The Art and Science of CSS: Create Inspirational, Standards-Based Web Designs - Softcover

Jonathan Snook; Steve Smith; Jina Bolton; Cameron Adams; David Johnson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0975841971 ISBN 13: 9780975841976

Publisher: SitePoint, 2007

Synopsis

CSS-based design doesn't need to be boring. "The Art & Science of CSS" brings together a talented collection of designers who will show you how to take the building blocks of your web site's design (such as headings, navigation, forms, and more) and bring them to life with fully standards-compliant CSS. This full color book helps you to design web sites that not only work well across all browsers, are easy to maintain, and are highly accessible, but are also visually stunning. Create truly attention-grabbing headings. Discover multiple ways to present images effectively. Use background images to give your site zest. Build usable and attractive navigation. Design forms that are stylish and functional. Learn how to break away from the square box gclich. Create funky tables. And lots more From the Publisher Jonathan Snook, Steve Smith, Jina Bolton, Cameron Adams, and David Johnson, five of the biggest names in CSS design have joined forces to bring you The Art & Science Of CSS. Beautifully presented in full color, this book will teach you how to apply innovative CSS-based techniques to create visually stunning headings, forms, menus, navigation, backgrounds, and much more...Using The Art & Science Of CSS, you'll see just how easy it is to unleash your creative talents and design inspirational web sites with CSS. All designs in this book are visually appealing and inspiring. The CSS code used to create each of the components is included and guaranteed to be simple, efficient and cross-browser compatible. Among its many treasures, this book will show you how to: Format calendars, menus and table of contents using CSS Create horizontal, vertical and tab-based navigation systemsusing CSS Create rounded corners using CSS Design stylish Website headings Put together funky & artistic Website backgrounds Use CSS to render blockquotes, dates and lists in a visually appealing manner All designs in this book are visually appealing and inspiring. The code CSS code used to create each of the components is provided and is "guaranteed to be simple, efficient and cross-browser compatible." Who Should Read This Book? This book is ideal for anyone who wants to gain the practical skills involved in using CSS to make attractive web sites, especially if you're not the type who likes to learn by memorizing a formal specification and then trying to work out which browsers implemented it completely (does anyone enjoy reading specifications?). The only knowledge you'll need to have is some familiarity with HTML. This book will give designers the skills they need to implement their ideas, and provides developers with creative inspiration through practical examples.

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Review

If you have been using CSS for awhile this book is a useful
reference for specific techniques you have had trouble with or if your new
to CSS it will help you learn all the cool things you can do with CSS but
never thought to think of. The book is written in an easy to learn format
that is great for any level. -- Frank Stepanski, April 12 2007

The Art and Science of CSS was a quick read (208 pages) and packed
full of valuable code examples. Unlike other CSS books that teach you the
specifics of CSS with vague examples (not vague in a bad way), this book
teaches you specific examples and gives you extra resources. -- Nate Klaiber, May 2 2007

This is a how-to, cookbook kind of book that does a good job of
focusing on the most important "black magic" aspects of CSS. In a
well-written, couple of hundred pages it manages to do a good job of
covering images, backgrounds, and even those blasted rounded corners. (Who
knew they required so much extra work?)
-- Larry Hannay, April 8 2007

What can i say... as someone who has albeit limited CSS experience
(having mostly built sites in HTML or languages other than CSS), this book
is awesome.

"It gives you an easy follow guide to what works as far as CSS coding,
across a lot of areas... and shows how much more control over design
specifics CSS can have... -- Mark Holgate, May 5 2007

From the Publisher

CSS-based design doesn't need to be boring. The Art & Science
of CSS brings together a talented collection of designers who will show you
how to take the building blocks of your web site's design (such as
headings, navigation, forms, and more) and bring them to life with fully
standards-compliant CSS.

This book helps you to design web sites that not only work well across all
browsers, are easy to maintain, and are highly accessible, but are also
visually stunning.

The book's full-color layout and large format (8" x 10") make this one of
the most usable and enjoyable CSS books available.

WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

This book is ideal for anyone who wants to gain the practical skills
involved in using CSS to make attractive web sites, especially if you're
not the type who likes to learn by memorizing a formal specification and
then trying to work out which browsers implemented it completely (does
anyone enjoy reading specifications?). The only knowledge you'll need to
have is some familiarity with HTML. This book will give designers the
skills they need to implement their ideas, and provides developers with
creative inspiration through practical examples.

Edition details

• Publisher: SitePoint
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0975841971
• ISBN 13: 9780975841976
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224