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Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 24 Hours

Sams Teach Yourself CSS in 24 Hours

A quick, easy introduction to creating professional Web sites with Cascading Style Sheets (CSS).

Browser support of CSS has increased dramatically with the introduction of versions 6 of Internet Explorer, Netscape, and AOL clients.

Author is three-time President, board member, and active instructor in the HTML Writers Guild.

CSS is the prerequisite bridge between HTML coding and higher-level programming technologies, such as XHTML, Javascript, Java, and Flash. Learning to apply CSS is the HTML Web-designer’s next developmental step toward professional and stable Web design.

A prerequisite to learning higher-level languages like Javascript, Java, and Flash, CSS is gaining increasing support among major browsers, including Netscape, Internet Explorer, and newcomers Opera, Mozilla and NeoPlanet.

The key to successful CSS implementation is in understanding how different browsers use and interpret CSS. This tutorial takes the unique position of teaching the reader how to make smart decisions about how and when to apply CSS, based on browser support and intended effects.

In 24 straightforward, hourly lessons, the reader learns by accomplishing hands-on tasks that can be applied to his own site in every hour. Kynn Bartlett has taught thousands the basic principles of good Web design through online courses and his participation in W3C technical working groups, the HTML Writers Guild (president, board member and instructor) and the Web Standards Project education FAQ.

Bartlett is a frequent speaker at conferences and provides consulting for businesses and government agencies.

Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3

Mastering CSS with Dreamweaver CS3

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.

CSS Web Design For Dummies®

CSS Web Design For Dummies®

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a Web markup standard that allows Web designers to define the appearance and position of a Web page using special dynamic effects .

This book is the perfect beginner reference, showing those new to CSS how to design Web pages and implement numerous useful CSS effects available.

Seasoned For Dummies author Richard Mansfield explains how CSS can streamline and speed up Web development.

Explains how to take control of the many elements in a Web page, integrate CSS into new or existing sites, choose the best coding techniques, and execute advanced visual effects such as transitions.

Features a special discussion on browser incompatibility issues involving CSS and how to solve potential problems

Stylin' with CSS

Stylin’ with CSS

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!

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