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CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions

CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions

By: Andy Budd; Cameron Moll; Simon Collison

Publisher: Apress

Publication Date: 01-FEB-2006

Insert Date: 14-OCT-2008

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This book is your indispensable guide to cutting-edge CSS development–all you need to work your way up to CSS professional. While CSS is a relatively simple technology to learn, it is a difficult one to master. When you first start developing sites using CSS, you will come across all kinds of infuriating browser bugs and inconsistencies. It sometimes feels like there are a million and one different techniques to master, spread across a bewildering array of websites. The range of possibilities seems endless and makes for a steep and daunting learning curve. ...

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Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns

Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns

By: Michael Bowers

Publisher: Apress

Publication Date: 25-APR-2007

Insert Date: 14-OCT-2008

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Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns is a reference book and a cookbook on how to style web pages using CSS and XHTML. It contains 350 ready–to–use patterns (CSS and XHTML code snippets) you can copy and paste into your code. Each pattern can be combined with other patterns to create an unlimited number of solutions. Each pattern works reliably in all major browsers without the need for browser hacks. The book's layout, with a pattern's example on the left page and its explanation on the right, makes it easy to find a pattern and study it without having to flip between pages. The book is...

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The CSS Anthology

The CSS Anthology, Second Edition

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Publisher: SitePoint

Publication Date: 24-MAY-2007

Insert Date: 02-JUL-2008

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A practical guide on CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) for professionals and novices, that can be used both as a tutorial and read cover-to-cover, or as a handy and practical reference book to common problems, solutions and effects. The 2nd edition is now full-color throughout and is completely updated and revised with the latest tips & tricks covering everything from CSS layouts to rounded corners and tabbed navigation systems....

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Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3

Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3

By: Stephanie Sullivan; Greg Rewis

Publisher: New Riders

Publication Date: 02-APR-2008

Insert Date: 18-APR-2008

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In Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3, authors Stephanie Sullivan and Greg Rewis demonstrate how to use Dreamweaver CS3 and CSS together to create highly individualized, standards-based layouts. Through hands-on projects with visuals, the book gives readers an in-depth understanding of Dreamweaver's 32 CSS-based layouts (new in Dreamweaver CS3) and their application, enabling every user of Dreamweaver to learn CSS effectively and easily....

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Stylin’ with CSS: A Designer’s Guide, Second Edition

Stylin’ with CSS: A Designer’s Guide, Second Edition

By: Charles Wyke-Smith

Publisher: New Riders

Publication Date: 19-DEC-2007

Insert Date: 22-JAN-2008

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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...

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CSS Pocket Reference, Third Edition

CSS Pocket Reference, Third Edition

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 05-OCT-2007

Insert Date: 19-OCT-2007

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They say that good things come in small packages, and it's certainly true for this edition of CSS Pocket Reference. Completely revised and updated to reflect the latest Cascading Style Sheet specifications in CSS 2.1, this indispensable little book covers the most essential information that web designers and developers need to implement CSS effectively across all browsers. Inside, you'll find: A short introduction to the key concepts of CSSA complete alphabetical reference to all CSS 2.1 selectors and propertiesA chart displaying detailed information about CSS support for every style element...

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No matter how visually appealing or content-packed a Web site may be, if it's not adaptable to a variety of situations and reaching the widest possible audience, it isn't really succeeding. In Bulletproof Web Desing, author and Web designer extraordinaire, Dan Cederholm outlines standards-based strategies for building designs that provide flexibility, readability, and user control--key components of every sucessful site. Each chapter starts out with an example of an unbulletproof site one that employs a traditional HTML-based approach which Dan then deconstructs, pointing out its limitations....

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Releasing CSS

ShortCut

Releasing CSS

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 30-NOV-2006

Insert Date: 21-DEC-2006

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<div><p> In an industry that communicates with terms such as "Browser Hell" and "browser wars," a web designer can be excused for having some anxiety over Microsoft's recent upgrade of Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) to Internet Explorer 7 (IE7). Web designers should ask the following questions: </p><ul><li><p>What problems does IE6 possess and what fixes does IE7 provide?</p></li><li><p>What part of the Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) specification does IE7 for Windows support?</p></li><li><p>How can web designers work around any problems that exist within IE7's support for...

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HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML & CSS

HTML Dog: The Best-Practice Guide to XHTML & CSS

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Publisher: New Riders

Publication Date: 22-NOV-2006

Insert Date: 20-DEC-2006

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For readers who want to design Web pages that load quickly, are easy to update, accessible to all, work on all browsers and can be quickly adapted to different media, this comprehensive guide represents the best way to go about it. By focusing on the ways the two languages--XHTML and CSS--complement each other, Web design pro Patrick Griffiths provides the fastest, most efficient way of accomplishing specific Web design tasks. With Web standards best practices at its heart, it outlines how to do things the right way from the outset, resulting in highly optimized web pages, in a quicker,...

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Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design

Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design

By: Andy Clarke; Molly E. Holzschlag; Dave Shea

Publisher: New Riders

Publication Date: 15-NOV-2006

Insert Date: 16-DEC-2006

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As the Web evolves to incorporate new standards and the latest browsers offer new possibilities for creative design, the art of creating Web sites is also changing. Few Web designers are experiences programmers, and as a result, working with semantic markup and CSS can create roadblocks to achieving truly beautiful designs using all the resources available. Add to this the pressures of presenting exceptional design to clients and employers, without compromising efficient workflow, and the challenge deepens for those working in a fast-paced environment. As someone who understands...

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CSS Cookbook, Second Edition

CSS Cookbook, Second Edition

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 17-OCT-2006

Insert Date: 07-NOV-2006

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As the industry standard method for enriching the presentation of HTML-based web pages, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) allow you to give web pages more structure and a more sophisticated look. But first, you have to get past CSS theory and resolve real-world problems.For those all-too-common dilemmas that crop up with each project, CSS Cookbook provides hundreds of practical examples with CSS code recipes that you can use immediately to format your web pages. Arranged in a quick-lookup format for easy reference, the second edition has been updated to explain the unique behavior of the latest...

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CSS: The Definitive Guide, Third Edition

CSS: The Definitive Guide, Third Edition

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 07-NOV-2006

Insert Date: 31-OCT-2006

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CSS: The Definitive Guide, 3rd Edition, provides you with a comprehensive guide to CSS implementation, along with a thorough review of all aspects of CSS 2.1. Updated to cover Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft's vastly improved browser, this new edition includes content on positioning, lists and generated content, table layout, user interface, paged media, and more.Simply put, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a way to separate a document's structure from its presentation. The benefits of this can be quite profound: CSS allows a much richer document appearance than HTML and also saves time -- you...

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CSS: The Missing Manual

CSS: The Missing Manual

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Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Publication Date: 24-AUG-2006

Insert Date: 06-SEP-2006

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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...

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Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design

Eric Meyer on CSS: Mastering the Language of Web Design

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Publisher: New Riders

Publication Date: 28-JUN-2002

Insert Date: 04-AUG-2006

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There are several other books on the market that serve as in-depth technical guides or reference books for CSS. None, however, take a more hands-on approach and use practical examples to teach readers how to solve the problems they face in designing with CSS - until now. Eric Meyer provides a variety of carefully crafted projects that teach how to use CSS and why particular methods were chosen. The web site includes all of the files needed to complete the tutorials in the book. In addition, bonus information is be posted....

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Visual Quickstart Guide DHTML and CSS

Visual Quickstart Guide DHTML and CSS

By: Jason Cranford Teague

Publisher: Peachpit Press

Publication Date: 20-FEB-2004

Insert Date: 04-AUG-2006

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If you can't afford to let the Web get ahead of you, you can't afford not to have this guide. In this best-selling Visual QuickStart Guide, you'll find all the friendly, step-by-step instructions you need to start using DHTML and CSS to add visually sophisticated, interactive elements to your Web sites. Completely updated to cover the new browsers, standards, and DHTML and CSS features that define the Web today, the one thing that hasn't changed in this edition is its task-based visual approach to the topic. Using loads of tips and screenshots, veteran author Jason Cranford Teague covers a...

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Sams Teach Yourself CSS 24 in Hours

Sams Teach Yourself CSS 24 in Hours

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Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 23-JUN-2006

Insert Date: 27-JUL-2006

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You know you should use cascading style sheets (CSS) to simplify your web pages, but how do you use CSS? Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 24 Hours, Second Edition is a carefully organized, well-written tutorial that teaches you not only how to use cascading style sheets, but also how to make smart decisions about how and when to apply CSS, based on browser support and intended effects. You'll cover standards compliant CSS, with an emphasis on providing both a theoretical understanding and practical experience at implementing CSS. In 24 straightforward one-hour long lessons, you learn...

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HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS

HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS

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Publisher: SitePoint

Publication Date: 01-MAY-2003

Insert Date: 31-MAY-2006

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This book is for Web Developers who want to develop or migrate existing websites from using table-based layouts to using Cascading Style Sheets, which allows for faster page downloads, easier maintainence, faster Website re-designs and better search engine optimization. HTML Utopia covers all aspects of using Cascading Style Sheets in Web Development, and is a must-read for Web Developers designing new sites or upgrading existing ones to use CSS layouts. This book includes one of the most comprehensive CSS2 references on the market. Jeffrey Zeldman, web design guru and co-founder...

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Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes

Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes

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Publisher: Sams

Publication Date: 07-NOV-2005

Insert Date: 15-NOV-2005

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The short, focused lessons presented in Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 10 Minutes will help you quickly understand cascading style sheets (CSS) and how to immediately apply it to your work. Author Russ Weakley is a well-respected member of the CSS community and is known for his ability to make complicated concepts easy-to-understand for even inexperienced CSS users. With this book, you will cover the essentials for standards compliant techniques that are supported by the most common browsers. Once you master the basics, Weakley will also take you inside positioning, troubleshooting CSS, and...

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Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS

Bulletproof Web Design: Improving flexibility and protecting against worst-case scenarios with XHTML and CSS

By: Dan Cederholm

Publisher: New Riders

Publication Date: 28-JUL-2005

Insert Date: 13-SEP-2005

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No matter how visually appealing or packed with content your Web site is, it isn’t succeeding if it’s not reaching the widest possible audience. If you get this guide, you can be assured it will! By deconstructing a series of real-world Web sites, author and Web designer extraordinaire Dan Cederholm outlines 10 strategies for creating standards-based designs that provide flexibility, readability, and user control—key components of every successful Web site. Each chapter starts out with an example of what Dan refers to as an “unbulletproof” concept—an existing site that employs a traditional...

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Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web, Third Edition

Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web, Third Edition

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Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional

Publication Date: 25-APR-2005

Insert Date: 06-AUG-2005

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In this updated edition to their original best-selling classic, the co-creators of CSS clearly, logically, and painlessly explain the hows and whys and ins and outs of the visual formatting language that is their gift to us. The Web would be a poorer place without Messieurs Bos and Lie. Your shelf will be richer for the addition of this book. Rely on it. Study it. Savor it. The Indispensible CSS Tutorial and Reference—Straight from the Creators of CSS Direct from the creators of CSS, this is the definitive guide to CSS, today's indispensable standard for controlling the appearance of...