Resetting the CSS to get rid of arbitrary display settings makes sure your CCS code has no assumptions built into it.
/* reset */
html,body,div,ul,ol,li,dl,dt,dd,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,pre,form,p,blockquote,fieldset,input { color: #000; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6,pre,code,address,caption,cite,code,em,strong,th { font-size: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; }
ul,ol { list-style: none; }
fieldset,img { border: none; }
caption,th { text-align: left; }
table { border-collapse: collapse; }
td,th { vertical-align: top; }
Note: You may consider setting img to display as block
img { display: block; }
Anchors must be spec'd in this order:
a:link { color: #336699; }
a:visited { color: #336699; }
a:hover { color: #003366; }
a:active { color: #336699; }
Must set padding or else inner content may affect background.
div#banner { width: 930px; height: 250px; background: url(../images/banner_cern.jpg) no-repeat; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; padding: 10px; }
Replace some text with an image, using a block tag.
<h1 id="fancyType">Fancy Typography</h1>
h1#myTodoList { height: 0; width: 542px; padding: 96px 0 0 0; line-height: 96px; background: url(images/fancy_type.gif) no-repeat; overflow: hidden; }
Where red type is the height of the image.
Note: this switches this to a block element.
<a href="#" id="cssButton">Button</a>
a#cssButton { display: block; height:0 ; width: 150px; padding: 25px 0 0 0; line-height: 25px; background: url(images/css_button.gif) no-repeat; overflow:hidden; }
a#cssButton:hover { background: url(images/css_button.gif) no-repeat 0 -25px;}
a#cssButton:active { background: url(images/css_button.gif) no-repeat 0 -50px;}
a#cssButton.selected { background: url(images/css_button.gif) no-repeat 0 -75px;}
<div class="horizontalLinks"> <ul> <li><a href="#">Item 1</a></li> <li><a href="#">Item 2</a></li> <li><a href="#">Item 3</a></li> <li><a href="#">Item 4</a></li> </ul> </div>
div.horizontalLinks ul { margin: 0; padding: 0;}
div.horizontalLinks ul li { display:inline; margin-right: 6px; text-indent:0; }
div.horizontalLinks ul li + li { border-left: 1px solid #000000; }
div.horizontalLinks ul li + li a { margin-left: 8px; }
<div id="nav"> <ul> <li id="nav-products"><a href="products.html">Products</a></li> <li id="nav-solutions"><a href="solutions.html">Solutions</a></li> <li id="nav-support"><a href="support.html">Support</a></li> <li id="nav-downloads"><a href="downloads.html">Downloads</a></li> <li id="nav-about"><a href="about.html">About</a></li> </ul> </div>
div#nav ul { margin: 0; padding: 0; height: 40px; background: url(../images/nav_bar.gif) no-repeat;}
div#nav ul li { display: inline; }
div#nav ul li a { float: left; width: 100px; height: 0; padding-top: 40px; overflow: hidden; background-image: url(../images/nav_bar.gif); }
div#nav ul li#nav-products a { width: 135px; background-position: 0 0; }
div#nav ul li#nav-solutions a { width: 135px; background-position: -135px 0; }
div#nav ul li#nav-support a { width: 115px; background-position: -270px 0; }
div#nav ul li#nav-downloads a { width: 138px; background-position: -385px 0; }
div#nav ul li#nav-about a { width: 94px; background-position: -523px 0; }
div#nav ul li#nav-products a:hover { width: 135px; background-position: 0 -40px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-solutions a:hover { width: 135px; background-position: -135px -40px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-support a:hover { width: 115px; background-position: -270px -40px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-downloads a:hover { width: 138px; background-position: -385px -40px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-about a:hover { width: 94px; background-position: -523px -40px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-products a:active { width: 135px; background-position: 0 -80px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-solutions a:active { width: 135px; background-position: -135px -80px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-support a:active { width: 115px; background-position: -270px -80px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-downloads a:active { width: 138px; background-position: -385px -80px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-about a:active { width: 94px; background-position: -523px -80px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-products.selected a { width: 135px; background-position: 0 -120px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-solutions.selected a { width: 135px; background-position: -135px -120px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-support.selected a { width: 115px; background-position: -270px -120px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-downloads.selected a { width: 138px; background-position: -385px -120px; }
div#nav ul li#nav-about.selected a { width: 94px; background-position: -523px -120px; }
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