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CSS

Bootstrap 3 and 4 comparison

As you’re probably aware the Bootstrap Framework has recently undergone a major overhaul. Heres a quick comparison of the new and deprecated features – Another ‘aide-memoire’! Thinking of Migrating your bootstrap site from v3 to v4? This post is just a reference point to highlight the changes between the newly released v4.0.0 (August 2017) and …
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The amazing em unit

We were discussing the ’em’ unit at work today (and font sizing on a web page in general as a matter of fact) and after a few minutes I realised that my knowledge of EMs and how to set up a consistent (site wide) font sizing scheme using Em’s, REm’s, Pixels or Percentage values (for …
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Checking CSS2 and CSS3 web pages using the W3C online facility

I’ve been using the CSS online checking facility provided by the W3C for many years now. This resource allows you to add a link to your web pages which when followed, reports on the compliance of the page to the recommended W3C standards. If the page doesn’t comply then any discrepancies are listed for the user to rework.

Cascading Style Sheets description from the W3C

Cascading Style Sheets (otherwise known as CSS) is a simple mechanism for adding style (e.g.fonts, colors, spacing) to Web documents.

CSS is formally described in two specifications from W3C: CSS1 and CSS2.

CSS1 was issued in December 1996 and describes a simple formatting model mostly for screen-based presentations. It has around 50 properties (for example color and font-size).

Discussion Pages

Discussion

Welcome to the ‘Wavdesign.com’ Discussion Pages. You may have visited this page from the Wavdesign.com Web Development Website. If you didn’t then you might might like to take a look at http://www.wavdesign.com. This site is set up as a means to discuss web site related issues. Whether you are a web developer, coder, graphic designer or passing surfer you’re welcome to log in and leave a comment or two on any of the issues raised.

Many Thanks.

Rob.(Web Site Developer at Wavdesign)