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CSS Typography Quick Reference

I wrote this quick reference so that I could have a place where all of the font and typography commands in CSS could be grouped together and I could find what I needed quickly and without having to pour through pages of Google results.

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Links: Web Design

General:

• Internet Developer Resources - [From Apple.com]
• XHTML Basics - [From sizefactory] - A simple explanation of XHTML and how it differs from HTML. Also check out his XHTML Cheat Sheet.
• Switching from HTML to XHTML - [From MYPL Style Guide]

Cascading Style Sheets:

• Mulder's Stylesheets Tutorial - [From WebMonkey.com] - An exhuastive CSS tutorial.
• The Complete CSS Tutorial - [From EchoEcho.com]
• CSS Cheat Sheet - [From sizefactory] - A list of commonly used CSS statments.
• CSS Table Layout - [From glish.com]
• Listamatic - [From Max Design] - Shows many different ways to format an unordered list, all with just CSS.

Server Side Includes:

• Virtual Includes Equal Less Work - [From WebMonkey.com] - A brief introduction to SSI.
• The Fundamentals of XSSI - [From WebMonkey.com]

Analysis Tools:

• MarkUp Validator - [From The World Wide Web Consortium ] - Check if your HTML or XHTML is valid.
• CSS Validator - [From The World Wide Web Consortium ] - Check if your CSS is valid.
• Web Page Analysis - [From WebSiteOptimization.com] - Analyzes page and image size and load times.

Links: Running a Web Server

Apache Web Serving With Mac OS X - [From MacDevCenter.com]

• Part 1 - Introduction to serving web pages on Mac OS X.
• Part 2 - Setting up CGI and Server Side Includes.
• Part 3 - Setting up PHP.
• Part 4 - Configuring default index documents, custom error pages, and authentication.
• Part 5 - Setting up MySQL.
• Part 6 - How to use Apache Modules.

Homemade Dot-Mac With OS X - [From MacDevCenter.com]

• Part 1 - Apache, networking, and DNS.
• Part 2 - Firewalls, domain names, and FTP.