Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 006.7
EAN: 9780321525567
Edition: 2
ISBN: 0321525566
Label: New Riders Press
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: New Riders Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 312
Publication Date: 2007-12-29
Publisher: New Riders Press
Studio: New Riders Press

• Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design (Voices That Matter)
• Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter)
• HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition (Visual Quickstart Guide)

Cascading Style Sheets enable you to rapidly create web designs that can be shared by hundreds or even thousands of web pages. It accelerates development cycles by centralizing text and layout information for easy editing and updates. This book teaches you everything you need to know to start using CSS in your web development work, from the basics of marking up your content and styling text, through the creation of multi-column page layouts without the use of tables. Learn to create interface components, such as drop-down menus, navigation links, and animated graphical buttons, using only CSS  (no JavaScript required). Discover how to design code that works on the latest standard-compliant browsers, such as IE7 and current versions of Firefox, Safari, and Opera, while working around the quirks of the older ones. With a mastery of CSS, your web design capabilities will move to a new level, and everything you need to know to get started and build your skills is right here in this book. You’ll be stylin’ in no time!

Customer Rating:
Summary: Looks like an eye-candy book, yet serves as a reference
Comment: This book is easy to read and the pages have color throughout. There is a companion web site where you can download all the code, which really adds to the usefulness of the book. It is rare for a reference book to be engaging reading, but whoever laid out the pages here visually complemented the depth of material perfectly. I guess the author and publisher know that, as this is already the second edition of the book. Along with the second edition of Dan Cederholm's Bulletproof Web Design and CSS Mastery by Andy Budd, this is a great way to learn the ins and outs of CSS. I give it 4 stars instead of 5 because I like books that build examples step by step, where this book gives the finished code all at once, then discusses notable parts of the markup.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Get the bones and the meat on CSS
Comment: I bought this book sometime last month and I agree with one of the reviews that this is the first book I should have bought on Cascading Style Sheets.I have four other titles on the same subject and I have learned much from all of them, but this Author has a unique way of imparting the knowledge,even to a novice.This book does not read like a mantra,he gives you the code,applies it and "BOOM" you see the result. However,One bone I picked with the Author was on the issue of Opera browser.Though I use Firefox.IE 6 & 7,Safari and other less know browsers,Opera is my primary browser.On pages 82 and 83 where he discussed Font-Weight Property and the result of his experiment with different browsers,Opera was conspicuously missing, and I could not open the books website with Opera browser.The Author was kind enough to reply to my e-mail and allay my fears, because he assured me that he is looking into the Opera issue. In my opinion there is something in this book for every level,especially for beginners. Did I mention the excellent organization of the topics and the superb teaching method. This is one of the best.
emesobena

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent CSS Reference Book
Comment: I have read various books on CSS and this is by far my favorite. I feel that the author provided in-depth details on why, where and how CSS is used. I highly recommend this book and I am looking forward to purchasing the author's other book Codin' for the Web.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: So far so good!
Comment: I bought this as a textbook for my web design class. I already know a lot about CSS, and so far I've only read the first chapter, but it seems extremely easy to understand. Each concept is explained (in plain English!) and technical terms are defined clearly. And when sample code is supplied, you've already read about each part of it and know WHY it's there. I recently bought a book from a different author and publisher on ActionScript 3.0, and its so abstract, I don't think I know much more about AS than I did at the beginning. Stylin' with CSS, on the other hand, has defined even the basics (that I already mostly knew) so well that I've learned a few things already. I was so impressed that I ordered Charles Wyke-Smith's other book, Codin' for the Web, right away. I haven't gotten the chance to read it yet, but I already know I'm going to learn quite a few things from it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: I wish I'd bought this book first...
Comment: The explanations in this book leave very little to the imagination. In other words they are clear & concise & the author makes no assumptions about previous knowledge. I had read Elizabeth Castro's "XHTML & CSS" then Andy Budd's "CSS Mastery" & although they both gave me a good understanding of what can be done they failed to truly explain how to use markup & styling like this guy does. I like the fact that he doesn't seem like he's full of himself either. It really does take more than one book & a lot of hands on to get good at this stuff & I'd recommend this book as either the starting point for a beginner or to round off the edges of an intermediate designer.

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