Cascading Stylesheets (CSS) let you control the formatting of your content and are one of the backbone technologies behind Flare. Learn the basic concepts of CSS, the hierarchy of how styles are applied from an external stylesheet, embedding, and the dreaded local or inline formatting.
- [Voiceover] In this video, you'll learn the basic concepts…behind cascading stylesheets,…the interaction between external,…embedded, and inline styles.…Note that CSS can seem impenetrable…when you first get into it,…but if you understand the basic logic behind CSS,…it all starts to make sense.…So the first concept we'll look at…is what's called the cascade of styles.…In other words, how styles affect your material…with different priorities…depending on where those styles come from…or how they're applied.…
So on this screen, on the left I have two topics…labeled Topic 1 and Topic 2,…and over on the right I have a stylesheet…that I just called MyCSS.css.…If you look at the topics,…each topic has a top section, called a Head section,…a lower section, called the Body section.…The Head section is where all the program code goes.…There's also a lot of code in the Body section,…but the Body section is where the user material goes.…
And you'll see that each topic has a Head1,…one or more Heading2s,…and one or more P tags.…
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7/18/2016- Creating content using topics
- Adding and managing topics
- Importing files
- Inserting graphics
- Creating a table of contents, glossary, and cross-references
- Adding hyperlinks
- Formatting documents with stylesheets
- Creating master pages
- Single sourcing content
- Using variables and snippets
- Generating output
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome59s
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Using the challenges2m 17s
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1. Basic Concepts
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What is Flare?1m 54s
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Flare's interface6m 33s
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2. Creating Content Using Topics
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Topic concepts3m 45s
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Basic topic tasks5m 10s
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Managing existing topics3m 31s
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Importing HTML files4m 3s
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Inserting graphic objects3m 30s
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3. Navigation
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TOC concepts3m 40s
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Basic TOC creation3m 49s
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Creating online glossaries5m 59s
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Hyperlinks2m 23s
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Cross-references4m 38s
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4. Adding Formatting
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CSS concepts4m 48s
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CSS creation3m 43s
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CSS application1m 46s
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CSS modification4m 13s
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Table stylesheets4m 44s
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Skin concepts2m 22s
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Tripane skin creation3m 41s
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Top Navigation skin creation2m 59s
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5. Single Sourcing
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Conditional build tag use3m 40s
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Variable concepts5m 4s
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Snippet concepts4m 7s
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6. Understanding Outputs vs Targets
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Outputs vs. targets4m 56s
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Generating output5m 44s
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 49s
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