CSS: The Definitive Guide

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Simply put, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a way to separate a document's structure from its presentation. The benefits of this can be quite profound: CSS allows a much richer document appearance than HTML and also saves time--you can create or change the appearance of an entire document in just one place; and its compact file size makes web pages load quickly.

Author Eric Meyer tackles the subject with passion, exploring in detail each individual CSS property and how it interacts with other properties. You'll not only learn how to avoid common mistakes in interpretation, you also will benefit from the depth and breadth of his experience and his clear and honest style. This is the complete sourcebook on CSS.

The 3rd edition contains:

• Updates to reflect changes in the latest draft version of CSS 2.1
• Browser notes updated to reflect changes between IE6 and IE7
• Advanced selectors supported in IE7 and other major browsers included
  
• A new round of technical edits by a fresh set of editors
• Clarifications and corrected errata, including updated URLs of referenced online resources

Product Reviews

(4 stars) - Thorough guide to CSS
Eric Meyer is considered an authority on HTML and CSS issues and this book certainly demonstrates why. He takes every element of CSS and defines context and specifics with an amazing amount of detail, but supremely well organized so that it's actually readable in a conversational way rather than a textbook or reference book way.

If you are planning to regularly deal with ALL of the ramifications of designing web sites, this book is a must-have to provide a thorough foundation. If you only want to make a web page for something simple, or just once in your life, this may be too much information, but reading it may cause you to want to do more with your simple web page!

The book is dense with text and has relatively few diagrams, and some of the examples take some study to understand what they're trying to convey, but if you're a serious student of CSS, Meyer's text rewards you for your effort.

(5 stars) - Great reference
With the number of style options available, it is easy to forget or be unsure of some of them. And, proper usage of same can be problematic. This book is chock-full of the information I need.

(4 stars) - CSS The Definitive Guide Review
This is a well-organized reference for CSS2 -- clear and easy to unerstand -- and an excellent accompaniment to a basic to intermediate course on CSS design. It has chapters explaining the how and why, as well as a comprehensive property reference list in alpha order.

(5 stars) - CSS The Definitive Guide
I haven't read the entire book yet, but did look up information using the index and found what I needed easily. I am sure it will be a big help in understanding CSS better.

(5 stars) - Great book!
This is a good investment for anyone that is a beginner on CSS believe me! I am a graphic designer in transition from printed materials to web and is very useful.

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