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CSS Theory #4: Types of Boxes

Inline Elements: only occupy the amount of space they need for its content and nothing more. They can be side by side with one another. Occupies only the space necessary for its content. Causes no line-breaks after or before the … Continue reading

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Section 3, Challenge #2

Using our Converse Shoes code, time to practice the things that we have learned. Resetting the universal selector to zero. Use width to give a desired product width. Use margin: 50px auto; to center your page and give some space … Continue reading

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Centering our Page

Steps to center a page: have or make a container and give it a width. HTML CSS <div class=”container”> .container { width: 800px;} </div> set margin-left and right to auto, so that the width is automatically placed and there will … Continue reading

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Adding Dimensions

To make a sidebar you can add a width: width: 500px; If you have an image, for example, you can use a percentage. 100%, would be 100 percent of the parent container (i.e. computer screen, tablet screen, or phone screen). … Continue reading

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Margins and Paddings

Padding shorthand in CSS: Four values: starts at the top, then right side, bottom, then left side. Three values: first number is top, second number is right and left, third number is bottom. Two values: first number is the value … Continue reading

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CSS Theory #3: The CSS Box Model

Default behavior calculation: Final element width = left border + left padding + width + right padding + right border Final element height = top border + top padding + height + bottom padding + bottom border Margin = empty … Continue reading

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Section 3 – Challenge #1

CSS elements used: background-color: #f7f7f7; (light grey background) border: 4px solid black; color: #777; (dark grey text color) cursor: pointer; (changes arrow mouse cursor to a hand pointer to click a button or link) font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 22px; font-weight: bold; … Continue reading

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CSS Theory #2: Inheritance and the Universal Selector

An inherited property is very easily overwritten by any rule, which has a value for that same property. So, inherited properties are the ones who have the lowest priority. This is really elements inheriting values from one another and is … Continue reading

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CSS Theory #1: Conflicts between Selectors

When there are multiple declarations for the same element then: 1. Declarations marked “! important” are used first. It should only be used as a last resort, to fix code. It is more of a hack, and should not be … Continue reading

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Using Dev Tools

Three ways to open the developer tools: Right click inside an online page. Then click “Inspect” or “Inspect Element:”. Hold Ctrl and Shift together and press “I”. On Firefox and Brave Web Browser, click the hamburger icon on the upper … Continue reading

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