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The Amazing LI: Using CSS and Unordered List Items to Do Just About Anything

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August 12, 2009

I can still remember the day I discovered the

  • tag. It’s not that I had never used list items before—I had built plenty of bulleted lists. What I discovered that day was that with a little CSS, the
  • becomes one of the most powerful and versatile tags in a web designer’s arsenal. So versatile is the list item, in fact, that you could build and entire website layout out of just
    • tag pairs. Of course, that wouldn’t be semantically correct, but you could do it. This article is a tutorial and a tribute to the amazing
    • .

      Using
    • s for Horizontal Navigation

      • You can use unordered list items to present horizontal navigation buttons and other horizontal lists. When I first moved from table-based layouts to CSS, this was a big shocker for me. It opens up a world of possibilities and it makes your code oh so beautiful and easy to read. Here’s an example of a five-button horizontal nav bar made completely of list items.

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    • A series tutorial about how to Get Started on Linux from About.com by Juergen Haas

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    July 16, 2009

    A series tutorial about how to Get Started on Linux from About.com by Juergen Haas

    New to Linux? We’ll help you choose your first Linux computer, download and install this alternative operating system, and get going with some basic applications. It’s not as hard as you might think.

    1. Your First Linux Computer
    2. Your First Linux Distro
    3. Your First Desktop Environment
    4. Your First Linux Internet Browser
    5. First Office and Email Software

    Your First Linux Computer

    First, you need to decide if Linux is for you. Knowing the differences among Windows, Linux, and Unix, and hardware requirements will help you make the decision. Then, for new Linux users, help is available for customizing your new Linux desktop and accessing basic applications.

    Your First Linux Distro

    What is a Linux distro or distribution? Why do some experts say: Whichever distribution you decide to install, you will end up with essentially the same Linux? But having over a hundred to choose from, how can one decide? The following advice and comparisons will help you find the right distro for you.

    Your First Desktop Environment

    Besides the operating system Linux, which performs the basic computer functions like file access and network connections, you also need a graphical desktop environment that provides a friendly user interface for you to interact with the computer. KDE is a good choice for people familiar with Microsoft Windows. GNOME on the other hand makes it easy even for computer novices to use Linux.

    Your First Linux Internet Browser

    Popular Internet browsers are Firefox, Konqueror, and Opera.

    First Office and Email Software

    OpenOffice.org is a set of applications that has similar functionality as MicroSoft Office. It includes a word processor, spread sheet, presentation software, and database system. Evolution is a popular email and calendar program similar to Microsoft Outlook.

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    Using INF Files to Edit the Windows Registry

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    October 22, 2008

    One way to edit the Windows Registry is with a special file type with the extension INF. Its construction and use is described.

    Background and Introduction to INF Files

    INF (Information) files have been around for a long time. They are text files with the file extension

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    [Tutorial] INF Part-5 “ProfileItems”, Creat/Delete Shortcuts

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    October 22, 2008


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    [Tutorial] INF Part-4 “RenFiles”, Rename Files

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    October 22, 2008

    RenFiles

    [Rename-files-section-name]
    new-file-name, old-file-name

    QUOTE
    Lists the names of files to be renamed. The name of the section must appear in a Renfiles item in an Install section of the INF file.

    new-file-name
    New name of the file.

    old-file-name
    Old name of the file.

    This example renames the files

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    [Tutorial] INF Part-3 “CopyFiles”, How to Copy Files

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    October 22, 2008

    CopyFiles

    [install-section-name]
    CopyFiles=file-list-section

    [file-list-section]
    destination-file1-name(, source-file1-name)(, temporary-file1-name)(,flag)
    destination-file2-name(, source-file2-name)(, temporary-file2-name)(,flag)

    A list of the names of files to be copied from a source disk to a destination directory. The source disk and destination directory associated with each file are specified in other sections of the INF file. The file-list-section name must appear in the

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    [Tutorial] INF Part-2 “[Strings]“, “How to” use %STRINGS%

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    October 22, 2008

    [Strings]

    The “Strings” section is generally the last section in the INF file, a string key defined in this section may be used anywhere in the INF file that the corresponding string would be used. Using a strings key requires that it be enclosed in percent signs (%)

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    [Strings]
    strings-key=value
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    strings-key
    A unique name consisting of letters and digits.

    value
    A string consisting of letters, digits, or other printable characters. It should be enclosed in double-quotation marks if the corresponding strings key is used in a type of item that requires double quotation marks.

    The Strings section makes translation of strings for international markets easier by placing all strings that can be displayed at the user interface when the INF file is used in a single section of the INF file. Strings keys should be used whenever possible.

    Here is an example of what Strings are used for

    Somewhere in the INF file you may find something like

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    [Tutorial] INF Part-1 “[Version]“, $Windows NT$, $Windows 95$, $CHICAGO$

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    October 22, 2008

    [Version]

    The Version section is at the beginning of every INF file (all INF files must have this section.) It determines what Platforms or Operating Systems the files can be installed on.

    For Windows NT-based operating systems (NT, 2000, XP)

    CODE
    [Version]
    Signature=”$Windows NT$”

    For Windows 9x (95, 98, ME)

    CODE
    [Version]
    Signature=”$Windows 95$”

    For

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