Reading Questions: Chapter 2

Due Thursday, Sept. 4, at the first of class.

From your reading of Simon Collison, Beginning CSS Web Development, Chapter 2.

Bring your HANDWRITTEN answers to the following questions. Your answers should typically be 1-3 sentences in length. The document should be handwritten, single-spaced, with the following at the top of the first page:

Your Name
Reading Notes: Chapter 2
IntroWeb
Sept. 4, 2008

Chapter 2 Questions

NOTE: You do not need to write the questions. Instead, write your answers as full sentences so that you may review these notes later in preparation for the quizzes. (In other words, include the basic information from the question in the sentence of your answer, such as: “The World Wide Web Consortium was formed for the purpose of …”)

1. What is the difference between a base selector and a custom selector? What are two kinds of custom selectors?
2. What is the difference between an ID selector and a class selector? When should you use an ID selector? When should you use a class selector?
3. What is the meaning of "cascade" in "cascading style sheet"? What is the order of the hierarchy — that is, to what rules does the browser assign first, second, and third priority? (page 22-23)
4. What is grouping in a style sheet? Give an example. (26-27)
5. What is inheritance in a style sheet? Give an example. (27-28)
6. What selector should you use to define all default styling for a web document? (28-29)
7. What is a contextual selector? Give an example.
8. What is the difference between absolute and relative measurement in CSS? Give two examples of each. (31-32)
9. What is the advantage of ems over pixels in CSS measurement? (32-36)
10. What is the point of basing em sizes on an initial percentage declaration? (37 box)