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Dave Shea created the CSS Zen Garden (www.csszengarden.com). The idea was simple and elegant: Take some well-written HTML and invite designers to a...
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Jun 06, 2009
Matt
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This is a great book for inspiration and information. It is based on Dave Shea's conceptual website css Zen Garden, which effectively showcases the incredible flexibility of Cascading Style Sheets.
The book uses several of the different submission designs in order to address and consider different issues of design.
It is an extremely useful book, but be advised that a basic understanding of CSS is really required in order to fully appreciate the content. More...
The book uses several of the different submission designs in order to address and consider different issues of design.
It is an extremely useful book, but be advised that a basic understanding of CSS is really required in order to fully appreciate the content. More...
Jul 23, 2011
Jenn
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I loved the website and the sneak previews on Amazon made me want to buy this book, it is sometimes good to have a hard visual reference when learning something new.
Even though it was written in 2003 some aspects of this book our out of date, for example it still references IE6 as not being able to interpret some CSS (of course we are now up to IE9) - it also lists Dreamweaver as a Macromedia product, unfortunately Macromedia has been mostly gobbled up by Adobe who know owns DW.
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Even though it was written in 2003 some aspects of this book our out of date, for example it still references IE6 as not being able to interpret some CSS (of course we are now up to IE9) - it also lists Dreamweaver as a Macromedia product, unfortunately Macromedia has been mostly gobbled up by Adobe who know owns DW.
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Jan 16, 2011
Megan
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This was a tough book for me to finish. The content was not hard, but it had very few code excerpts for reference and was more describing theory than practice. I would recommend this book for designers and developers looking for inspiration, but probably not for someone trying to learn CSS.
You can view my full review on my website.
You can view my full review on my website.
Oct 04, 2011
Oscar
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This is an excellent collection of complex advanced examples of css web sites. Very helpful.
May 25, 2009
Jeremy
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Not exactly the how-to on CSS layout I was looking for, but still worth a skim if you are looking for inspiration for new layouts.
Dec 17, 2010
Laura
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Perfect!!!: I recieved my order fast, the book was in great shape, and wouldn't hesitate to order from amazon! Great service!
Jul 13, 2010
Beth
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Well, I didn't READ this book, per se; I looked at the pretty pictures. And what pretty pictures they were!
This is a good book to either learn from (I assume), or just turn to from time to time to get some web design juices flowing. It inspires you to think of a webpage as a work of art rather than a series of text boxes and padding... or those animated .gif and .midi files that made you want to rip your hair out(although it was "cool" in the 90s, web design has evolved a l More...
This is a good book to either learn from (I assume), or just turn to from time to time to get some web design juices flowing. It inspires you to think of a webpage as a work of art rather than a series of text boxes and padding... or those animated .gif and .midi files that made you want to rip your hair out(although it was "cool" in the 90s, web design has evolved a l More...
Apr 29, 2008
Tatiana
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This book is more for a somewhat experienced CSS savvy web designer... which is not me. I'm a beginner. But I still definitely learned a lot from this book. A lot of design tips. This was a good book for me to take in and read to acquaint myself with the world of CSS and what it is capable of helping me accomplish.
Jun 22, 2009
Ongoing working while reading read... so far some useful ideas about change in perspective
Sep 04, 2008
Garrett
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Not for beginners! Though this would make a great step for intermediate CSS users. Lots of clever hacks and work-arounds all taught with visuals that really speak to the more visually inclined, like designers. Definitely one I'd like to keep on a programming reference shelf.
Dec 16, 2009
Michael
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This book helped me turn a professional corner in my design career in not only what it taught me, but how -- through it's preaching of simplicity, accessibility, and beauty. If you are web designer/developer, it will do the same for you. If you aren't, there's no more to look at here.
May 02, 2011
Sonia
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It didn't have as much instruction as descriptions of why someone did what they did to their website.
Dec 17, 2009
Kevin
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This is a good crossover book - a little bit of CSS for designers and a little bit of design for nerds trying to understand the concepts. No great revelations to be had, but it is pretty.
Jul 15, 2008
Brianne
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Lots of pretty pictures and duh code. Nothing specific or necessary to really get the zen coding of the book.
Aug 02, 2008
Adele
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Inspirational to those striving to be CSS masters. ALso good for design ideas.
Mar 31, 2008
Matt
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If you want to learn to design web sites with css this book is a must have.
Feb 03, 2009
Meredith
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Ha ha! I have a whole stack of these.. anyone want to be my reading buddy? :)
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