CSS in Easy Steps

by Mike McGrath

Cascading Style Sheets is an essential stylesheet language to designers who want their webpages to stand out among the trillions on the Web. In straightforward language, this book explains CSS. Author Mike McGrath begins with a brief history of Web design and then explains how style sheets determine the presentation of elements within HTML documents, and how CSS makes for a simpler and more streamlined HTML markup. Examples show how CSS rules control the appearance of text, content boxes, lists, tables, backgrounds, and how they can create dynamic effects. This updated edition covers Web 2.0 components and includes useful screenshots illustrating each aspect of CSS.

Genres: Reference

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

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Reviews

[Natalie Flaherty-Verrall · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not in easy steps

[Chris]

I wanted to learn about Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and I wanted a solid book with a great layout and images, not dull plain text. I found it! CSS can affect the presentation of elements within your HTML documents. Chapters increase your knowledge of style sheets. When you complete the book, you will have a solid understanding of CSS and be able to create interactive web pages. I think older kids could benefit from this book because it has a lot of colorful tables and diagrams that illustrate the concepts. As with all starter books, you will eventually want to go beyond the basics into more advanced aspects of coding. Beestar would be one such place where you can continue learning about coding. Again, this is a great publication and the other books from the series are good as well.