Professional Web Design: Techniques and Templates, Fourth Edition

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Chapter 6 ■ What Is Needed to Build Mortised Sites
Example Property
width:100%;
margin-left:auto;
margin-right:auto;
left:0px;
right:0px;
top:0px;
bottom:0px;
height:78px;
width:88px;
voice-family:"\"}\"";
voice-family:inherit;
width:78px;
}
html>body #a5-header {
width: 78px;
}
line-height:42px;
vertical-align:30%;
background:#000000 url(images/
bg-menu.gif) repeat-x 0px 0px;
Usage
Used to set the width of an element, such as a box.
Used when centering a fixed-width Web page.
Used for setting how many pixels from the left or right side of the
body or a parent box an element is placed.
Used for setting how many pixels from the top or bottom of the
body or a parent box an element is placed.
Used for forcing the height of an element.
Used for setting various properties and values for different
browsers. It is called the Tantek Celik hack, or Tantek hack.
Used for forcing the vertical positioning of text in an element.
The line-height property needs to be included for the
vertical-align property to be interpreted by the browser. It also
should appear after the font property to work for the various
browsers.
Used for determining what background image is used, where it is
placed, and how it is repeated. The HEX value sets what the
background color of an element will be if the background does not
fill the entire space.
the past, style sheets were imported to keep browsers, such as Netscape 4.7, from
choking on the CSS. Listing 6.3 provides the code to import a style sheet:
Listing 6.3
Code Used to Import a Style Sheet
@import "mainstyle.css";
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