Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, 2nd
Edition
Focusing on the best-practices aspect of web development, this
full-color book is revised to reflect the changes to cascading
style sheets (CSS) development procedures since the first edition
was published. Featuring examples from real-world web sites, each
chapter provides easily digestible CSS tips and techniques that
were used for a specific site. The chapters document the
designer''s process from start to finish and provide insight as to
how the designers overcame each site''s unique set of challenges as
well as ways they would have done things differently.
Offering a hands-on look into designing standards-based,
large-scale, professional-level CSS web sites, this unique book
presents understandable solutions to common problems and offers an
intelligible approach to effectively developing CSS-enabled designs
at a professional level.
What you will learn from this book
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Best practices for using XHMTL with CSS
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How to orchestrate a new look and feel for a blog
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The ins and outs of designing a site that is relied upon by
millions of users
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Techniques for including drop shadows, drop-down menus, and
embedded Flash® content into a web site
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Tips for tackling browser-compatibility issues as well as
developing functional navigational structures
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Ways to customize a web site through CSS coding
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How to create HTML e-mail templates, basic HTML table layouts,
and how CSS plays a role in both
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The importance of grids and layouts in design
Who this book is for
This book is for web developers who are looking for a clear
understanding of how to use CSS to create professional-level web
sites.
Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working
programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers,
developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they
address the issues technology professionals face every day. They
provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new
technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.