Wiley Professional CSS

After learning the language of design, how does one effectively use Cascading Styles Sheets to create visually strong Web sites? The full-color Professional CSS Second Edition gives developers a peek into the process of the best CSS designers in the world through the work of high profile, real-world Web sites that made them famous. Each chapter focuses on one designer and a Web site they worked on. Each chapter documents designers' processes from start to finish and how they overcame each site's unique set of challenges. In each chapter are easily digestible demonstrations of CSS tips and techniques used for the site for advanced CSS developers. At the end of each chapter, designers provide greater insight into their process by talking about what they would have done differently. By creating a more hands-on, exploratory look into designing large-scale, professional-level standards-based CSS Web sites, Professional CSS Second Edition is aimed at being the book readers naturally gravitate towards after going through Beginning CSS. Best Practices for using XHMTL with CSS How to orchestrate a new look and feel for a blog The ins and outs of designing a site that are relied upon by millions of users Techniques for including drop shadows, drop-down menus, and embedded Flash content into a web site Tips for tackling browser-compatibility issues as well as developing functional navigational structures Ways to customize a web site through CSS coding How to create HTML E-mail templates, basic HTML table layouts, and how CSS plays a role in both The importance of grids and layouts in design