'Now You Too Can Easily Create Modern 'Table-free' Websites Using CSS from scratch'
Write faster loading, dramatically smaller pages
Speed up site maintenance by separating the content from the layout
Create flexible 3-column designs with ease
Write device-independant CSS that will work on everything from a PC to an internet refridgerator
Write search engine friendly pages that can actually be understood by search engines Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) deal with issues that HTML cannot handle. CSS is a powerful, flexible way to specify HTML formatting. It lets you separate the style and layout of your HTML from its content, allowing you to control the position, margins, spacing, fonts, colors, typefaces, and other aspects of a web document's elements without compromising its structure.
This completely revised and expanded second edition includes new techniques for laying out your web pages using positional CSS, and makes crafting beautiful, accessible and maintainable websites a snap. First published in 2003, the first edition was considered to be the definitive guide to CSS - a step-by-step, clearly written tutorial. The 2nd Edition revision and updates ensure it remains just as relevant to web developers today.
What will I learn?
Rachel Andrew and Dan Shafer's book is a comprehensive guide to learning and applying the principles of CSS to your Website.
This book will teach you how to...
Appreciate why maintaining tables is a nightmare and how CSS can help
Understand when to use CSS and when not to use CSS
Build robust, flexible two- and three-column layouts using CSS positioning.
Easily build both fixed-width and liquid page layouts
Reap the benefits of inheritance in CSS
Style text and other content using CSS
Make the most of other non-obvious uses of CSS
Use CSS to achieve maximum Web Accessibility
Design sites that are standards compliant
Accommodate older Browsers
And much more...
Plus, it also comes with a sophisticated sample website styled and layed out completely with CSS and a FREE download of the site and all of its code.
And on top of this 'HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS, 2nd Edition' also includes the most complete CSS Property Reference of any book ever written about CSS - with over 150 CSS properties described.
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What's new in the 2nd edition?
New information on making your site compatible with Firefox 1.5 and the upcoming Internet Explorer 7
New sections on making 1-, 2- and 3-column layouts, using both floated and absolutely positioned elements
How to create site footers below columns, and how to extend columns vertically down to the footer
Information on making your site more accessible using CSS and semantic HTML
All new sample website demonstrating the CSS techniques used in the 2nd edition
Included property reference has been updated to CSS 2.1
Corrections and clarifications throughout the book
All of the layout techniques used in the 2nd edition have been thoroughly tested in production in all of the popular modern browsers and are hack-free, so they will continue to work in Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, and beyond.
Who should read this book?
Like all SitePoint books, 'HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS, 2nd Edition' is written in a clear tutorial format that's easy to understand. If you hate wading through dry, academic-style books on web design, this book is the breath of fresh air you've been waiting for.
If you've never built a website completely with CSS before and you're looking to go beyond the limitations of old-fashioned, table-based sites, this book will have you creating professional CSS-based sites in no time.
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Of course we're so confident that you'll treasure this book for years to come that we're happy, as always, for you to try it risk-free for 30 days. If you purchase a copy of 'HTML Utopia: Designing Without Tables Using CSS, 2nd Edition' and you don't think it is everything you wanted, we would like you to have your money back.
Simply contact us and we will see to it that you get a prompt and courteous refund of the full purchase price minus shipping and handling.
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