The Gorilla Guide HTML and CSS reference
This site aims to provide a reference of information not well documented elsewhere. It is particularly aimed to supplement the Gorilla Guide to Building Your Own web Site manual and the Gorilla Guide Website Workshops.
Information here is based on XHTML 1.0.
full reference index
- Basic HTML file layout - the absolute least you need to create a web page!
- Colour values - everything you will probably ever want to know including:
- A colour card showing the complete range of named colours
- A greyscale colour card
- How to define any of the 16 million available colours
- Summary examples
- CSS shortcuts and advanced stylsheet writing. Fancy CSS including:
- Grouping selectors
- Universal selector operator
- Nested selectors
- Adjacent sibling operator
- Attribute selectors
- Shorthand property value assignments
- Special characters - HTML Entity Characters, a comprehensive list including:
- General symbols
- A full list of Latin family accented (diacritical) letters
- The complete classical Greek alphabet
- An extensive list of mathematical symbols
- Alternative ways to define any symbol in a web page
- Tips and workarounds - solutions to some tricky html issues:
- Solution to list-style-image problems in Internet Explorer
- Creating boxes with rounded corners
- Adding an email link with subject, message body and multiple recipients
