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Designing CSS Web Pages (Voices That Matter) (Paperback)

by Christopher Schmitt (Author)
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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: New Riders (2 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0735712638
  • ISBN-13: 978-0735712638
  • Product Dimensions: 23 x 18.8 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 764,862 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Go beyond the mechanics of CSS to how to think in the language of web design, and avoid the common pitfalls. Full of examples and deconstruction's to aid in understanding CSS and its application. The ability to use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is fast becoming a vital tool in the web professional's toolkit. But understanding how to use CSS is not intuitive--it requires a new way of thinking when it comes to building web pages. This book encourages web designers to look at the perceived limitations of the web as a new challenge to their design skills--without relying on HTML for presentation of pages. The overall theme is to instruct readers to build pages by using relative design techniques: understanding the relationship within the dynamic space of the web rather than the fixed-design "old-school" notions that have been in use for so long. The web site will include all of the files needed for the exercises and additional information of interest to web professionals including, but not limited to, recommended readings (suggested books, web sites and online articles), full-length interviews and a listing of CSS tools. www.christopher.org



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Go beyond the mechanics of CSS to how to think in the language of web design, and avoid the common pitfalls. Full of examples and deconstruction's to aid in understanding CSS and its application. The ability to use of Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is fast becoming a vital tool in the web professional's toolkit. But understanding how to use CSS is not intuitive--it requires a new way of thinking when it comes to building web pages. This book encourages web designers to look at the perceived limitations of the web as a new challenge to their design skills--without relying on HTML for presentation of pages. The overall theme is to instruct readers to build pages by using relative design techniques: understanding the relationship within the dynamic space of the web rather than the fixed-design "old-school" notions that have been in use for so long. The web site will include all of the files needed for the exercises and additional information of interest to web professionals including, but not limited to, recommended readings (suggested books, web sites and online articles), full-length interviews and a listing of CSS tools. www.christopher.org



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1.0 out of 5 stars Review of Designing CSS Web Pages by Christopher Schmitt, 15 Jan 2003
I am sad to say that this book was extremely disappointing. There was a complete lack of structure and good writing technique, and I cannot see how it could benefit a professional web designer or a beginner.

The book skipped from topic to topic leaving very little "connection" or clear understanding of any level CSS skills.

I cannot recommend this to any level user. As a point of reference my own skills are advanced HTML/ASP/XML/PHP VB, Java C,
So I pass my opinion on with a reasonable level of experience.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A very useful book. But not written for everybody..., 16 May 2003
Having a background in graphics and design, I worry more about how my work looks than the underlying code when it comes to the web. I want to meet my clients orginal brief without having to resort to using clunky html tables to get the site laid out nicely.

It must be pointed out that this book is not a language/syntax reference for CSS. There are many other (mostly larger) books and web resources that cover the technical details of CSS. It's a resource for those with design in mind, and a very good resource at that. If you want a guide to the language then I'd point you towards one of the O'Reilly books...

When CSS was launched it was clear that it would revolutionise the way the web is presented, and this book helps capitalise on the many advantages of CSS.

The combination of PNG and SVG images with CSS is well covered and reasons for and against their use are clearly discussed.

Admittedly CSS implementation across browsers isn't great but the author clearly points out the possible pitfalls of pushing the boundaries of CSS too far. Alongside this the overall attention to detail throughout the book is staggering.

The appendices contain remarkably useful references (that are quick and easy to use) to CSS and HTML 'tags' along with a very simple guide to creating 50 popular paragraph formats in CSS (No more mucking about with tables, spacer images, and gifs!).

All in all an excellent book that truly deserves a place as one of the 'bible' books for designers.

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