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The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks is a compilation of best practice solutions to the most challenging CSS problems. The third edition of this best-selling book, has been completely revised and updated to cover the latest techniques and newer browsers, including Firefox 3 and Internet Explorer 8.
It's the most complete question-and-answer book on CSS, with over 100 tutorials that'll show you how to gain more control over the appearance of your web page, create sophisticated Web page navigation controls, design for today's alternative browsing devices including phones and screen readers, and much more.
The CSS code used to create each of the components is available for download and guaranteed to be simple, efficient and cross-browser compatible.
This book will show you how to:
Construct robust CSS layouts that work every time. Create sleek drop-down menus using only CSS. Build a professional tabbed navigation system. Replace image-based navigation with low-fat CSS lists. Design smarter, more usable CSS-flavored web forms. Use rounded corners minus the bloated HTML. Allow your visitors to select their preferred look and feel. Let the W3C validator do your debugging. Reduce the burden of site maintenance and updates. ... along with 92 other solutions to common questions and problems.
The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks is ideal for Web designers who would like to add sparkle to their existing designs, as well as newcomers who want to become true CSS masters.
The book can be read cover to cover, or referred to like a cookbook with 101 different recipies for your Website. It's written in an easy-to-follow, consistent format that's well illustrated screenshots and code examples, providing quick visual cues.
FRINGEINDEPENEDENTREVIEW
Posted January 8, 2012
Are you a web designer and developer who has seen the cool CSS designs out there, but is short on time to wade through masses of theory and debate in order to create a site? If you are, then this book is for you! Author Rachel Andrew, has done an outstanding job of writing a 3rd edition of a book that allows you to quickly and easily develop web sites and applications using CSS. Author Andrew, begins with a quick CSS tutorial for anyone who needs to brush up on the basics of CSS. Next, the author covers techniques for styling and formatting text in your documents; font sizing, colors, and the removal of annoying extra whitespace around page elements. Next, she covers background images on various elements and positioning text with images. Then, the author shows you how to create navigation CSS style. She continues by showing you how to apply tables to create attractive and usable tabular data displays. Next, the author shows you how to create forms with CSS that are attractive and usable. Then, she shows you how to troubleshoot CSS bugs. The author continues by showing you how to make your site as welcoming and accessible as possible for all users, rather than just able-bodied visitors with perfect vision. Finally, the author explores the use of CSS to create beautiful and accessible pages. This most excellent book was designed to let you quickly find the answer to the particular CSS problem with which you’re struggling with at any given time. More importantly, what you’ll find in this book are solutions that will enable you to do the cool stuff today.
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Overview
The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks is a compilation of best practice solutions to the most challenging CSS problems. The third edition of this best-selling book, has been completely revised and updated to cover the latest techniques and newer browsers, including Firefox 3 and Internet Explorer 8.
It's the most complete question-and-answer book on CSS, with over 100 tutorials that'll show you how to gain more control over the appearance of your web page, ...