HTML & CSS: The Good Parts : Better Ways to Build Websites that Work

Ben Henick

ISBN 10: 0596157606 / ISBN 13: 9780596157609

Published by O'reilly Media Mär 2010, 2010

About this Item

Neuware - 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 The task is more difficult if you're relying on outdated, confusing, and unnecessary HTML hacks and workarounds.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 CSSImplement complex multi-column layouts from scratchImprove site production values with advanced CSS techniquesSupport formal usability and accessibility requirements with tools built into HTML and CSSAvoid the most annoying browser and platform limitations.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: HTML & CSS: The Good Parts : Better Ways to Build Websites that Work
• Publisher: O'reilly Media Mär 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0596157606
• ISBN 13: 9780596157609
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 232W x 186H x 35D millimeters 232 millimeters width by 186 millimeters height by 35 millimeters depth
• Weight: 474 grams

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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 The task is more difficult if you're relying on outdated, confusing, and unnecessary HTML hacks and workarounds.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.