CSS For Web Designers Only

It's all about style. CSS can make your Web sites flawless


You're a designer first. So is Donna Baker. She knows your questions about CSS because she's asked them too. How do I apply a CSS rule to specific instances? What key concepts should govern font styles? How do I keep the background image from disappearing in Internet Explorer? Why can't I control which cells display hover color? By answering these and a hundred other questions, Donna gives you new power to keep the style in your sites with CSS.
* Learn how to construct and organize a style sheet that meets all your needs
* Be able to write CSS syntax and define properties and values for fonts, images, and other page elements
* Use background images to their full potential
* Customize the appearance of your pages with pseudo-elements and pseudo-styles
* Learn when to use static, elastic, and fluid layouts using CSS positioning methods
* Make lists and tables behave consistently and effectively
* Resolve the problems that make forms display incorrectly in different browsers
* Design style sheets that make your Web pages friendly to printers, handheld devices, and other media Read more Continue reading Read less FROM THE BACK COVER
It's all about style. CSS can make your Web sites flawlessYou're a designer first. So is Donna Baker. She knows your questions about CSS because she's asked them too. How do I apply a CSS rule to specific instances? What key concepts should govern font styles? How do I keep the background image from disappearing in Internet Explorer? Why can't I control which cells display hover color? By answering these and a hundred other questions, Donna gives you new power to keep the style in your sites with CSS.

* Learn how to construct and organize a style sheet that meets all your needs
* Be able to write CSS syntax and define properties and values for fonts, images, and other page elements
* Use background images to their full potential
* Customize the appearance of your pages with pseudo-elements and pseudo-styles
* Learn when to use static, elastic, and fluid layouts using CSS positioning methods
* Make lists and tables behave consistently and effectively
* Resolve the problems that make forms display incorrectly in different browsers
* Design style sheets that make your Web pages friendly to printers, handheld devices, and other media

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Donna L. Baker created her first Web site in 1991, has worked with CSS virtually since its inception, and has taught courses in CSS and Web design. Donna has written several books, including The Unofficial Guide to Photoshop Elements 4 and the Official SWiSHmax Bible, also from Wiley. Read more Continue reading Read less