Quantity:

More Buying Choices

13 used & new from �3.48

Have one to sell? Sell yours here

Share your own customer images

Search inside another edition of this book

CSS Cookbook (Paperback)

by Christopher Schmitt (Author)

2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Price:	�24.95 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
	o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o

In stock but may require up to 2 additional days to deliver.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Only 1 left in stock--order soon.

8 new from �3.76 5 used from �3.48

Other Editions:	RRP:	Our Price:	Other Offers:
Paperback (2)	�34.50	�21.68	28 used & new from �18.90

Frequently Bought Together

Price For All Three: �62.80

Some of these items ship sooner than the others. Show details

This item: CSS Cookbook by Christopher Schmitt
In stock but may require up to 2 additional days to deliver.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
CSS: The Definitive Guide by Eric Meyer
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
CSS: The Missing Manual by David McFarland
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

CSS: The Definitive Guide

by Eric Meyer

4.2 out of 5 stars (5) �20.82

CSS: The Missing Manual

by David McFarland

4.8 out of 5 stars (31) �17.03

JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook

by Danny Goodman

5.0 out of 5 stars (4) �19.26

JavaScript: The Definitive Guide

by David Flanagan

4.3 out of 5 stars (44) �24.24

The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 3rd Edition: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks

by Rachel Andrew

4.9 out of 5 stars (21) �19.20

› Explore similar items

Product details

Paperback: 252 pages
Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc. (11 Aug 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0596005768
ISBN-13: 978-0596005764
Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 17.8 x 1.7 cm

Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 358,116 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
Popular in this category:
#82 in Books > Computing & Internet > Programming > Languages > HTML & XHTML > CSS

Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?

See Complete Table of Contents

Customers Viewing This Page May Be Interested in These Sponsored Links

(What is this?)

CSS For Beginner's opens new browser window

www.sitepoint.com - Step-by-Step Guide for Webmasters. Download 4 Free Sample Chapters Now

Recipes opens new browser window

Florahearts.co.uk/Buttery - Try Great Tasting Flora Buttery In Cooking & Baking Recipes

1 flat stomach rule: obey opens new browser window

FatBurningFurnace.com - Cut down 1 lbs of stomach fat every day by obeying this 1 weird rule

Product Description

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are a powerful way to enrich the presentation of HTML-based web pages, allowing web authors to give their pages a more sophisticated look and more structure. CSS's compact file size helps web pages load quickly, and by allowing changes made in one place to be applied across the entire document, CSS can save hours of tedious changing and updating. But to leverage the full power of CSS, web authors first have to sift through CSS theory to find practical solutions that resolve real-world problems. Web authors can waste hours and earn ulcers trying to find answers to those all-too-common dilemmas that crop up with each project. The CSS Cookbook cuts straight through the theory to provide hundreds of useful examples and CSS code recipes that web authors can use immediately to format their web pages. The time saved by a single one of these recipes will make its cover price money well-spent. But the CSS Cookbook provides more than quick code solutions to pressing problems. The explanation that accompanies each recipe enables readers to customize the formatting for their specific purposes, and shows why the solution works, so you can adapt these techniques to other situations. Recipes range from the basics that every web author needs to code concoctions that will take your web pages to new levels. Reflecting CSS2, the latest specification, and including topics that range from basic web typography and page layout to techniques for formatting lists, forms, and tables, it is easy to see why the CSS Cookbook is regarded as an excellent companion to Cascading Style Sheets: The Definitive Guide and a must-have resource for any web author who has even considered using CSS.

From the Publisher

The CSS Cookbook cuts straight through the theory to provide hundreds of useful examples and CSS code recipes you can use immediately to format your web pages. Reflecting CSS2 and including topics that range from basic web typography and page layout to techniques for formatting lists, forms, and tables, the CSS Cookbook is a must-have resource for any web author who has even considered using CSS.

See all Product Description

Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

(What's this?)

Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)

web design

css

webdesign

web

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?

	56% buy the item featured on this page: CSS Cookbook 2.4 out of 5 stars (5) �24.95
	23% buy CSS: The Missing Manual 4.8 out of 5 stars (31) �17.03
	8% buy JavaScript & DHTML Cookbook 5.0 out of 5 stars (4) �19.26
	7% buy The CSS Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks, 3rd Edition: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks and Hacks 4.9 out of 5 stars (21) �19.20

Explore similar items

Customer Reviews

5 Reviews

5 star:		(1)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

Average Customer Review

2.4 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)

Share your thoughts with other customers:

Create your own review

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

47 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Some very handy recipes ..., 21 Oct 2004

By	"jonesgth" - See all my reviews

This book is not for the CSS initiate as it does not provide a CSS reference, systematically describe CSS syntax, or tell you exactly how Cascading Style Sheets do cascade. However, if you already have some CSS knowledge, then this will be one of the most useful books you will buy if you want to design web sites.

It provides a large number of recipes covering a wide range of CSS problems you are likely to need to solve at some time. The code examples can all downloaded from the O'Reilly web site as well as many of the images referenced in the book.

Christopher Schmitt has organised this book beautifully, with each recipe presented in a 'Problem, Solution, Discussion, See Also' format. The problems are described concisely and clearly, as are the solutions. Schmitt then discusses the solutions in some detail, and the use of discussion sections is one of the best features of the book. The 'See Also' sections give valuable pointers to other books but principally to other web sites where more detailed information is available, in particular the relevant parts of the CSS 2.1 specification.

As with every book, there are a few minor niggles, but these are insignificant compared to the benefit you will obtain. It provides what is says on the cover - quick solutions to common CSS problems - and more, as you will understand CSS much better after using this book.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars OK but I'm sure there's better out there, 6 Jan 2006

By	"waiterm3" - See all my reviews

Having bought the book, I've actually found I very rarely use it. It seems to be a little out of date in terms of the content and examples given when you look at what CSS can actually be used for.

I was hoping for instant solutions to CSS problems as and when they crop up but found my problems very difficult to put in context with regards to this book.

The W3C tutorials are more help, in fact the google and the www generally is more help than this book as a reference guide. Not really recommended.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars There are much better alternatives, 26 Oct 2006

By	Antonio Oliveira "tomane23" (Aveiro, Portugal) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As a cookbook, it doesn't shine very much. The examples provided are averagely useful at best and it's not a "pure" CSS cookbook. Some examples include javascript and CSS is only indirectly related to them.
When working with HTML/CSS I found the combination of CSS, The Definitive Guide and some quick googling much more productive than with this cookbook.
The biggest advantage that I can see in it is that you can read the material offline and some trivial techniques are easily accessed. However It doesn't provide the recipes that we need for more complex designs by a long shot.
The 3 stars are mostly for the clean structure of the book; a section about the problem exposes clearly what our goals are, and then the code is shown along with an explanation/discussion of the technique employed.
It's not an essential resource about CSS, there are a lot more places where you can get better ideas for solutions to more complex (and useful) CSS problems, so I can't recommend it at all...

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)

Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review

› See all 5 customer reviews...

Most Recent Customer Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars junk
pointless cascading flatulence. myer's css book with o'reilly has everything you need, borrow it read it and then get o'reily's css pocket reference and google for some ideas if... Read more

Published on 24 Mar 2006 by Panos

1.0 out of 5 stars Not very useful
The book is somewhere in my office but I don't know where.

To me it sounded much too basic and not well sorted. Read more

Published on 2 Mar 2006 by Yannick Warnier

› See all 5 customer reviews...

.jsOffDisplayBlock { display: block; } .jsOffDisplayInline { display: inline; } .jsOffVisibility { visibility: visible; } .jsOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jsOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jsOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; } .jsOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jsOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayBlock { display: none; } .jqOnDisplayInline { display: none; } .jqOnVisibility { visibility: hidden; } .jqOnDisplayNoneBlock { display: block; } .jqOnDisplayNoneInline { display: inline; }