Listomatic does a good job in sumarizing navigation tricks.
(mind you, CSS Showcase does a pretty good job as well)
Basically, for a PURE CSS nav list create a list — then pretty it up with CSS.
In particular:
Make it in-line
Set Padding and Margins
Set a borders (if you want)
Create a:link and a:hover f you want rollover effects
** Centered page:
Set your element — wrapper, whatever — to a given width, then margin: auto.
For example:
#wrapper {
width: 800px;
margin: auto;
}
Auto will automatically create automagic margins that are equal … thereby creating a “centered” element.
Another way to is to set “padding” or “margins” of the element … but this isn’t as slick (and fluid), because these [...]
(Of course, I have now ordered “CSS Mastery” by Andy Budd through Amazon.com — but that’s not the point)
Priority 1: Learn CSS — so we can do certain “tricks”.
Epiphany: You wake up 5 years after a long slumber, only to find out that the fundamentals of web design have suddenly changed!? Semantic markup, DOM, DHTML, [...]