Exam 2 Review

This list represents the major topics covered since the mid-term exam. You are responsible for knowing the details of these topics that were provided in lecture.

Tables

  1. <table>, <tr>, <th>, and <td> tags
  2. Colors in XHTML
  3. Spanning rows and columns
  4. Using graphics in layouts

CSS Fundamentals

  1. CSS as the presentation layer
  2. Syntax
  3. Terminology
  4. Selectors
  5. Grouping selectors
  6. Contextual selectors
  7. Classes
  8. IDs
  9. Four ways to implement CSS (embedded, inline, <link />, @import)
  10. Hiding CSS from non-supportive devices and hiding CSS from XML parsers
  11. Sizing units
  12. Pseudo-classes related to links and dynamic states
  13. Validating your CSS
  14. Cascade, specificities, and !important
  15. Inheritance
  16. Progressive enhancement and graceful degradation

Text Properties

  1. font-size
  2. font-family
  3. font-weight
  4. font-style
  5. font-variant
  6. line-height
  7. font Shorthand
  8. color
  9. letter-spacing
  10. word-spacing
  11. text-align
  12. vertical-align
  13. text-decoration
  14. text-indent
  15. text-transform

Background Properties

  1. background-color
  2. background-image
  3. background-repeat
  4. background-position
  5. background-attachment
  6. background

List Properties

  1. list-style-type
  2. list-style-position
  3. list-style-image
  4. list-style

Box Model

  1. border-related properties
  2. padding-related properties
  3. margin-related properties
  4. width
  5. height
  6. The Windows IE 5.x box model
  7. Box model applications

Display-Related Properties and Cursor

  1. display
  2. overflow
  3. Minimum and maximum widths and heights
  4. white-space
  5. cursor

CSS2 Selectors

  1. universal
  2. child
  3. direct adjacent
  4. attribute

CSS Tables and Outlines

  1. General considerations with CSS and tables
  2. table-layout
  3. empty-cells
  4. border-spacing
  5. border-collapse
  6. caption-side
  7. outline-related properties