HTML and CSS: The Good Parts

Ben Henick

ISBN 10: 0596157606 / ISBN 13: 9780596157609

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA, 2010

About this Item

Covers different aspects of web page design, from typography and color to layout. This book helps you learn which pieces of HTML and CSS deserve focus, and which can be abandoned. It also lets you discover how the two technologies tightly mesh. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: UMW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 176 x 19. Weight in Grams: 492. . 2010. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HTML and CSS: The Good Parts
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Inc, USA
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0596157606
• ISBN 13: 9780596157609
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

HTML and CSS are the workhorses of web design, and using them together to build consistent, reliable web pages requires both skill and knowledge. The task is more difficult if you're relying on outdated, confusing, and unnecessary HTML hacks and workarounds. Author Ben Henick shows you how to avoid those traps by going beyond the standard tips, tricks, and techniques to connect the underlying theory and design of HTML and CSS to your everyday work habits.

With this practical book, you'll learn how to work with these tools far more effectively than is standard practice for most web developers. Whether you handcraft individual pages or build templates, HTML & CSS: The Good Parts will help you get the most out of these tools in all aspects of web page design-from layout to typography and to color.

• Structure HTML markup to maximize the power of CSS
• Implement complex multi-column layouts from scratch
• Improve site production values with advanced CSS techniques
• Support formal usability and accessibility requirements with tools built into HTML and CSS
• Avoid the most annoying browser and platform limitations

About the Author

Ben Henick has been building Web sites since September 1995, when he took on his first Web project as an academic volunteer. He has worked in nearly every aspect of site design and development, from foundation HTML through finicky CSS to larger scale architecture and content management. He has written for A List Apart, the Web Standards Project, and most recently for Opera Software's Web Standards Curriculum.