Chapter 3: Writing CSS

Overview

It is not what you put on the canvas that the reader sees.
—Elie Wiesel

So far, you’ve read a lot of theory and semantics—all important, but not very gratifying in terms of results! In this chapter, you’ll have a chance to apply your newfound knowledge hands-on. While the focus here is primarily to get you used to authoring organized markup and CSS, you will get a chance to explore some CSS properties and apply style with more depth.

In this chapter you will learn:

• How to prepare your markup for CSS

• Writing rules

• How to validate your CSS