Updated and revised to reflect changes to cascading style sheets (CSS) development procedures since the first edition was published, Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, 2nd Edition offers a hands-on look at designing standards-based, large-scale, professional-level CSS web sites. Understand designers’ processes from start to finish and gain insight into how designers overcome a site’s unique set of challenges and obstacles. Become comfortable with solving common problems, learn the best practices for using XHMTL with CSS, orchestrate a new look for a blog, tackle browser-compatibility issues and develop functional navigational structures.

Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design

Computers & Technology

Christopher Schmitt

Ethan Marcotte

Todd Dominey

Cindy Li

Dunstan Orchard

Mark Trammell

Web Development & Design

Wrox

Professional CSS Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design As the preferred technology for Web design, cascading style sheets (CSS) enable Web designers and developers to define consistent styles on multiple pages. Written by leading CSS authors who are also professional programmers and designers, this is the first book to showcase examples of high-profile, real-world Web sites created by world-famous designers using CSS. Each chapter offers an exploratory look at each designer's process from start to finish and how he overcame each site's unique set of challenges. You'll learn what each designer would have done differently as well as various CSS tips and techniques that were used for each site. This is a resource to which you can turn regularly for more know-how and insights into designing large-scale, professional-level Web sites with CSS. What you will learn from this book * The preliminaries you need to iron out before you begin a site in order to avoid problems later * How to tackle browser-compatibility issues * Best practices for using XHTML with CSS * How to successfully integrate Flash content into an XHTML and CSS site * Using drop shadows, drop-down menus, bounding boxes, and rollovers * Ways to develop a site that can reliably handle constant streams of up-to-date information Who this book is for This book is for designers who understand CSS at an intermediate to advanced level, but who are looking to learn how to effectively develop CSS-enabled designs at a professional level. Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

Professional CSS / Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design

Responsive Web Design (Brief Books for People Who Make Websites, No. 4)

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As responsive design evolves, we have a critical need to think about design challenges beyond mobile, tablet, and desktop. When properly designed and planned, design patterns-small, reusable modules-help your responsive layout reach more devices (and people) than ever before. Ethan Marcotte shows you just how that's done, focusing on responsive navigation systems, resizing and adapting images, managing advertising in a responsive context, and broader principles for designing more flexible, device-independent layouts. - Contents: Starting Small Navigation Images and Videos Responsive Advertising Designing the Infinite Grid

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Responsive Web Design: Second Edition

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