Datasheet

specificity rating, 38–40
speech bubbles, 178–186
standards-compliant Flash content, 97–98, 105
Star HTML Hack, 257
states, active integration, 176–178
static positioning, 233
Stearns, Geoff, 98
Stopdesign, 50–53
stories class, 88–89
strict DTD, 269–270
structure
abstracting style from, 11–18
shoehorning XHTML presentation and, 2–7
Stuff and Nonsense
better switcher building, 157–159
interview with Andy Clarke, 160–164
style sheets
cascading. See CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
persistent, 136
preferred, 136–137
switching. See CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
switching
styles
abstracting from structure, 11–18
adding layer. See CSS (Cascading Style Sheets)
best practices
discovering origin, 36–38
embedding in HTML email templates, 211
styling
drop-down menus, 93–96
lists, 113–114
section headers, 112–113
subheadings, 208–209
Suckerfish Dropdowns, 91–97
supplementary navigation, 114–121
SWFObject, 98
switching, CSS. See CSS (Cascading Style
Sheets) switching
T
table tag, 267
tables
creating HTML layout, 197–206
row background color, 63–66
tags, object/embed, 97–98
team building UFL.edu, 103–104
technical specs, 105
templates, HTML email. See HTML (Hypertext
Markup Language) email templates
terminating empty elements, 270
text
changing color, 67–70
designing navigation bar, 172
three-column layout
battling browser bugs, 251–257
layer of style, 243–251
overview, 239–240
XHTML: markup to mockup, 240–242
transitional DTD, 269–270
Transparent PNGs (Portable Network Graphics)
alpha-transparency, 219–224
browser support, 216–219
overview, 215–216
summary, 225
tricky box model, 118–119
troubleshooting, 285–290
TwinHelix Designs, 217
type selectors, 20
type sizing, 155
U
UFL.edu
defining site, 103–105
first web site, 99–103
Flash embedding, 121–125
main navigational structure, 106–114
missteps, 126
summary, 126
supplementary navigation, 114–121
universal selectors, 20
University of Florida (UF) web site. See UFL.edu
unordered lists
familiarizing yourself with, 15
realism with, 88–90
styling, 187–193
UFL.edu navigational structure, 107–114
U.S. PGA Championship site. See classic U.S.
PGA Championship site
user agents, 36–38
users
discovering style origin, 36–38
research, 104
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