• CSS Tutorial #3: Class & ID Selectors

    Overview This post follows up on the previous post entitled, “CSS Tutorial #2: Style Sheet Syntax”. This post will detail two of the more important style sheet elements: Class and ID Selectors. In the last post, I explained style sheet syntax and how to make universal changes to HTML elements…

  • CSS Tutorial #2: Style Sheet Syntax

    Overview This post follows up the previous post titled, “CSS Tutorial: Style Sheet Types”.  It is meant for CSS beginners who want to learn the basics of style sheet syntax, and how it interacts with HTML.  If you haven’t read the previous post, it is important that you read it…

  • CSS Tutorial #1: Style Sheet Types

    Overview This post is the first in a series aimed at CSS beginners.  If you’ve only ever used HTML and want to start using CSS, then this is for you.  This post lays the foundation for using style sheets.    Why CSS? CSS is not HTML, but rather a way…

  • Positioning with CSS

    Note: It is important that you read the CSS box model post before reading this post.  Still wondering why you should use CSS instead of tables?  Please read our forum post entitled, “Benefits of using CSS for Website Layout” before proceeding.    Before CSS, web developers were pretty much stuck…

  • The CSS Box Model

    In order to understand positioning with CSS, you must first understand the box model, but before explaining the box model, here are a few helpful definitions that I will be referring to throughout this post:  — The Viewport The viewport is the area on a browser that displays the webpage. …