CSS3 Foundations -- About the Author -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Who Should Read This Book? -- What You Will Learn -- How to Use This Book -- Part 1: Introduction -- Chapter 1: Understanding CSS and the Modern Web -- What Is CSS? -- The Role of CSS -- Modern Browsers -- Older Browsers on the Modern Web -- Tools for Building and Styling the Modern Web -- Summary -- Chapter 2: Getting Started -- Getting Started with the Project Files -- Getting Started with CSS -- User Agent Stylesheets -- Using a CSS Reset for Better Browser Consistency -- Summary -- Part 2: Learning CSS Syntax and Adding Presentational Styles -- Chapter 3: Mastering the Power of CSS Selectors -- Writing Your First Styles -- Inheritance and the Relationship Between Elements -- Selectors -- Grouping Selectors -- Selector Specificity and the Cascade -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Creating Styles Using Property Values -- Color Keywords -- Color Values -- Units -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Adding Presentational Styles -- Using Experimental Properties Safely -- Borders -- Border Images -- Backgrounds -- opacity -- visibility -- cursor -- outline (Shorthand) -- content -- Summary -- Part 3: Building a Solid and Adaptable Page Structure -- Chapter 6: Creating a Basic Page Structure -- Structure Types -- Mobile First Design -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Creating Space and Understanding the Box Model -- The Box Model -- margin -- padding -- The Pitfall of the Box Model and Working Around It -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Creating a Multicolumn Layout -- float -- clear -- Floating Multicolumns -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Understanding Display, Position, and Document Flow -- Document Flow -- display -- position, top, right, bottom, and left -- Using display, position, and z-index to Create a Drop-Down Menu -- vertical-align and Vertical Centering Techniques -- overflow -- Summary -- Part 4: Typography.

Chapter 10: Changing the Font -- Choosing a Web Safe Font Using font-family and Font Stacks -- Applying Fonts Using @ font-face -- Font Licenses and Third-Party Font Services -- Summary -- Chapter 11: Styling Fonts and Text -- Styling Fonts -- Styling Text -- Styling Lists -- Summary -- Part 5: Taking It to the Next Level with Transforms and Animations -- Chapter 12: Adding 2D Transforms -- Safely Using Experimental CSS3 Properties -- transform and 2D Transform Functions -- transform-origin -- Summary -- Chapter 13: Going Beyond with 3D Transforms -- perspective -- perspective-origin -- transform and 3D Transform Functions -- transform-style -- backface-visibility -- Summary -- Chapter 14: Bringing Your Website to Life with Transitions and Animations -- Animating Elements from A to B Using Transitions -- Animating Elements from A to Z Using Keyframes -- Summary -- Part 6: Preparing for Multiple Browsers and Devices -- Chapter 15: Testing Across Multiple Browsers -- Vendor Prefixing the Easy Way -- Testing Modern Browsers -- Testing Older Versions of Internet Explorer -- Summary -- Chapter 16: Making Your Website Look Great Across Multiple Devices -- Using Opera Mobile Emulator -- Scaling the Viewport on Mobile Devices -- Using Media Queries -- Adding Media Queries to Cool Shoes & Socks -- Summary -- Chapter 17: Final Steps and Conclusion -- Final Steps -- The Future Web -- Index.

Ian Lunn (@IanLunn) is a freelance front end developer, passionate about building the future of the web using technologies such as CSS3 and HTML5. With a Higher National Diploma in Internet Technology, Ian combines his education with expertise in CSS, HTML, JavaScript, and WordPress to build creative and effective websites and applications.Treehouse is a consortium of web and software designers and developers whose mission is to bring affordable technology education to people everywhere, in order to help them achieve their dreams and change the world. In keeping with that mission, the Treehouse Series of books are authorized by experts and loaded with innovative design ideas and practical skill -building instruction. If you're a web developer, web designer, hobbyist, or career -changer, every book in the series belongs on your bookshelf.

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