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Message from Dean - May 8th 2007
I am currently testing out a new version of the APF Bridge Component - If you notice any errors within this demo store please drop me a line.
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780596526870
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0596526873
Label: Pogue Press
Manufacturer: Pogue Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 494
Publication Date: August 24, 2006
Publisher: Pogue Press
Studio: Pogue Press
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Web site design has grown up. Unlike the old days, when designers cobbled together chunky HTML, bandwidth-hogging graphics, and a prayer to make their sites look good, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) now lets your inner designer come out and play. But CSS isn't just a tool to pretty up your site; it's a reliable method for handling all kinds of presentation--from fonts and colors to page layout. "CSS: The Missing Manual" clearly explains this powerful design language and how you can use it to build sparklingly new Web sites or refurbish old sites that are ready for an upgrade.
Like their counterparts in print page-layout programs, style sheets allow designers to apply typographic styles, graphic enhancements, and precise layout instructions to elements on a Web page. Unfortunately, due to CSS's complexity and the many challenges of building pages that work in all Web browsers, most Web authors treat CSS as a kind of window-dressing to spruce up the appearance of their sites. Integrating CSS with a site's underlying HTML is hard work, and often frustratingly complicated. As a result many of the most powerful features of CSS are left untapped. With this book, beginners and Web-building veterans alike can learn how to navigate the ins-and-outs of CSS and take complete control over their Web pages' appearance.
Author David McFarland (the bestselling author of O'Reilly's Dreamweaver: The Missing Manual) combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, a dash of humor, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show you ways to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers. You'll learn how to:
- Create HTML that's simpler, uses less code, is search-engine friendly, and works well with CSS
- Style text by changing fonts, colors, font sizes, and adding borders
- Turn simple HTML links into complex and attractive navigation bars-complete with CSS-only rollover effects that add interactivity to your Web pages
- Style images to create effective photo galleries and special effects like CSS-based drop shadows
- Make HTML forms look great without a lot of messy HTML
- Overcome the most hair-pulling browser bugs so your Web pages work consistently from browser to browser
- Create complex layouts using CSS, including multi-column designs that don't require using old techniques like HTML tables Style Web pages for printing
Unlike competing books, this Missing Manual doesn't assume that everyone in the world only surfs the Web with Microsoft's Internet Explorer; our book provides support for all major Web browsers and is one of the first books to thoroughly document the newly expanded CSS support in IE7, currently in beta release.
Want to learn how to turn humdrum Web sites into destinations that will capture viewers and keep them longer? Pick up CSS: The Missing Manual and learn the real magic of this tool.
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I knew a little CSS before picking up this book, but this book definitely took me to the next level. It covers all of the relevant topics that you need to design your website and the concepts are explained clearly and with good examples. You can't really ask for much more in a reference book. I highly recommend it.
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Long story short: I went from a tables maniac to become a savvy CSS web designer in two weeks. Super easy, super thorough. Very good to go through chapter by chapter, but now I also realize that it's extremely easy to use as a reference book as well.
This book has gotten me the job that I work at now. Two thumbs up.
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I'm a beginning programmer and purchased CSS: The Missing Manual because I needed a solid tutorial that would walk me through the basics. This was that book. Well written and easy to follow with lots of exercises, it brought me from the beginner level up to the mid-level in terms of using CSS.
It is not a reference manual nor is it intended to be one, but I haul it out every time I write code. I refer to it often because it is that good. Excellent follow-up book after you complete Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, which I think should be everyone's first book for HTML/CSS.
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I just want to add to the high rating of this book. It deserves every star it gets. I have read it cover to cover almost twice and loved it. I have taken some web classes, but This is how I learned CSS. David knows exactly what to say and when to say it.
After reading this I purchased his JavaScript book and was really glad I did. David McFarland has a great talent for writing and explaining things in a very clear way. I don't see any reason to get any other CSS book besides this one.
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I can't add much to what everyone else has already said. This is the first time I've read a book from the Missing Manual series. I don't know whether to credit the author or the series but this is a great book. It was exactly the right speed for me, an old time html curmudgeon who's been wanting to catch up to current standards whenever browser compatibility was ready to handle it. The only criticism I might have is that the third section, the chapter on layout, might have been moved to the front and explained before all the nitty-gritty text formatting was but other than that, I love this book!
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