Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web

✍ Scribed by Hakon Wium Lie, Bert Bos

• Book ID: 127435881
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 6 MB
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library
• ISBN-13: 9780321193124
• ASIN: B003XNTT80

✦ Synopsis

Direct from the creators of CSS, this is the definitive reference to CSS 2.1, today's indispensable standard for controlling the appearance of any Web or XML document. This full-color book doesn't just show how to use every significant CSS 1 and 2.x feature; it carefully explains the "why" behind today's most valuable CSS design techniques. You'll find practical, downloadable examples throughout-along with essential browser support information and best practices for building high-impact pages and applications.Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web, Third Edition covers every CSS 2.1 improvement and fix, from new height/width definitions in absolutely positioned elements to new clip property calculations. Clear, readable, and thorough, it's the one must-have CSS resource for every Web developer, designer, and content provider. Coverage includesMastering essential CSS concepts: rules, declarations, selectors, properties, and moreWorking with type: from absolute/relative units to font size and weightUnderstanding CSS objects: box model, display properties, list styles, and moreExercising total control over spacing and positioningSpecifying colors for borders and backgroundsManaging printing: margins, page breaks, and moreImplementing media-specific style sheets for audio rendering, handhelds, and other forms of presentationMoving from HTML extensions to CSS: five practical case studiesMaking the most of cascading and inheritanceUsing external style sheets and @importIntegrating CSS with XML documentsOptimizing the performance of CSS pagesIncludes a handy CSS Quick Reference Card"