Comments on: Learning CSS http://www.scottefranson.com/learning-css Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:32:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DM http://www.scottefranson.com/learning-css/comment-page-1#comment-948 DM Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:52:00 +0000 http://www.scottefranson.com/?p=356#comment-948 Excellent advice Scott. div tags are indeed the central building blocks of CSS. A good thing to keep in mind is that divs use the "<a HREF="http://redmelon.net/tstme/box_model/" REL="nofollow">box model</a>." Here's a tip to use when developing with divs. In your CSS document, add this: div { border:1px solid red; }. This will give you a more "visual" landscape so you can see exactly what all your divs are doing. <br/><br/>Finally, check out the <a HREF="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60" REL="nofollow">Web Developer</a> plugin for Firefox. It is absolutely indispensable! Excellent advice Scott. div tags are indeed the central building blocks of CSS. A good thing to keep in mind is that divs use the “box model.” Here’s a tip to use when developing with divs. In your CSS document, add this: div { border:1px solid red; }. This will give you a more “visual” landscape so you can see exactly what all your divs are doing.

Finally, check out the Web Developer plugin for Firefox. It is absolutely indispensable!

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