Integrated HTML and CSS: A Smarter, Faster Way to Learn FROM THE PUBLISHER
Almost all web designers use Cascading Style Sheets to control the presentation of the websites they construct out of HTML. Why learn one and then the other when you can just as easilyﾽand much more effectivelyﾽlearn both at the same time? This book's integrated approach speeds your progress and leaves you with a stronger, more cohesive set of skills. Inside, you'll learn about:
Writing well-structured HTML for use by any web-capable device
Designing page layouts using CSS
Controlling fonts, colors, backgrounds, borders, and margins
Using lists to create attractive, button-like menus
Using images as backgrounds, links, page content, and decoration
Creating and styling forms
Personalizing your weblog
Understanding and applying design and usability principles
Publishing and testing your pages
Validating your code
Making pages accessible to all visitors
Throughout the book you'll find real-world examples of effective CSS-based pages.
Author Bio: Virginia DeBolt is a longtime teacher and writer. She was bedazzled by HTML in 1996 and has been teaching and writing about it ever since. Her weblog at www.webteacher.ws is aimed at teachers and students of web design.
SYNOPSIS
This is the first and only book to teach HTML and CSS simultaneously--the way they are used! Save time and boost your productivity by learning how to include CSS hooks in HTML markup from the start. Easy-to-follow tutorials along with insights from an experienced teacher/author, make this book ideal for beginning web designers and bloggers. The companion CD offers third-party programs, browsers, plus code examples and templates to help you design your own site. The color insert discusses how to design and implement basic web page elements (logos, navigation, text, images, etc.) and features a color chart of web-safe colors.
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