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CSS: The Missing Manual, Second Edition

By
David Sawyer McFarland
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
Released:
August 2009
Pages:
560

Product Editions

  1. CSS: The Missing Manual, Second Edition - August 2009
  2. CSS: The Missing Manual - August 2006
Description

Cascading Style Sheets can turn humdrum websites into highly-functional, professional-looking destinations, but many designers merely treat CSS as window-dressing to spruce up their site's appearance. Tap into the real power of this tool with CSS: The Missing Manual. This second edition combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, and step-by-step tutorials to help you build new websites with CSS, or refurbish old sites that are due for an upgrade.

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Table of Contents

  1. CSS Basics

    1. Chapter 1 Rethinking HTML for CSS

      1. HTML: Past and Present
      2. Writing HTML for CSS
      3. The Importance of the Doctype
      4. Getting the Most out of Internet Explorer 8

    2. Chapter 2 Creating Styles and Style Sheets

      1. Anatomy of a Style
      2. Understanding Style Sheets
      3. Internal Style Sheets
      4. External Style Sheets
      5. Tutorial: Creating Your First Styles

    3. Chapter 3 Selectors: Identifying What to Style

      1. Tag Selectors: Page-Wide Styling
      2. Class Selectors: Pinpoint Control
      3. ID Selectors: Specific Page Elements
      4. Styling Groups of Tags
      5. Styling Tags Within Tags
      6. Pseudo-Classes and Pseudo-Elements
      7. Advanced Selectors
      8. Tutorial: Selector Sampler

    4. Chapter 4 Saving Time with Style Inheritance

      1. What Is Inheritance?
      2. How Inheritance Streamlines Style Sheets
      3. The Limits of Inheritance
      4. Tutorial: Inheritance

    5. Chapter 5 Managing Multiple Styles: The Cascade

      1. How Styles Cascade
      2. Specificity: Which Style Wins
      3. Controlling the Cascade
      4. Tutorial: The Cascade in Action

  2. Applied CSS

    1. Chapter 6 Formatting Text

      1. Formatting Text
      2. Changing Font Size
      3. Formatting Words and Letters
      4. Formatting Entire Paragraphs
      5. Styling Lists
      6. Tutorial: Text Formatting in Action

    2. Chapter 7 Margins, Padding, and Borders

      1. Understanding the Box Model
      2. Control Space with Margins and Padding
      3. Adding Borders
      4. Coloring the Background
      5. Determining Height and Width
      6. Wrap Content with Floating Elements
      7. Tutorial: Margins, Backgrounds, and Borders

    3. Chapter 8 Adding Graphics to Web Pages

      1. CSS and the <img> Tag
      2. Background Images
      3. Controlling Repetition
      4. Positioning a Background Image
      5. Using Background Property Shorthand
      6. Tutorial: Enhancing Images
      7. Tutorial: Creating a Photo Gallery
      8. Tutorial: Using Background Images

    4. Chapter 9 Sprucing Up Your Site's Navigation

      1. Selecting Which Links to Style
      2. Styling Links
      3. Building Navigation Bars
      4. Advanced Link Techniques
      5. Tutorial: Styling Links
      6. Tutorial: Creating a Navigation Bar

    5. Chapter 10 Formatting Tables and Forms

      1. Using Tables the Right Way
      2. Styling Tables
      3. Styling Forms
      4. Tutorial: Styling a Table
      5. Tutorial: Styling a Form

  3. CSS Page Layout

    1. Chapter 11 Introducing CSS Layout

      1. Types of Web Page Layouts
      2. How CSS Layout Works
      3. Layout Strategies

    2. Chapter 12 Building Float-Based Layouts

      1. Applying Floats to Your Layouts
      2. Overcoming Float Problems
      3. Handling Internet Explorer 6 Bugs
      4. Tutorial: Multiple-Column Layouts
      5. Tutorial: Negative Margin Layout

    3. Chapter 13 Positioning Elements on a Web Page

      1. How Positioning Properties Work
      2. Powerful Positioning Strategies
      3. Tutorial: Positioning Page Elements

  4. Advanced CSS

    1. Chapter 14 CSS for the Printed Page

      1. How Media Style Sheets Work
      2. How to Add Media Style Sheets
      3. Creating Print Style Sheets
      4. Tutorial: Building a Print Style Sheet

    2. Chapter 15 Improving Your CSS Habits

      1. Adding Comments
      2. Organizing Styles and Style Sheets
      3. Eliminating Browser Style Interference
      4. Using Descendent Selectors
      5. Managing Internet Explorer Hacks

    3. Chapter 16 CSS 3: CSS on the Edge

      1. An Overview of CSS 3
      2. CSS 3 Selectors
      3. Opacity
      4. RGBA Color
      5. Text Shadow
      6. Font Freedom
      7. Generated Content

  5. Appendixes

    1. Appendix CSS Property Reference

      1. CSS Values
      2. Text Properties
      3. List Properties
      4. Padding, Borders, and Margins
      5. Backgrounds
      6. Page Layout Properties
      7. Table Properties
      8. Miscellaneous Properties

    2. Appendix CSS in Dreamweaver CS4

      1. Creating Styles
      2. Adding Styles to Web Pages
      3. Editing Styles
      4. Managing Styles
      5. Examining Your CSS in the Styles Panel
      6. Using the Code Navigator

    3. Appendix CSS Resources

      1. References
      2. CSS Help
      3. CSS Tips, Tricks, and Advice
      4. CSS Navigation
      5. CSS and Graphics
      6. CSS Layout
      7. Browser Bugs
      8. Showcase Sites
      9. CSS Books
      10. CSS Software

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Product Details
Title:
CSS: The Missing Manual, Second Edition
By:
David Sawyer McFarland
Publisher:
O'Reilly Media / Pogue Press
Formats:
  • Print
  • Ebook
  • Safari Books Online
Print Release:
August 2009
Ebook Release:
August 2009
Pages:
560
Print ISBN:
978-0-596-80244-8
| ISBN 10:
0-596-80244-7
Ebook ISBN:
978-0-596-80569-2
| ISBN 10:
0-596-80569-1
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About the Author

  1. David Sawyer McFarland

    David Sawyer McFarland is president of Sawyer McFarland Media, Inc., a Web development and training company in Portland, Oregon. He's been building websites since 1995, when he designed an online magazine for communication professionals. He's served as webmaster at the University of California at Berkeley and the Berkeley Multimedia Research Center, and oversaw a complete CSS-driven redesign of Macworld.com. David is also a writer, trainer, and teaches in the Portland State University multimedia program. He wrote the bestselling Missing Manual titles on Adobe Dreamweaver, CSS, and JavaScript.

    View David Sawyer McFarland's full profile page.

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