Css Cookbook, 2nd Edition

Quick Solutions to Common CSS Problems
(Updated for IE 7 and Firefox 1.5)

Save time and solve design problems quickly with CSS Cookbook, Second Edition. Now with even more recipes for beginning and advanced CSS users, this second edition teaches essential tips and tricks that you need to make your best designs come to life.

For those all-too-common dilemmas that crop up with each project, CSS Cookbook provides hundreds of detailed examples with CSS code that you can use immediately. Arranged in a quick-lookup format for easy reference and immediate hassle-free use, each recipe is accompanied by an explanation so you can customize formatting for your specific needs.

Updated to explain the unique behavior of the latest popular web browsers—including Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Opera—this second edition features a focused look at the complex interaction of CSS and images. Additionally, more valuable material for newer CSS learners is included in this edition, explaining topics that range from basic web typography and page layout to techniques for formatting lists, forms, and tables.

This book cuts straight through the theory to provide useful examples and CSS solutions on topics including:

• Using CSS within Adobe Dreamweaver and Microsoft Expression Web Designer
• Placing elements on a page using floats as well as absolute and relative positioning
• Detailing popular image replacement methods for HTML text
• Styling typography on the Web
• Designing forms with CSS
• Creating custom navigation menus
• Developing style sheets for the printing of a web page
• Testing web sites on multiple browsers using only one computer

When you need a hack or workaround for those pesty browser bugs, look no further than CSS Cookbook, Second Edition. This extensive collection of usable code will help you solve hundreds of common style sheet problems.
Christopher Schmitt has been working on the Web since 1993 and speaks frequently about web design at many conferences including South by Southwest Interactive, Web Visions, and Refresh.

About the Authors
Christopher Schmitt has been working with the Web since 1993. While an undergraduate at Florida State University for a fine arts degree with an emphasis on graphic design, Christopher interned for both David Siegel and Lynda Weinman in the mid-'90s. The author of several books on web design and digital imaging as well as a contributor to many web development magazines, he is the principal of Heatvision.com, Inc., a new media publishing and design firm, and is based in Tallahassee, Florida.