Creating Tables in a Web Site Using an External Style Sheet HTML5 & CSS 7 th Edition

Creating Tables in a Web Site Using an

External Style Sheet

HTML5 & CSS

7th Edition

• Define table elements• Describe the steps used to plan, design, and code

a table• Create a borderless table for a horizontal

navigation bar with text links• Create an external style sheet to define styles

across a Web site• Utilize classes to give you more control over styles

Chapter 4: Creating Tables in a Web Site Using an External Style Sheet 2

Chapter Objectives

• Link an external style sheet to Web pages where you want its styles applied

• Create a table with borders and insert text• Use the box-shadow property to alter the

appearance of an image• Alter the spacing between and within cells using

the border spacing and padding properties


Chapter Objectives

• Utilize inline styles to alter the style of individual elements on a Web page

• Add background color to rows and cells• Insert a caption below a table• Create headings that span rows using the rowspan

attribute


Chapter Objectives

• Complete Web page planning• Analyze the content and organization of the Web page• Choose the content and organization for the Web page• Identify how to format various elements of the Web

page• Determine where to save the Web page• Create the Web page and links• Test all Web pages within the Web site


Plan Ahead

• Click the Start button on the Windows taskbar to display the Start menu

• Click All Programs at the bottom of the left pane on the Start menu to display the All Programs list

• Click Notepad++ in the All Programs list to expand the folder• Click Notepad++ in the expanded list to start the Notepad++

program• If the Notepad++ window is not maximized, click the Maximize

button on the Notepad++ title bar to maximize it• Click View on the menu bar and verify that the Word wrap

command has a check mark next to it. If it does not, click Word wrap


Starting Notepad++

• Enter the HTML code shown in Table 4-3. Press ENTER at the end of each line. If you make an error as you are typing, use the BACKSPACE key to delete all the characters back to and including the incorrect characters, then continue typing

• Position the insertion point on the blank line between the <body> and </body> tags (line 12) and press the ENTER key to position the insertion point on line 13

• Compare what you typed to Figure 4–12. If you notice errors, use your mouse pointer or ARROW keys to move the insertion point to the right of each error and use the BACKSPACE key to correct the error


Entering Initial HTML Tags to Define the Web Page Structure


Entering Initial HTML Tags to Define the Web Page Structure

• Click File on the menu bar, click Save, and then type the desired file name in the File name text box (do not press enter)

• Navigate to storage device and folder where you save your Data Files and then click the Save button in the Save As dialog box to save the file


Saving an HTML File


Using the Box-Shadow Property


Using the Box-Shadow Property


Inserting, Centering, and Styling an Image with a Box-Shadow


Creating a Horizontal Menu Bar with Image Links

• Create a new file in Notepad++ to create the style sheet.

• When you save the style sheet after entering the styles, the file name extension should be .css


Creating an External Style Sheet


Creating an External Style Sheet


Linking to an External Style Sheet

• Open the file containing the HTML code you wish to copy• Select the HTML code to copy• Press CTRL+C to copy the selected code to the Clipboard• Open the file to which you want to paste the copied HTML code• Position the mouse pointer at the position you wish to paste the

HTML code• Press CTRL+V to paste the contents from the Clipboard into a new

file


Copying and Pasting HTML Code to a New File


Creating a Table with Borders and Inserting Text


Adding Border Spacing, Padding, and Row Color to a Table


Adding a Table Caption


Creating the Headings that Span Rows


Adding the Bolder Class to Data Cells

• Define table elements• Describe the steps used to plan, design, and code

a table• Create a borderless table for a horizontal

navigation bar with text links• Create an external style sheet to define styles

across a Web site• Utilize classes to give you more control over styles


Chapter Summary

• Link an external style sheet to Web pages where you want its styles applied

• Create a table with borders and insert text• Use the box-shadow property to alter the

appearance of an image• Alter the spacing between and within cells using

the border spacing and padding properties


Chapter Summary

• Utilize inline styles to alter the style of individual elements on a Web page

• Add background color to rows and cells• Insert a caption below a table• Create headings that span rows using the rowspan

attribute


Chapter Summary

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