Professional CSS [[electronic resource] ] : cascading style sheets for Web design / / Christopher Schmitt ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451200903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Indianapolis, IN, : Wiley Pub., c2008
• ISBN: 1-281-37444-X; 9786611374440; 0-470-38310-0
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (322 p.)
• Collana: Wrox professional guides Professional CSS
• Altri autori (Persone): SchmittChristopher
• Disciplina: 006.76
• Soggetti: Web sites - Design; Cascading style sheets; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.; "Programmer to programmer".
• Nota di contenuto: Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, Second Edition; About the Authors; Credits; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; Whom This Book Is For; How This Book Is Structured; Conventions; Source Code; Errata; p2p.wrox.com; Chapter 1: Best Practices for XHTML and CSS; Shoehorning Structure and Presentation Together; Learning to Love Your Markup; CSS: Adding a Layer of Style; Understanding the Cascade; Putting Theory into Practice; Summary; Chapter 2: Google's Blogger.com: Rollovers and Design Touches; Interviewing the Designer; CSS-Enabled Rollovers; Summary; Chapter 3: The Classic U.S. PGA Championship Web Site Developing the Drop-Shadow Effect; Creating CSS Drop-Down Menus; Engineering Web Standards-Compliant Flash Embedding; Summary; Chapter 4: The University of Florida's UFL.edu; Looking Back at UF's First Web Site; Defining the Site; Creating a Main Navigational Structure; Making the Supplementary Navigation; Revisiting Flash Embedding; Looking for Missteps; Summary; Chapter 5: Stuff and Nonsense Ltd.: Strategies for CSS Switching; Laying the Foundation; CSS Switching; The Mechanics: How It's Supposed to Work; The Reality: How It Can Work Today CSS beyond the Browser; Stuff and Nonsense: Building a Better Switcher; Meet the Designer: Andy Clarke; Summary; Chapter 6: Adventures of CindyLi.com: Blog Modifications; Blogs; CSS: Cindy Li Starts to Blog; Design Elements; Creating the Site; Setting the Speech Bubble; Check Box Styling; Summary; Chapter 7: AIGA Cincinnati: HTML Email Templates; Dealing with HTML Email; Producing the Template; Embedding Styles; Using Preflight for HTML Email; Summary; Chapter 8: Professional CSS Book Site: Using Transparent PNGs; PNGs and Browser Support; Using Alpha-Transparency Summary; Chapter 9: Building CSS Layouts; On Grids and Layouts; Doing What Print Can't; CSS Positioning: The Fundamentals; Building Three Columns: Laying the Foundation; Setting Some Boundaries: The max-width Property; Summary; Appendix A: HTML 4.01 Elements; Appendix B: Rules for HTML-to-XHTML Conversion; The XML Declaration; Picking Your Comfort Level; Rules for XHTML; Appendix C: CSS 2.1 Properties; Appendix D: CSS Troubleshooting Guide; Validation; Manipulating the Elements; Bringing in Outside Help; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Updated and revised to reflect changes to cascading style sheets (CSS) development procedures since the first edition was published, Professional CSS: Cascading Style Sheets for Web Design, 2nd Edition offers a hands-on look at designing standards-based, large-scale, professional-level CSS web sites. Understand designers' processes from start to finish and gain insight into how designers overcome a site's unique set of challenges and obstacles. Become comfortable with solving common problems, learn the best practices for using XHMTL with CSS, orchestrate a new look for a blog, tackle br