilla 1.3 does support :target—those wacky Mozilla people. http://moronicbajebus.com/playground.../markyourjump/

Horizontal Menu using CSS http://moronicbajebus.com/playground/cssplay/hormenu/

Add banner positioning with CSS http://www.peterbailey.net/test/banner.htm

Box Model Hack http://www.tantek.com/CSS/Examples/boxmodelhack.html

Designing for two Style Sheets - This method is suitable for use when you have a site that is laid out using CSS positioning as opposed to tables, and where the content is likely to get displayed badly in older browsers.
By carefully planning your layout you can create an alternate stylesheet that will display correctly in older browsers and still be able to do an advanced CSS layout for the rest. http://www.edgeofmyseat.com/showarticle.do?AID=5

Use CSS to Color Your Forms http://www.edevcafe.com/viewdoc.php?id=6

CSS-driven tabs http://www.clagnut.com/writings/csstabs/

CSS: Mix and match Classes http://catcode.com/csstips/classes.html

CSS: Graphic List Bullets http://catcode.com/csstips/graphic_list.html

CSS: Centered Tables http://catcode.com/csstips/center_table.html

CSS and Netscape 4.xx Issues - The market share of browsers that do not support any CSS is now below 0.5%. Therefore web developers have more freedom to actually separate content (HTML) and presentation (CSS).
The biggest challenges that web developers face when implementing CSS is backwards compatibility and browser support. http://www.mako4css.com/Issues.htm

Mark external links on your site (and others!) http://www.sitepoint.com/newsletter/...&format=html#6

CSS Positioning Properties http://www.miswebdesign.com/resource...roperties.html

CSS Menus - Uberlink CSS Rollovers: http://www.projectseven.com/tutorial...t_01/index.htm

CSS-TD CSS Table Design: http://www.projectseven.com/tutorials/css_t/index.htm

CSS Iframe Mimics http://www.beforethedog.com/tutoriali/tut1.htm

Navigation Menu without Images: http://www.bravenet.com/resources/ti...p.php?view=160

Dynamic @import CSS files using PHP: http://www.1976design.com/blog/archi...p-dynamic-css/

max-width in Internet Explorer: http://www.svendtofte.com/code/max_width_in_ie/

The Basics of Positioning http://www.communitymx.com/content/a....cfm?cid=3B56F

Creating radically different list options http://css.maxdesign.com.au/listamatic/

CSS Rollover Tutorial
http://info.vilesilencer.com/main.ph...=css_tute1.php

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Tools and Utilities

Build tableless (with CSS) pages with this free online tool: http://www.fu2k.org/alex/css/layouts...Absolute.mhtml

User Style Sheet Wizzard http://www.techdis.ac.uk/seven/wizards/user-style.html

FREE Accessible Forms Creator Desktop Software (for building forms with CSS or tables): http://www.hisoftware.com/access/valueadd9.html

Style Master - CSS Web Page layout Editor for Windows and Macintosh: http://www.westciv.com/style_master/

Layout-Matic - Generates CSS for formatting lists in a variety of forms: http://www.inknoise.com/experimental/layoutomatic.php

[Webnauts]

Table Magic

Here is a way to make entire table cells change on mouseover and mouseout.

First, let's create some global definitions for our tables, so here is a style sheet that defines the text color and background color for each cell.

<style>
td
{
font-family: verdana,arial,sans-serif;
font-size:12pt;
font-weight:bold;
background-color: C9C9C9;
}
</style>

Now, within the table itself, we can define the mouse activity like this:

<TABLE bgcolor="#cc0000" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0">
<TR>
<TD width="100" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#FFFF00'; "
onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#C9C9C9'">
<a href="http://www.bravenet.com]><FONT
COLOR="#000000">Bravenet.com</FONT></a>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD width="100" onmouseover="this.style.backgroundColor='#FFFF00'; "
onmouseout="this.style.backgroundColor='#C9C9C9'">
<a href="http://www.freeguestbooks.com]><FONT
COLOR="#000000">FreeGuestbooks.com</FONT></a>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

Note that we have coded the onmouseout value to the original background color (C9C9C9) that we scripted in the stylesheet. This of course could be different, but what this does is set a bgcolor value, change it on mouse hover, then return to our original color. Note also we set a background color for the table (CC0000), which, because we are defining the cell color, acts as a dark red border around our cell. As always, play around with these parameters to get the effect which best suits your site. You can also combine this with the Rollover styles shown in the first section of this newsletter for some really wacky and fun color changes!

Found at: http://www.bravenet.com

[tbrenner]

Thanks a lot! I've already saved 2 hours.

[Wordsfloat]

The University of Arizona - Cascading Style Sheets http://uaweb.arizona.edu/resources/t...ss/index.shtml

Broken Link!

[Webnauts]

Originally Posted by Wordsfloat

The University of Arizona - Cascading Style Sheets http://uaweb.arizona.edu/resources/t...ss/index.shtml

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Thanks Wordsfloat. I deleted the discontinued/broken link!

[hedx]

Cool links! really helps a lot.

[JOKERz]

wow!!
Finally found what i need!!
Thanx m8!