{"product_id":"9780596554521","title":"CSS: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual","description":"\u003cp\u003eWeb site design has grown up. Unlike the old days, when designers cobbled togetherchunky HTML, bandwidth-hogging graphics, and a prayer to make their sites look good,Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) now lets your inner designer come out and play. But CSSisn't just a tool to pretty up your site; it's a reliable method for handling allkinds of presentation--from fonts and colors to page layout. \u003ci\u003eCSS: The MissingManual\u003c\/i\u003e clearly explains this powerful design language and how you can use it tobuild sparklingly new Web sites or refurbish old sites that are ready for an upgrade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLike their counterparts in print page-layout programs, style sheets allowdesigners to apply typographic styles, graphic enhancements, and precise layoutinstructions to elements on a Web page. Unfortunately, due to CSS's complexity andthe many challenges of building pages that work in all Web browsers, most Web authorstreat CSS as a kind of window-dressing to spruce up the appearance of their sites.Integrating CSS with a site's underlying HTML is hard work, and often frustratinglycomplicated. As a result many of the most powerful features of CSS are left untapped.With this book, beginners and Web-building veterans alike can learn how to navigatethe ins-and-outs of CSS and take complete control over their Web pages'appearance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor David McFarland (the bestselling author of O'Reilly's \u003ci\u003eDreamweaver: TheMissing Manual\u003c\/i\u003e) combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, a dashof humor, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show you ways to design sites withCSS that work consistently across browsers. You'll learn how to:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCreate HTML that's simpler, uses less code, is search-engine friendly, andworks well with CSS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eStyle text by changing fonts, colors, font sizes, and adding borders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eTurn simple HTML links into complex and attractive navigation bars-completewith CSS-only rollover effects that add interactivity to your Web pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eStyle images to create effective photo galleries and special effects likeCSS-based drop shadows\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eMake HTML forms look great without a lot of messy HTML\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eOvercome the most hair-pulling browser bugs so your Web pages work consistentlyfrom browser to browser\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eCreate complex layouts using CSS, including multi-column designs that don'trequire using old techniques like HTML tables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eStyle Web pages for printing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnlike competing books, this Missing Manual doesn't assume that everyone in theworld only surfs the Web with Microsoft's Internet Explorer; our book providessupport for all major Web browsers and is one of the first books to thoroughlydocument the newly expanded CSS support in IE7, currently in beta release.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWant to learn how to turn humdrum Web sites into destinations that will captureviewers and keep them longer? Pick up \u003ci\u003eCSS: The Missing Manual\u003c\/i\u003e and learn thereal magic of this tool.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"O'Reilly Media, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47124639449328,"sku":"9780596554521","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780596554521_p0.jpg?v=1763723244","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780596554521","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}