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Transcending CSS: The Fine Art of Web Design (Voices That Matter)

51 reviews
Andy Clarke, Molly E. Holzschlag

New Riders Press, 2006

Good advice for the intermediate/advanced designer
Transcending CSS is a book that, as it explains in its opening, isn't intended as a basic overview of CSS. It assumes a solid base of knowledge, and if you have that, the book can be extremely beneficial. That's not to say that the book wouldn't be useful to a novice designer, but they might want to pick it up again after they have more experience with the CSS selectors and attributes Clarke ...

Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns

25 reviews
Michael Bowers

Apress, 2007

Lots of light bulbs
Those who understand CSS will find a trove here. One may trudge through other one true holy grail bulletproof designs. They have their place. Then, leap, at last, into this book. It's been sitting on your bookshelf, perhaps, undeservedly ignored, for a week? You peruse. You find the page for your problem. You read, carefully. A light bulb! "Of course," you may think! Or, "He's telling me, ...

CSS: The Definitive Guide

29 reviews
Eric Meyer

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

Very authoritative and complete
Before purchasing this book, I had purchased about a half dozen books on css, one from the same author. I was really surprised to find new ways to use css that I hadn't learned in the other books. Each topic is discussed completely and in detail. For a reference on css, this book is the best I've found.

CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions

110 reviews
Andy Budd, Simon Collison, ...

friends of ED, 2006

EXCELLENT!!!
Love this book!! I use it so much pages are falling out. Great book!

Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML

240 reviews
Eric Freeman, Elisabeth Freeman

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2005

Really Good Beginner Book
This book turned out to be really really good. It takes you through all the basics without getting boring, and its pretty thorough. At the end they even tell you "where to go from here" instead of leaving you hanging like most books. I found myself regularly keeping up with reading it, and as long as you pace yourself, you can pick up decent working knowledge within a week or two.

CSS: The Missing Manual

62 reviews
David McFarland

Pogue Press, 2006

Excellent book for learning CSS. Very highly recommended!
I purchased this book with the need to learn CSS. Initially I thought that meant simply learning its syntax. This book does that well, but also goes much further to give the reader a deeper understanding of why you want to use CSS and how to apply it. Mr. McFarland has done an excellent job of explaining the "why" and "how" of using CSS to build effective web sites. He does this with a ...

Everything You Know About CSS is Wrong!

5 reviews
Rachel Andrew, Kevin Yank

SitePoint, 2008

Provocative Title - Covers IE8 With Eye Towards Backwards Compatability
A provocative title to be sure, but after reading a sample chapter on another website, I placed my order. The book focuses on the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 8, which thanks to the auto-update in Windows will be quickly adopted. IE8 offers vastly superior CSS support, and makes many of the workarounds and hacks obsolete. Thankfully, the authors haven't completely disregarded ...

Stylin' with CSS: A Designer's Guide (2nd Edition) (Voices That Matter)

89 reviews
Charles Wyke-Smith

New Riders Press, 2007

Get the bones and the meat on CSS
I bought this book sometime last month and I agree with one of the reviews that this is the first book I should have bought on Cascading Style Sheets.I have four other titles on the same subject and I have learned much from all of them, but this Author has a unique way of imparting the knowledge,even to a novice.This book does not read like a mantra,he gives you the code,applies it and "BOOM" you ...

HTML, XHTML, and CSS, Sixth Edition (Visual Quickstart Guide)

180 reviews
Elizabeth Castro

Peachpit Press, 2006

Excellent Book!
This book really gave me a lot of insight on the fundamentals of Web design. It takes you step by step through the processes of hand writing the Web code. It was a lot of help for me, and I plan on keeping this book for future reference.

CSS Pocket Reference: Visual Presentation for the Web (Pocket Reference)

7 reviews
Eric Meyer

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2007

Great little helper
I suggest reading the definitive guide first but I keep this pocket version on my desk (well, I know it's around here somewhere). A useful quick reference for web designers that have abandoned the outmoded world of tables-based layout.

Beginning CSS Web Development: From Novice to Professional

34 reviews
Simon Collison

Apress, 2006

I almost never write reviews, but...
..this book deserves recommendation. I bought it based on the other good ratings left by others and can confirm they're well deserved. In a very clear and easy-to-read manner the author thoroughly explains the basics of CSS, complete with examples, and takes great care advising on good coding principles. Having known very little about CSS before picking up this book I'm now very much ...

Mastering Integrated HTML and CSS (Mastering)

4 reviews
Virginia DeBolt

Sybex, 2007

Easiest tutorial I've found yet
I've been studying at web design and construction for over 10 years. Since I'm both dyslexic and limited in my short-term memory, I've had problems with doing more than just the basics. Understanding XHTML and CSS have been problematic for me, and I've had to rely on programs like Dreamweaver and Front Page to write my pages. This book is finally bringing home how web pages are constructed, ...

CSS Cookbook, 2nd Edition

28 reviews
Christopher Schmitt

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2006

CSS Seconds
The CSS Cookbook is written for those starting out with CSS and advanced users. It is not written as a tutorial in order to learn CSS but anyone with a basic grip on CSS will find the book a valuable companion. The clear explanations of many of the pitfalls we come across when writing CSS are simply stated in an easy to look up format. Even though you may not want to read the book front to ...

HTML, XHTML, and CSS All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech))

7 reviews
Andy Harris, Chris McCulloh

For Dummies, 2008

Great for beginners!!
I have been out of web design for years. In fact the last time I built a web page I was still using a single html doc and usually some images with hotspots. This book got me back in the saddle and quickly had me building great looking and functional web pages and sites. This book covers everything from basic html to css to MySQL and PHP. There is really no other book you could get that will ...

The Zen of CSS Design: Visual Enlightenment for the Web (Voices That Matter)

87 reviews
Dave Shea, Molly E. Holzschlag

Peachpit Press, 2005

For the beginner to aspire to
I bought this book understanding that it would help me learn CSS design, but soon found that it was not for the beginner but for an experienced CSS practitioner. The book is divided into themes such as 'Layout', 'Typography', etc. and illustrates the points being made by references to examples on the web site. You can browse to the relevant pages and read the CSS code to understand how ...

Pro CSS Techniques (Pro)

12 reviews
Jeff Croft, Ian Lloyd, ...

Apress, 2006

Understandable Advanced CSS
This is a great technical book on CSS, but only if you've struggled with CSS layouts, tried to figure out why your floats aren't working correctly, and banged your head against the wall a couple of times in frustration. For those who know what I mean, this is the CSS book for you. If you haven't tried to put a web page together with CSS, then as other reviewers have said, this is not your first ...

The Ultimate CSS Reference

10 reviews
Tommy Olsson, Paul O'Brien

SitePoint, 2008

Every web developer should own a copy of this book
The ultimate CSS reference by Tommy Olsson and Paul O'Brien is exactly what it says, a reference guide. As with all books however I've read this one cover to cover. The book covers every single CSS keyword, selector, pseudo-class and corresponding attribute known (including some that aren't even in the official ratified W3C standard but are supported by certain browsers and some that are ...

Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS

37 reviews
Ian Lloyd

SitePoint, 2006

Wonderful Resource for Novice
This is a very good book. I have been stumbling around for some months now trying to figure out how to do web site development, yet never having had any training to do so. I'm only half way through this book, but it is like the lights have come on. This book really made sense to me. It was easy to understand and the directions were written in terms that anyone could understand and follow. I ...

HTML, XHTML, and CSS: Your visual blueprint for designing effective Web pages (Visual Blueprint)

6 reviews
Rob Huddleston

Visual, 2008

Awesome Resource!
What a great pickup this book has been! As someone who has worked with html at the code level for many years, I picked this up with the intention of honing my CSS skills. After reviewing the topics I already felt comfortable with so as to make sure I was doing things correctly, I was able to quickly get up to speed on the topics that most interested me. Arranged so that skills build ...

The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks

52 reviews
Rachel Andrew

SitePoint, 2007

Truly "Essential" If You've Not Been Around the Block A Hundred Times
CSS is difficult to master, and most who have have done so over a period of years, through trial and error, and from picking up tips one by one from the community of practitioners. Rachel Andrew's CSS Anthology doesn't offer much for the CSS veterans (I found only 1 tip I didn't know), but it's is absolutely full of all the good stuff that we CSS authors treasure and, of course, USE on a daily ...

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