CSS: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

CSS: The Missing Manual (Missing Manuals)

by David Sawyer Mc Farland (Author)

Synopsis

"Cascading Style Sheets" can turn humdrum websites into highly-functional, professional-looking destinations, but many designers merely treat CSS as window-dressing to spruce up their site's appearance. You can tap into the real power of this tool with "CSS: The Missing Manual". This second edition combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show you how to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers. Witty and entertaining, this second edition covers more elements of CSS 3, as well as Internet Explorer 8. 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; create effective photo galleries and special effects, including CSS-based drop shadows; make HTML forms look great without a lot of messy HTML; build complex layouts using CSS, including multi-column designs; and, style web pages for printing. With "CSS: The Missing Manual, Second Edition", you'll find all-new online tutorial pages, and broad support for Firebox, Safari, and other major web browsers. Learn how to use CSS effectively to build new websites, or refurbish old sites that are due for an upgrade.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 538
Edition: 2
Publisher: Pogue Press / O'Reilly
Published: 24 Aug 2009

ISBN 10: 0596802447
ISBN 13: 9780596802448

Author Bio
David Sawyer McFarland is president of Sawyer McFarland Media, Inc., a Web development and training company in Portland, Oregon. He's been building websites since 1995, when he designed an online magazine for communication professionals. He's served as webmaster at the University of California at Berkeley and the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center, and oversaw a complete CSS-driven redesign of Macworld.com. David is also a writer, trainer, and teaches in the Portland State University multimedia program. He wrote the bestselling Missing Manual titles on Adobe Dreamweaver, CSS, and JavaScript.