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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 gives you up to the minute pro techniques 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 rollover effects Create effective photo galleries and special effects, including drop shadows Get up to speed on CSS 3 properties that work in the latest browser versions Build complex layouts using CSS, including multi column designs Style web pages for printing With CSS The Missing Manual, Second Edition, you ll find all new online tutorial pages, expanded CSS 3 coverage, and broad support for Firebox, Safari, and other major web browsers, including Internet Explorer 8 Learn how to use CSS effectively to build new websites, or refurbish old sites that are due for an upgrade. Best Download Kindle ePUB CSS author David Sawyer McFarland – kino-fada.fr Well, I finally returned this book to the library I miss it already I had learned alot it was well set up and easy to follow But now I am taking a course at the college.I got what I wanted out of this book for sure, plus a lotthat I didn t really care about.The useful stuff you may learn if you know this stuff already, I would not recommend this beginners level book 1 The difference between a class and an ID2 How to use descendent selectors3 How to make use of inheritance to optimize CSS code4 How to calculate specificity which is what determines which style gets displayed in case of conflicting styles for the same element...Creating websites using html can be very time consuming and somewhat limiting Making editing changes over multiple pages is downright maddening Cascading Style Sheets CSS is the answer CSS enables the webmaster to set standards such as selecting a particular font size and color for all headings, subheadings, or texts without having to rewrite the html each time This system also allows editing changes that carry over from one page to another to be changed automatically with a single change Creating websites using html can be very time consuming and somewhat limiting Making editing changes over multiple pages is downright maddening Cascading Style Sheets CSS is the answer CSS enables the webmaster to set standards such as selecting a particular font size and color for all headings, subheadings, or texts without having to rewrite the html each time This system also allows editing changes that carry over from one page to another to be changed automatically with a single change For those trying to manage websites with hundreds of pages, CSS is an obvious must have CSS can be undertaken in two ways manually or in association with various website design programs Webmasters can manually insert CSS into their existing html code Doing so is pretty simple, especially for those used to writing their own html Alternately, Dreamweaver 8 comes automatically equipped with CSS and is simply a ma...So I have chosen not to rate this book as in terms of how much I liked it I don t necessarily like reading books on CSS, HTML, Tech, etc., but I had to in this case because I am teaching myself In terms of being able to teach myself from this book, I thought that it was well laid out and easy to get through Coming from the background of someone who only knew limited amounts of HTML, the book accomplishedthan I hope for Do I have a basic understanding of style sheets and how to use them So I have chosen not to rate this book as in terms of how much I liked it I don t necessarily like reading books on CSS, HTML, Tech, etc., but I had to in this case because I am teaching myself In terms of being able to teach myself from this book, I thought that it was well laid out and easy to get through Coming...As far as CSS goes, this was an excellent manual in teaching the skills required to implement CSS in web design While I already knew much of the material, I still was able to learn new tricks that I hadn t known previouslyMore importantly, after reading this book, you learn how much of a pain in the butt it is to develop for Internet Explorer The book goes into depth about how to handle working with IE though, so not too much to worry about.If you are a complete newbie to web development, you As far as CSS goes, this was an excellent manual in teaching the skills required to implement CSS in web design While I already knew much of the material, I still was able to learn n...CSS The Missing Manual is a good step by step manual for anyone interested in learning CSS The book does assume that the reader has some basic experience with HTML However, the CSS related material teaches the reader right from the very beginning Those new to CSS will likely read this book from start to finish, completing the tutorials as they go In this way, they will learn how to create internal and external style sheets the basics of text and image formatting andadvanced techniqu CSS The Missing Manual is a good step by step manual for anyone interested in learnin...I ve been using CSS for years but never really took the time to learn it I would always just rely on various tutorials but never have a full grasp of exactly what I was doing One area that I was fuzzy on was the use of descendent selectors So after reading manyreviews, I ordered this book Much of the book was a refresher for me, but I even enjoyed those sections as they helped to solidify my knowledge of those...My review is not reflective of the quality of this book The quality is excellent, however my rating is my personal view on how I benefited from the book I did not have the foresight to know what level of technical detail would be in this book, and having worked in web programming for a while although not explicitly HTML CSS , I was already familiar with many of the topics My main intent was to cover Part III which covers div based layouts as opposed to table layouts in great detail and I S My review is not reflective of the quality of this book The quality is excellent, however my rating is m...I ran into a guy at Stacy s and by happenstance, literally bumped into each other That turned into a really great converstation, just to find out the guy is a senior web master designer Then he goes on to tell me how he is a reviewer for O Reilly and gets calls all the time from his publicist I told him I wanted to getinvolved with web development, and he told me that this book is a must read for anyone wanting a solid footing in this fast paced technological world So of course I had t I ran into a guy at Stacy s and by happenstance, literally bumped into each other That turned into a really great converstation, just to find out the guy is a senior web master designer Then he goes on to tell me how he ... CSS The Missing Manual made learning CSS so easy that I was disappointed when I got to the end CSS was supposed to be a challenge It was supposed to hurt I d struggled with it for years before getting this book, and suddenly, it was over It was like hauling in the tanks and torpedoes and souped up BFGs and getting ready for the final assault on Godzilla, and Godzilla slumps over and dies of a heart attack NOT FAIR So if you like challenges, read any other CSS book If you want to master C CSS The Missing Manual made learning CSS so easy that I was disappointed when I got to the end CSS was supposed to be a challenge It was supposed to hurt I d struggled with it f...

CSS
  • English
  • 03 May 2017
  • Paperback
  • 560 pages
  • 0596802447
  • David Sawyer McFarland
  • CSS