Beginning Css Cascading Style Sheets For Web Design, 2nd Ed

In the book, the author advocates a standardized approach to CSS in an example-packed, step-by-step format.
Some of the key enhancements to this second edition include:
· Updated for Internet Explorer 7, Firefox 2, Opera 9, and increased documentation and discussion on Apple’s Safari 2
· Simpler, more to the point examples
· Input code in color to show various code components in different colors
· Output web screens in color to show what the code really produces as results
· More discussion of Internet Explorer 6, bugs, and work-arounds
· Documentation of Mozilla’s CSS 3 multi-column support, Safari’s CSS 3 background support
· Quick start introduction in Chapter 1 and a real-world project at the end of the book
· The strong topical coverage of the book continues with coverage of:
· Document standards, CSS Anatomy, and Syntax
· Data Types, Keywords, Color, Length, and the URI
· Selectors
· Inheritance and the Cascade
· Text and Font manipulation
· Liquid Design and the CSS Box Model
· Margins, Floating, vertical alignment, and positioning
· Lists and the UI
· Backgrounds, styling for handhelds, print, tables, and styling XML
· Cross-browser compatibility


Table of contents :
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I The Basics
· Introducing Cascading Style Sheets
· The Essentials
· Selectors
· The Cascade and Inheritance
Part II Properties
· Text Manipulation
· Fonts
· The Box Model
· CSS Buoyancy Floating and Vertical Alignment
· List Properties
· Backgrounds
· Positioning
· Tables
Part III Advanced CSS And Alternative Media
· Styling for Print
· XML 501
· The Cursor Property
Appendix A Answers to Exercises
Appendix B CSS Reference
Appendix C CSS Colors
Appendix D Browser Rendering Modes
Index

Market Description :
· Novice and hobbyist page developers who have been using basic HTML markup for a few pages and want to use CSS for better, faster design and markup
· Experienced HTML users new to CSS

About Author :
Richard York is lead Web Application Developer for Trilithic, Inc. a major broadband and RF telecommunications provider. He is well known for his active participation in the Wrox p2p discussion forums on many topics including CSS and PHP where he has made more than 1400 posts and is one of the top ten posters in this important community. He is an active member of the PHP community, contributing to the Pear module.