reading-notes

Read 08 in 201

From the Duckett HTML book:

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1. HTML/CSS book, Ch. 15, “Layout”
   • When you use relative, fixed, or absolute positioning, boxes can overlap
   • The float property allows you to take an element in normal flow and place it as far to the left or right of the containing element as possible
   • The clear property allows you to say that no element (within the same containing element) should touch the left or righthand sides of a box.
   • Resolution refers to the number of dots a screen shows per inch.
   • Because screen sizes and display resolutions vary so much, web designers often try to create pages of around 960-1000 pixels wide (since most users will be able to see designs this wide on their screens).
   • Fixed width layout designs do not change size as the user increases or decreases the size of their browser window. Measurements tend to be given in pixels.
   • Liquid layout designs stretch and contract as the user increases or decreases the size of their browser window. They tend to use percentages.
     
     
     
     
   • Grids help create professional and flexible designs

• There are two ways to add multiple style sheets to a page:
  1. Your HTML page can link to one style sheet and that stylesheet can use the @import rule to import other style sheets.
  2. In the HTML you can use a separate element for each style sheet.
• You can include multiple CSS files in one page