(UPI) Chapter 8: Enhancing Web Design with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
49-minute College Credit Course
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This course delves into enhancing web design using CSS, focusing on techniques such as floating and clearing elements to create multi-column layouts, styling tables, and using CSS properties for better accessibility and usability. These concepts enable the development of visually appealing and user-friendly web pages that are both structured and interactive.
How to Develop 2-Column and 3-Column Page Layouts
This stage introduces techniques for creating two- and three-column layouts using CSS, leveraging the float and clear properties for positioning elements side-by-side. It demonstrates practical applications of these properties to build structured and responsive page layouts.
Implementing Advanced CSS Techniques in Practice
This stage covers the implementation of advanced CSS techniques to create a home page with a sidebar floated to the right of a section. It explains how to use padding, margins, and background colors to achieve a structured and visually appealing fixed-width two-column layout.
2 stepsPractical Implementation
This stage provides a practical example of creating a two-column, fixed-width layout for a speaker page using CSS. It combines floated elements, structured HTML, and specific styling to create a visually appealing and organized design.
2 stepsUsing CSS to Create Readable Multi-Column Text Layouts
This stage demonstrates how to use CSS to create readable multi-column text layouts, improving content organization and visual appeal. It explains key properties such as column-count, column-gap, and column-rule, along with techniques like spanning headings across multiple columns for enhanced design flexibility.
Positioning Elements in CSS
This stage covers the CSS positioning techniques of static, relative, absolute, and fixed, explaining their distinct behaviors and uses. It also introduces the z-index property for layering elements and provides practical examples to illustrate how positioning affects web layouts and user experience.