Exploring CSS Positioning

Learn CSS positioning concepts like the CSS box model, floats, and clears and gain a deeper understanding of how HTML and CSS work together to create the look of your web page.CSS enables you to control the look and layout of a web page much more precisely than you could with HTML alone, but it can be time-consuming to learn. In this workshop, expert developer Candyce Mairs makes styling a quick and easy process, walking you through the process of adding content to a web page and using CSS to position that content. Candyce explains CSS positioning concepts like the CSS box model, floats, and clears and demonstrates how HTML and CSS work together to create the look of your web page. By speaking the same language as the browser, you can learn to work with the browser to place content accurately and easily. Topics include: Previewing pages in browsers Customizing the HTML editor HTML vs. CSS: which does what? Building the header area Adding the navigation menu Positioning using a float Adding background colors and images Comparing the web page to the graphic design