CSS Building Blocks

In this tutorial, the focus is chiefly on common CSS building blocks. For the most part, their uses should be fairly obvious, as the terms correlate well with the real world. Margin, padding, borders, widths, heights—all familiar terms for things that do what you are probably assuming they do.

One key aspect of CSS design is the use of divisions to provide greater flexibility and mark out regions of the page. As a number of building block methods rely on divisions for targeting their impact, it seems appropriate to delve into them right away.

Divisions (Divs) Dimensions Width and Height Margin Padding Margin, Padding and the Body Border