Web Standards Solutions: The Markup and Style Handbook

by Dan Cederholm, Steve Rycroft (Editor)

Provides information on the theory and practice of Web standards concepts and how to apply them to creating an effective Web page.

Genres: Website Design, Programming, Web, Design, Nonfiction, Computers, Reference

253 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

A designer, author, speaker, husband and father living in Salem, Massachusetts. Dan is the Founder and Principal of SimpleBits, LLC, a tiny web design studio.

A recognized expert in the field of standards-based web design, Dan has worked with YouTube, Microsoft, Google, MTV, ESPN, Electronic Arts, Blogger, Fast Company, Inc. Magazine, and others. With each new project, comes an opportunity to minimize markup and embrace the flexibility of CSS.

Dan is co-founder and designer of Dribbble, a vibrant community for sharing screenshots of your work. Previously, he co-founded and designed Cork’d, the first social network for wine aficionados which was later acquired by Gary Vaynerchuk.

Reviews

[Nick Cottrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Published at the dawn of the Web 2.0 era (2004), this book provides you with the fundamentals of HTML and CSS, which are the bedrock of web design. Because it is so well written and fundamental, the concepts and practices stand up to this day. One caveat is that as soon as you work through the fundamentals, there are a ton of great resources to learn modern HTML (post HTML5), CSS, and Javascript. HTML/CSS/Javascript are the cornerstone of all web development and it's important to at least be familiar with the fundamentals. In a noisy world, this book is a great starting point.

[Craig Cecil · Rating 5 out of 5]

Noted web standards guru Dan Cederholm (of SimpleBits fame) presents sixteen chapters devoted to the effective and optimal use of XHTML markup followed by advanced CSS techniques layered upon that markup. While much of this information has been covered before and will be familiar to intermediate and advanced XHTML coders, several of the CSS chapters are real eye-openers, even for advanced technicians. For example, in Chapter 11: Print Styles, Cederholm discusses an extremely effective technique for allowing the user to switch between alternative layouts of your page (two-column, three-column) without the need for a round-trip to the server. And Chapter 15: Styling sounds innocent enough, but presents a technique that allows the developer to provide some basic Content Management System (CMS) functionality as applied to web templating. It's a short book (238 pages), and quick read, but may prove indispensible from a design, productivity, and business perspective. Highly recommended.

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

Coming from the all flash explosion of the early 2000's, I was never particularly interested in web 2.0. Once I shifted my focus out of actionscript and into to semantic mark-up and valid HTML, I realized I had a whole lot to learn. Dan's book was the map that I used to get steer my learning process through the world of web standards. I've read countless books and articles on standards since - but I only ever returned to this book. A fantastic work, cohesive and thoughtful, simple and sensible - a truly solid and de facto work on the subject.

[Otis Chandler · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for some CSS best practices.

[David]

Todo sobre el mundo del desarrollo de sitios web compatibles con estándares.

[Ken Guest · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are a web developer this book ought to be on your desk, and dog-eared from overuse. No question about it.

[joke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Web standards are the standard technology specifications enforced by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to make sure that web designers and browser manufacturers are using the same technology syntax

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite books of all time!!