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Professional CSS / Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design 1st Edition

by Christopher Schmitt (Author), Mark Trammell (Author), Ethan Marcotte (Author),
3.5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings
Professional CSS Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design

As the preferred technology for Web design, cascading style sheets (CSS) enable Web designers and developers to define consistent styles on multiple pages. Written by leading CSS authors who are also professional programmers and designers, this is the first book to showcase examples of high-profile, real-world Web sites created by world-famous designers using CSS.

Each chapter offers an exploratory look at each designer's process from start to finish and how he overcame each site's unique set of challenges. You'll learn what each designer would have done differently as well as various CSS tips and techniques that were used for each site. This is a resource to which you can turn regularly for more know-how and insights into designing large-scale, professional-level Web sites with CSS.

What you will learn from this book
* The preliminaries you need to iron out before you begin a site in order to avoid problems later
* How to tackle browser-compatibility issues
* Best practices for using XHTML with CSS
* How to successfully integrate Flash content into an XHTML and CSS site
* Using drop shadows, drop-down menus, bounding boxes, and rollovers
* Ways to develop a site that can reliably handle constant streams of up-to-date information

Who this book is for

This book is for designers who understand CSS at an intermediate to advanced level, but who are looking to learn how to effectively develop CSS-enabled designs at a professional level.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.
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    0764588338
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0764588334
  3. Edition
    1st
  4. Publisher
    Wrox
  5. Publication date
    July 15, 2005
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    7.5 x 1.04 x 9.25 inches
  8. Print length
    458 pages
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Professional CSS Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design

As the preferred technology for Web design, cascading style sheets (CSS) enable Web designers and developers to define consistent styles on multiple pages. Written by leading CSS authors who are also professional programmers and designers, this is the first book to showcase examples of high-profile, real-world Web sites created by world-famous designers using CSS.

Each chapter offers an exploratory look at each designer's process from start to finish and how he overcame each site's unique set of challenges. You'll learn what each designer would have done differently as well as various CSS tips and techniques that were used for each site. This is a resource to which you can turn regularly for more know-how and insights into designing large-scale, professional-level Web sites with CSS.

What you will learn from this book

  • The preliminaries you need to iron out before you begin a site in order to avoid problems later
  • How to tackle browser-compatibility issues
  • Best practices for using XHTML with CSS
  • How to successfully integrate Flash content into an XHTML and CSS site
  • Using drop shadows, drop-down menus, bounding boxes, and rollovers
  • Ways to develop a site that can reliably handle constant streams of up-to-date information

Who this book is for

This book is for designers who understand CSS at an intermediate to advanced level, but who are looking to learn how to effectively develop CSS-enabled designs at a professional level.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

About the Author

Christopher Schmitt is the principal of Heatvision.com, Inc., a new media publishing and design firm based in Tallahassee, Florida. An award-winning Web designer who has been working with the Web since 1993, he interned for both David Siegel and Lynda Weinman in the mid-1990s while an undergraduate at Florida State University pursuing a Fine Arts degree with emphasis on graphic design. He is the author of The CSS Cookbook (O’Reilly, 2004) and Designing CSS Web Pages (New Riders Press, 2002). He is also the co-author (with Micah Laaker) of Photoshop CS in 10 Simple Steps or Less (Wiley, 2004) and contributed four chapters to XML, HTML, & XHTML Magic by Molly Holzschlag (New Riders Press, 2001). Christopher has also written for New Architect magazine, A List Apart, Digital Web, and Web Reference. In 2000, he led a team to victory in the “Cool Site in a Day” competition, wherein he and five other talented developers built a fully functional, well-designed Web site for a non-profit organization in eight hours. Speaking at conferences such as The Other Dreamweaver Conference and SXSW, he has given talks demonstrating the use and benefits of practical CSS-enabled designs. Also helping to spread the word about Web design, he is the list mom for Babble (www.babblelist.com), a mailing list community devoted to advanced Web design and development topics. On his personal Web site, www.christopherschmitt.com, he shows his true colors and most recent activities. He is 6'7" tall and does not play professional basketball, but he wouldn’t mind a good game of chess.

Mark Trammell of Gainesville, Florida, directs the Web presence at the University of Florida.

Ethan Marcotte of Boston co-founded Vertua Studios (vertua.com), a Web design shop focused on creating beautiful, user-focused sites. A steering committee member of the Web Standards Project, he is a leading industry voice on standards-based Web design. Ethan is also the curator of sidesh0w.com, a popular Web log that is equal parts design, coding, and blather.

Dunstan Orchard of Dorset, UK, and San Francisco is Senior UI Engineer at Apple’s online store. He is a member of The Web Standards Project, a silent developer for the popular open source blogging platform Wordpress, and an occasional contributor to his own site at http://1976design.com/.

Todd Dominey of Atlanta founded Dominey Design (domineydesign.com), an interactive Web development and design studio that has produced original work for Budweiser, The Washington Post, Google, Winterfresh Gum, and others. He is also a Senior Interactive Designer at Turner Sports Interactive, designing and developing Web destinations for major PGA tournaments (including the PGA Championship and The Ryder Cup).

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wrox; 1st edition (July 15, 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 458 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764588338
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764588334
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 0.01 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.04 x 9.25 inches
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Based in Austin, Texas, Christopher Schmitt is an award-winning designer who has been working with the web since 1993. Christopher interned for Lynda Weinman in the 90's while he was an undergraduate at Florida State University working on a Fine Arts degree with an emphasis on Graphic Design.

He is the lead author of Professional CSS, CSS Cookbook, co-author of HTML5 Cookbook, and many other books. Christopher has also written for Standards Sherpa, Net Magazine, and A List Apart. He organizes conferences for web designers and developers through Environments for Humans. He chairs the CSS Dev Conf, the first CSS conference for web builders, and co-founded the ARTIFACT Conference, the design conference for multi-device web.

When Christopher Schmitt isn't tweeting (@teleject), he codes, dribbbles, and blogs.

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  • DisseminateJoy
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Whole Picture
    Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2007
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    I had learned CSS back in 98, when everything was new, and most of what CSS was MEANT to do just didn't work yet. Move forward 9 years and guess what? It still doesn't! However, this book helped me to expand my CSS understanding and do a lot more cool stuff than I used to be able to do. This is an industry that is ever changing and it pays to keep learning.
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  • Martin Glynn
    3.0 out of 5 stars Why is the Download So incomplete
    Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2006
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    2. Poor reproduction of graphics. In some cases, it's difficult to see what the authors are trying to represent. Several errors in Chapter 3 ("Blogger: Rollovers and Design Improvements") make the examples very confusing. The book's editing left much to be desired--I found quite a few errors throughout the boo

    I agree completely and WHY WEREN'T THE GRAPHICS INCLUDED IN THE COD E DOWNLOAD? That should have taken no additional effort and made everything a lot clearer!

    I buy lot's of WROX books, so let's keep after them when they shortchange us like this.
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  • Robert S. Robbins
    5.0 out of 5 stars CSS Best Practices
    Reviewed in the United States on October 4, 2007
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    This book is a little out of date because it does not cover Internet Explorer 7.0. However, it does teach you all the CSS techniques that have been used for the past few years and points you to many resources for more information. I only read this book to review the best practices for using CSS and XHTML.
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  • Katarzyna O.
    3.0 out of 5 stars I expected more examples of sophisticated elements of layout, ...
    Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2015
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    I expected more examples of sophisticated elements of layout, but received few manuals how to do this or that layout. Some points are very helpful and important, some not.
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  • Norm
    1.0 out of 5 stars Professional CSS for web design
    Reviewed in the United States on May 19, 2010
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    I bought the book second hand in very good condition and after reading some of it, I know why it was in such good condition. I got very little out of it. The flow was very hard to follow and the examples seemed disjointed from the text. I would not recommend this book at all.,
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  • Adrienne Adams
    4.0 out of 5 stars There are better books on CSS...
    Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2005
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    I was a bit disappointed with this book. There are two rather glaring shortcomings here:

    1. There's a distinct lack of focus. While the content is based on real-world CSS solutions, the authors can't really seem to get in the groove. The first chapter is devoted to "Planning and Development of Your Site". While that is certainly important information, it really is a subject that has been treated better and more thoroughly elsewhere (Goto & Cotler's "Web Redesign 2.0" comes to mind). Later chapters sort of ramble through the subject matter, not really succeeding at being thorough case studies of the sites. (For example, the chapter in ESPN was truly disapointing for its lack of content.) I really got the impression that the authors were trying to "pad" the content so as to make the book seem bigger than it really is.

    2. Poor reproduction of graphics. In some cases, it's difficult to see what the authors are trying to represent. Several errors in Chapter 3 ("Blogger: Rollovers and Design Improvements") make the examples very confusing. The book's editing left much to be desired--I found quite a few errors throughout the book.

    Given these two shortcomings, there is still valuable information in the book. With better editing, and tighter focus on the subject matter, this would be a good choice for a reference book on applying CSS to real-world projects. As it is, it's not a bad book to have in your collection, though I wouldn't put it on my "must-have" list.
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  • Joseph A. Cicio
    5.0 out of 5 stars For Serious designers
    Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2009
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    An excellent step by step explanation of every style line including hacks for non-compliant browsers.
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  • Patrick Sheehan
    2.0 out of 5 stars Runs before it walks
    Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2005
    As a designer, this year I tackled actionscript in flash and was able to massively improve my designs. I thought I'd follow it up by transitioning away from complex table-based design, which I can do in my sleep, to CSS. I looked at several books and this one seemed to be very straight-forward. It's not. It has a few illustrations that make it LOOK simple, but the lessons and case studies are fractured, messy and confusing. The second chapter devotes a huge portion to workaround for all types of browsers, admitting that this is an advanced concern. I need to crawl before I walk, and walk before I run. And I'm not unfamiliar with CSS - I've been using it to control type for years, but this is completely over my head. I just ordered some visual quickstart guides which I've had good luck with in the past. However, I was too lured in with this book's simple illustrations and blow-up quotes, and ended up buying something that was far too disjointed and complex for me. If you think in code all day long, it may be ok. But if you're a designer with a reasonable technical fluency, this is going to frustrate you.
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