Chapter 8 Resources

Part Two: Adding Style With CSS

Chapter 8

This page contains all the files you’ll need to complete the homework for Chapter 8 in addition to reference files and links to resources related to the chapter.

Homework

Use ‘View Source’ at our King Kong web page to refer to our markup when giving your Gordo web page a makeover and adding CSS to it.

• The New, Improved Brand
• King Kong Reference Web Page

Reference Files

Use ‘View Source’ (as covered in Chapter 2) to look at our example files’ source code. Where helpful we have included comments inline within the markup to give additional guidance.

• A Simple CSS Rule - Example 1
• A Simple CSS Rule - Example 2
• A Slightly More Complex CSS Rule
• A CSS Rule with Multiple Declarations - Example 1
• A CSS Rule with Multiple Declarations - Example 2
• A Page with Multiple Rules - Example 1
• A Page with Multiple Rules - Example 2
• Inline CSS Rules
• King Kong Page - Chapter 6 Version (No CSS)
• King Kong Page - Chapter 8, Pass 1
• King Kong Page - Chapter 8, Pass 2
• King Kong Page - Chapter 8, Pass 3
• King Kong Page - Chapter 8, Pass 4
• King Kong Page - Chapter 8, Pass 5
• King Kong Page - Chapter 8, Pass 6
• A CSS Comment
• A ‘Commented Out’ Declaration
• CSS Comments for Style Sheet Titles, Version Numbers and Revision Dates

Resources

• Hexadecimal Color Reference
• Kuler
• COLOURlovers
• The W3C CSS Validation Service

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