CSS: The Missing Manual--O'Reilly's latest release

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>From Blah to Cool--The Shortest Route to Mastering Cascading Style Sheets
O'Reilly Releases: "CSS: The Missing Manual"

Sebastopol, CA--"You can't design a fantastic looking web site that works
well and downloads quickly without understanding Cascading Style
Sheets--the formatting language used to make boring HTML look fantastic."
So says David Sawyer McFarland, the bestselling author of the latest
release in O'Reilly's Missing Manuals series--"CSS: The Missing Manual"
(O'Reilly, US $34.99). In the new book, McFarland, a master designer and
power user, shows readers how to create stylishly enticing Web pages.

The new Missing Manual takes the frustration out of learning to navigate
the ins-and-outs of CSS and gives designers precision control over their
web pages' appearance. Created for serious hobbyists, aspiring designers,
and pros, it features dozens of clearly presented, hands-on tutorials and
real-world exercises.  McFarland (author of "Dreamweaver 8: The Missing
Manual") shows readers how to format text and images, style web forms,
build navigation bars, precisely control the layout of Web pages, overcome
browser bugs, and, most important, create fast loading and easily
maintained web sites.

Anything that can do all that must be pretty complicated, right? "Au
contraire," writes McFarland. "The purpose of CSS is to streamline the
process of styling Web pages." In fact, after a brief overview of CSS
basics, readers start creating their first Web page right away. Best of
all, the user-friendly companion tutorial web
site--www.sawmac.com/css--with over 100 pages of online, step-by-step
tutorials makes learning CSS even easier.

With humor and an engaging style, McFarland shows readers how to:

-Create HTML that's simpler, uses less code, is search-engine friendly,
 and works well with CSS
-Style text by changing fonts, colors, font sizes, and adding borders
-Turn simple HTML links into complex and attractive navigation
 bars--complete with CSS-only rollover effects to add interactivity to your
 web pages
-Style images to create effective photo galleries and special effects like
 CSS-based drop shadows
-Overcome most browser bugs so your Web pages work consistently from
 browser to browser
-Create complex layouts using CSS, including multi-column designs that
 don't require using old techniques like HTML tables
-Style web pages for printing

You can count on McFarland to demystify the details and design concepts
unique to CSS as well as provide the invaluable tips and tricks needed to
make Web pages work in today's Web browsers. Savvy web designers are sure
to keep this book within arm's reach and refer to it again and again.


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CSS: The Missing Manual
David Sawyer McFarland
ISBN: 0-596-52687-3, 494 pages, US $34.99, CA $45.99
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