CSS3 Foundations

Master innovative and eye-catching website design with the exciting new Treehouse Series of books

Turn plain words and images into stunning websites with CSS3 and this beautiful, full-color guide. Taking web designers beyond the constraints of prebuilt themes and simple site-building tools, this new Treehouse book combines practicality with inspiration to show you how to create fully customized, modern websites that make viewers stop and stay.

The exciting new Treehouse Series of books is authored by Treehouse experts and packed with innovative design ideas and practical skill-building. If you’re a web developer, web designer, hobbyist, or career-changer, every book in this practical new series should be on your bookshelf.

• Part of the new Treehouse Series of books, teaching you effective and compelling website development and design, helping you build practical skills
• Provides career-worthy information from Treehouse industry pros and trainers
• Explains the basics of cascading style sheets (CSS), such as how to structure with CSS, use CSS syntax, how to manipulate text, and visual formatting
• Also covers the box model, how to animate page elements, cross-browser compatibility, and more

Leverage pages of dazzling website design ideas and expert instruction with a new Treehouse Series book.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Introduction
Chapter 1: Understanding CSS and the Modern Web
Chapter 2: Getting Started

Part 2: Learning CSS Syntax and Adding Presentational Styles
Chapter 3: Mastering the Power of CSS Selectors
Chapter 4: Creating Styles Using Property Values
Chapter 5: Adding Presentational Styles

Part 3: Building a Solid and Adaptable Page Structure
Chapter 6: Creating a Basic Page Structure
Chapter 7: Creating Space and Understanding the Box Model
Chapter 8: Creating a Multicolumn Layout
Chapter 9: Understanding Display, Position, and Document Flow

Part 4: Typography
Chapter 10: Changing the Font
Chapter 11: Styling Fonts and Text

Part 5: Taking It to the Next Level with Transforms and Animations
Chapter 12: Adding 2D Transforms
Chapter 13: Going Beyond with 3D Transforms
Chapter 14: Bringing Your Website to Life with Transitions and Animations

Part 6: Preparing for Multiple Browsers and Devices
Chapter 15: Testing Across Multiple Browsers
Chapter 16: Making Your Website Look Great Across Multiple Devices
Chapter 17: Final Steps and Conclusion