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CSS: Cascading Style Sheets Tutorials and Tips

The CSS - Cascading Style Sheets Tutorials and Tips section offers a growing number of CSS tutorials. Currently you'll find tutorials on CSS sprites, such as how to create CSS sprites for blog icons or Web site icons; our long-time popular CSS tutorial on coloring scrollbars and form fields with CSS; and how to convert existing content to CSS.

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CSS Font Sizes, CSS and Typography

How to Size Text with CSS: Create User-friendly Web Site Font Sizes with CSS Relative Font Sizing
Looking for an easy way to designate CSS font sizes for your website that will work well with modern, mainstream browsers for Windows or Mac computers? Need to also make sure your website's font size approach is universally accessible, meets W3C's WAI Accessibility Guidelines, U.S. Section 508 requirements, or other accessibility requirements? This tutorial will show you one possibility that can meet those needs by using CSS relative font sizing. By Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns for WebsiteTips.com. [Added November, 2007.]

CSS Image Sprites

CSS Image Sprites: How to Create CSS Sprites for Blog Icons or Web Site Icons
This tutorial first explains how to create a combined icons graphic in Adobe Photoshop for use as CSS image sprites. Then you'll learn how to create the CSS image sprites approach to display each 'sprites' icons properly where you want them to appear within your website. All CSS is provided with each step along the way, along with the final results. This CSS sprites approach was tested with a multitude of new and old browsers for Windows, Mac, Linux, in addition to IE7, IE6, Firefox, Safari, and more. Easy to follow CSS tutorial. By Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns for WebsiteTips.com. [Added October, 2007.]

Convert HTML Font Tags to CSS

Converting Existing Content to CSS
Learn how to convert your existing site's font tags to CSS. This CSS tutorial guides you through how to designate fonts with CSS, how to designate colors with CSS, create links, and format CSS. Instructions also include how to create and use style blocks and external style sheets. All CSS explained, provided with this easy to follow CSS tutorial. By Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns for WebsiteTips.com. [Updated March, 2006.]

Scrollbar Colors with CSS

Coloring Your Scrollbars with CSS
Create colored scrollbars for your site with CSS code. Also included is how to create colored scrollbars for HTML textarea form fields. All CSS code explained, provided, and plenty of screenshots along the way with this easy to follow CSS tutorial. Want your scrollbar codes generated automatically? You'll also find links to scrollbar color generators and more. By Shirley Kaiser, SKDesigns for WebsiteTips.com. [Updated March, 2006.]

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