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CSS - Self Taught Css
Im in the process of teaching myself CSS and thought id come here to get some help when I need it. (I'll probably be on 24/7) Ive come across a few hiccups, perhaps because ive done this the hard way and just tried to create CSS files before ive even read anything about them! Obviously I have a good understanding of HTML, and im not sure why I havent gotten into CSS earlier. Maybe because I have only ever created websites for personal use. Hmm... maybe I shouldn't share this but I am terrible for stealing templates and HTML for different things and modifying them as my own. Okay so ive never published any online as yet but still I know its a bad habit!! So does anyone out there have any tips for me, the idiot who tried to teach herself CSS???
Similar TutorialsHello, I'm a self taught web designer, i've not really got much experience of CSS and i'm having a few issues with some alignment. I'm in the process of developing a site for my cousin, what i'm trying to achieve is the left menu to be at the top of the page, and the text to be in the center of the screen, as i'm new here i'm not able to post a link to my site, so have posted the CSS below. Playing with css and looking at Google I've padded the text so its where i want it, but i can't get the menu to come up from below the text. Any help / links in the right direction would be really appreciated. Code for the text: Code: p.mainbody
{
z-index: 1000;
vertical-align:top;
padding-left: 200px;
padding-right: 250px;
text-align:left;
code for the menu: Code: /* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, a fixed width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarVertical
{
vertical-align:top;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
cursor: default;
width: 10em;
/*height:10em;*/
}
/* Set the active Menu Bar with this class, currently setting z-index to accomodate IE rendering bug: http://therealcrisp.xs4all.nl/meuk/IE-zindexbug.html */
ul.MenuBarActive
{ z-index: 1000; }
/* Menu item containers, position children relative to this container and are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical li
{
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: relative;
text-align: left;
cursor: pointer;
width: 10em;
}
/* Submenus should appear slightly overlapping to the right (95%) and up (-5%) with a higher z-index, but they are initially off the left side of the screen (-1000em) */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul
{
margin: -5% 0 0 95%;
padding: 0;
list-style-type: none;
font-size: 100%;
position: absolute;
z-index: 1020;
cursor: default;
width: 8.2em;
left: -1000em;
top: 0;
}
/* Submenu that is showing with class designation MenuBarSubmenuVisible, we set left to 0 so it comes onto the screen */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul.MenuBarSubmenuVisible { left: 0; }
/* Menu item containers are same fixed width as parent */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul li { width: 8.sem; }
/******************************************************************************* DESIGN INFORMATION: describes color scheme, borders, fonts *******************************************************************************/
/* Outermost menu container has borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical { border: 1px solid #CCC; }
/* Submenu containers have borders on all sides */
ul.MenuBarVertical ul { border: 1px solid #CCC; }
/* Menu items are a light gray block with padding and no text decoration */
ul.MenuBarVertical a
{
display: block;
cursor: pointer;
background-color: #EEE;
padding: 0.5em 0.75em;
color: #333;
text-decoration: none;
}
/* Menu items that have mouse over or focus have a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a:hover, ul.MenuBarVertical a:focus
{
background-color: #33C;
color: #FFF;
}
/* Menu items that are open with submenus are set to MenuBarItemHover with a blue background and white text */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover, ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarSubmenuVisible
{
background-color: #33C;
color: #FFF;
}
/******************************************************************************* SUBMENU INDICATION: styles if there is a submenu under a given menu item *******************************************************************************/
/* Menu items that have a submenu have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenu and are set to use a background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenu
{
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRight.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
}
/* Menu items that are open with submenus have the class designation MenuBarItemSubmenuHover and are set to use a "hover" background image positioned on the far left (95%) and centered vertically (50%) */
ul.MenuBarVertical a.MenuBarItemSubmenuHover
{
background-image: url(SpryMenuBarRightHover.gif);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-position: 95% 50%;
}
/******************************************************************************* BROWSER HACKS: the hacks below should not be changed unless you are an expert *******************************************************************************/
/* HACK FOR IE: to make sure the sub menus show above form controls, we underlay each submenu with an iframe */
ul.MenuBarVertical iframe
{
position: absolute;
z-index: 1010;
filter:alpha(opacity:0.1);
}
/* HACK FOR IE: to stabilize appearance of menu items; the slash in float is to keep IE 5.0 from parsing */
@media screen, projection
{
ul.MenuBarVertical li.MenuBarItemIE
{
display: inline;
float: left;
background: #FFF;
}
}
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