CSS: The Missing Manual

Cascading Style Sheets can turn humdrum websites into highly-functional, professional-looking destinations, but many designers merely treat CSS as window-dressing to spruce up their site's appearance. You can tap into the real power of this tool with CSS: The Missing Manual. This second edition combines crystal-clear explanations, real-world examples, and dozens of step-by-step tutorials to show you how to design sites with CSS that work consistently across browsers. Witty and entertaining, this second edition gives you up-to-the-minute pro techniques.

You'll learn 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 rollover effects - Create effective photo galleries and special effects, including drop shadows - Get up to speed on CSS 3 properties that work in the latest browser versions - Build complex layouts using CSS, including multi-column designs Style web pages for printing

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