Working with CSS Units, Colors and References

CSS Units, Colors and References In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Units and Colors, Percentage, Values, Colors, References – Font and Text, Color and Background, Layout, Classification, Positioning and Pseudo-classes. Units and Colors Percentage Percentage values have to be followed by “%”. Values The absolute values represent a measurement, there are many measurements in CSS, so the measurement unit has to be stated. CSS measurement units are: • cm: centimeter. • em: font size. • ex: half of the font size. • in: inch. •… Read More

C Programming – Managing Input and Output Operations

Input Output operations are useful for program that interact with user, take input from the user and print messages. The standard library for input output operations used in C is stdlib. When working with input and output in C there are two important streams: standard input and standard output. Standard input or stdin is a data stream for taking input from devices such as the keyboard. Standard output or stdout is a data stream for sending output to a device such as a monitor console. To use input and output… Read More

C Programming – Expressions

Expressions in C are basically operators acting on operands. Statements like a = b + 3, ++z and 300 > (8 * k) are all expressions. Strictly speaking, even a single variable or constant can be considered an expression. You have seen several expressions in the previous C tutorial on Operators in which the examples involved expressions. Precedence and Associativity When an expression can be interpreted in more than one way, there are rules that govern how the expression gets interpreted by the compiler. Such expressions follow C’s precedence and… Read More

C Programming – Operators

C programming language provides several operators to perform different kind to operations. There are operators for assignment, arithmetic functions, logical functions and many more. These operators generally work on many types of variables or constants, though some are restricted to work on certain types. Most operators are binary, meaning they take two operands. A few are unary and only take one operand. Operators can be classified based on the type of operations they perform. C Arithmetic Operators Arithmetic operators include the familiar addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (*) and division… Read More

Tried and True Resume Writing Rules

Tried and True Resume Writing Rules You can have all the experience, personality, and credentials you need to land the best jobs in any area of the world, but if you don’t know how to put them onto paper in the form of a resume, you may be unemployed. Writing a resume isn’t as simple as scribbling down your past experience, you have to do it in a very focused way that will make sense, grab the attention of prospective employers, and will generally leave the reader with a great… Read More

Who Needs The Help Of A Professional Resume Writer

Who Needs The Help Of A Professional Resume Writer Many people will tell you that writing a resume is hard, but why on earth would you actually pay to have someone else write your resume? It does seem like a silly idea, that is, until you try to write your own resume! Perhaps you have a lot of experience in a few different fields, or you’re applying for numerous jobs in many different industries, or you just don’t know how to format your resume so that you will land as… Read More

CSS Media Types

CSS Tutorials : Lesson 14 – Media Types In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) – Media Styles, Internal different media CSS and External CSS files. CSS adds support for different media types, you can create many styles, and each style defines how the document will be styled when its media type is used. There are two ways to use a different CSS for different media types in the same document, you can place the style internally in the HTML document, or you can create as… Read More

CSS Pseudo Classes

CSS Pseudo Classes In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) – Pseudo Classes, Link, First letter and First line CSS has pre-defined pseudo classes. pseudo class has special syntax, the rule starts with the selector, then the pseudo class, and finally the declaration, the selector and the pseudo class are separated with a colon “:”. CSS defines the following pseudo classes: link, hover, active visited, first-line, and first-letter. Link To define link properties, you can use four pseudo classes, they are: • link: sets the style… Read More

Choosing The Best Format For Your Resume

Choosing The Best Format For Your Resume Writing a resume can be stressful enough, but when you do a little bit of research you can get even more stressed when you realize that there are several different resume styles that may or may not apply to you. Yikes! Luckily, all of these different resume types can be broken down into three main categories, which will help you determine which format is the best for you. The three main resume formats are the chronological resume, the functional resume, and the hybrid… Read More

CSS Elements Display

CSS Elements Display In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) – Elements Display, Float, Position, Visibility, Cursor, Vertical align and z-index. The display properties enable you to set the way to display elements and the position of the element relative to another element or to the whole document. Float To set the appearance of an element or an image relative to another element, use the property “float”, this property can have on of the following values: left, right, or none. Example: img { float: left; }… Read More

ASCII Resume Writing

ASCII Resume Writing — Some Tips to Get You Writing Once you have your resume created and printed out you might run into a situation or situations where you need to email your resume to a potential employer or else upload it to the Internet. But, how will you do this? The answer is simple and all you need to do is scan your resume. However, this is not as easy as it sounds because scanning your professional looking resume can cause some serious problems with the layout of your… Read More

Applications, Resumes and Interviews Why They Go Together

Applications, Resumes and Interviews — Why They Go Together It is time to apply for jobs again. You might be fed up with your current job, unemployed, recently graduated, or in any number of situations, however you have decided it is time to start looking for employment and you are just beginning to realize that it takes hard work and dedication to find a good job. You will almost always need to submit an application for the particular position, a current resume, other information like transcripts, and then you simply… Read More

CSS Dimensions

CSS Dimensions In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) – Dimensions, Line height, Width and Height. The dimension properties enable you to increase or decrease the height and width of HTML elements. Line height To set the distance between the lines of an element, use the property “line-height”, the value of this attribute can be an absolute value or a percentage. Example: p { line-height: 0.3cm; } This sets the distance between lines to 0.3 cm. Width: To control the width of an element, you can… Read More

CSS List

CSS List In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) List, List style type, List style position, List style image and Using the shortcut. List style type To set the list style marker type, use the property “list-style-type”, this property can have on of the following values: none, circle, disc, square, decimal, decimal-leading-zero, lower-alpha, upper-alpha, lower-greek, lower-latin, upper-latin, lower-roman, upper-roman, armenian, cjk-ideographic, georgian, hebrew, hiragana, hiragana-iroha, katakana, or katakana-iroha. Example: < ul style="list-style-type: disc;" >Fruits: < li >Apples< /li > < li >Bananas< /li > < /ul… Read More

CSS Padding

CSS Padding In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Padding, The padding is the space between the element border and the element content from the four sides, the padding attributes enables you to increase or decrease this space; unlike spacing padding space values can’t be negative. To declare the padding you can use the following properties: padding-top, padding-right, padding-bottom, and/or padding-left. The values of these properties can be an absolute length, a percentage. Example: table { padding-top: 5px; padding -right:3px; padding -bottom: 5px; padding -left: 2px;… Read More

Personality Tests for Job Applicants

Personality Tests for Job Applicants If you are new to the job searching world or if you have not applied for jobs in a very long time then you might be surprised to learn that many companies are using personality tests to help them determine who to call back for interviews and who to avoid. You might think this sounds odd and don’t quite understand, but continue reading and you will learn more about the reasons why companies’ human resources departments have implemented this strategy in their hiring practices. Saves… Read More

E-Resumes : What You Need to Know

Everyone wants a better job; even the people with great jobs frequently want even better jobs, so there are always tips that will help everyone out when looking for employment or simply for better employment. As you begin searching for better employment you will notice that many employment ads, whether in newspapers, online, or even posted somewhere else, will ask for you to submit your e-resume. If you have not applied for jobs in awhile or are not Internet savvy then you might be thinking, “Submit my what?” Fortunately, learning… Read More

Cover Letters : Are They Really That Important?

Cover Letters — Are They Really That Important? You are looking for a job and have your resume all ready to hand to potential employers at your first interview, but what are you missing? The answer is a really great cover letter. Many job applicants make the mistake of simply carrying a resume with them to job interviews and never even think about a cover letter thinking that it isn’t really that important because all of the pertinent information is in the resume. However, this is a mistake because cover… Read More

CSS Margin

CSS Margin In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Margin and Using the shortcut. The margin is the space around the element from the four sides, the margin attributes enables you to increase or decrease this space; the space can be a negative value, which may make elements overlap. Using margins is very easy and straight forward, to declare the margin you can use the following properties: margin-top, margin-right, margin-bottom, and/or margin-left. The values of these properties can be an absolute length, a percentage. Example: .margins… Read More

CSS Borders

CSS Borders In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Borders, Border width, Border style, Border color and Using the shortcut Borders in CSS are not just the table borders as in HTML, with CSS any HTML element can have borders, CSS adds many effects to be applied to these borders. Border width To set the width of a border, use the property “border-width”, the value of this property can be one of the following values: thin, medium, thick, or an absolute value as the table “border”… Read More

CSS – Working with Fonts

CSS Fonts In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Fonts, Font family,Font size, Font weight, Font style and Font variant. Font family To set the font for a specific text, use the property “font-family”, the value can be more than one family separated with a comma, the browser will display the text using the first font, if it’s not supported by the operating system, it will use the next font, if no font is supported, it will use the default font. Example: body { font: Arial,… Read More

CSS Text

CSS Text In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Text, Text color, Text background color, Text direction, Text align, Text indent, Text transform, Text decoration, Letter spacing and Word spacing. Text color To set the text color, use the “color” property. Example: p { color: #FF0000; } h1 { color: red; } This sets the HTML element < p > and the HTML element < h1 > to red. Text background color To set the background color of an element, use the property “background-color”, this property… Read More

CSS Background

CSS Background In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Background, Background Color, Background image, Repeating background image, Background position and Background attachment.   Background color To set the background color of an element, use the “background-color” property. Example: body { background-color: #FF0000; } This sets the background color of the document to red. Background image To set an image as a background, use the “background-image” property. Example: body { background-image: url(bg_image.jpg); } Repeating background image To repeat a background image, use the “background-repeat” property. The value… Read More

CSS External and Internal style Sheets

CSS External and Internal style Sheets In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Applying CSS, External style sheets, Internal styles, Inline styles and Multiple style sheets There are different types for specifying styles to be used with HTML documents, they can be specified in an external CSS file, inside the < head > element of the HTML document, or/and inline to be specific to a single HTML element, also there is the browser default style. These styles will be cascaded in a single HTML documents at… Read More

C Programming – Data Types : Part 1

C language provides various data types for holding different kinds of values. There are several integral data types, a character data type, floating point data types for holding real numbers and more. In addition you can define your own data types using aggregations of the native types. The C standard gives detailed specifications on the language; implementations of C must conform to the standard. An “implementation” is basically the combination of the compiler, and the hardware platform. As you will see, the C standard usually does not specify exact sizes… Read More

CSS Syntax

CSS Syntax In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Syntax, Rule set, Combining selectors, The class selector, The id selector and Comments Rule set A rule or rule set tells the browser how to render an element, the rule set consists of the following: The selector: represents the HTML element to be affected by the rule. . The declaration block: represents the effect to be applied to the element(s), and it contains one or more property value pairs. Example: p {text-align: right; color: red} The selector… Read More

Getting Started with CSS

Getting Started with CSS In this tutorial you will learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Introduction to CSS, What you should already know? History, What is CSS? CSS saves a lot of work and time, CSS reduces the file size of HTML documents and CSS can be designed for different media What you should already know? The tutorial assumes that you have basic understanding of the following topics: HTML/XHTML History In the old days we had only HTML, which was good, with HTML you can make good web designs, you… Read More

C Programming – Constants and Identifiers

This tutorial will cover constants and identifiers in C. Constants, as the name implies, are values that never change. In the previous tutorial on data types you have seen how a variable can be declared constant by making use of the const keyword. You can also declare a constant by directly entering its value in the source code. For example, in this code: double pi = 3.14159;char c = ‘A’;char hello[] = "Hello World!"; The number 3.14159, the letter A and the string Hello World! are all constants. You have… Read More

C Programming – An Overview

This tutorial will give you an overview of the C programming language. We will cover some of the history of C, why people use it, where it is being used, and the basic structure of programs in C. History The C language was developed at AT&T Bell Labs in the early 1970s by Dennis Ritchie. It was based on an earlier Bell Labs language “B” which itself was based on the BCPL language. Since early on, C has been used with the Unix operating system, but it is not bound… Read More