Free eBook : The Art and Science of CSS [ILLUSTRATED]

The Art and Science of CSS [ILLUSTRATED]

CSS-based design doesn 't need to be boring. The Art & Science of CSS brings together a talented collection of designers who will show you how to take the building blocks of your web site's design (such as headings, navigation, forms, and more) and bring them to life with fully standards-compliant CSS. This full color book helps you to design web sites that not only work well across all browsers, are easy to maintain, and are highly accessible, but are also visually stunning.

Create truly attention-grabbing headings.

Discover multiple ways to present images effectively.

Use background images to give your site zest.

Build usable and attractive navigation.

Design forms that are stylish and functional.

Learn how to break away from the square box clich ©.

Create funky tables.

And lots more

About the Author

Cameron Adams has been adding to the Internet for over seven years and now runs his own design and development business: www.themaininblue.com. He likes to combine the aesthetic with the technological on his Weblog, which contains equal parts of JavaScript, design and CSS. Jina Bolton, Interactive Designer, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Computer Arts and Graphic Design fom Memphis College of Art. In addition to being featured in CSS Professional Style and Web Designing magazine, Jina consults for variuos agencies and organizations including the World Wide Web Consortium. She enjoys traveling, is learning Italian, and considers herself a shushi-enthusiast. David Johnson is one of those evil .NET developers from Melbourne, Australia. He is the senior developer at Lemonade (http://www.lemonade.com.au), and his role includes C# programming, database design using SQL Server, and front-end development using XHTML and CSS. He makes up for his evil deeds by being a firm believer in web standards and accessibility, and forcing .NET to abide by these rules. His favorite candy is Sherbies. Steve Smith is the lead Web developer with the University of Notre Dame Web Group, and believes in "finding joy in small steps" when it comes to advocating web standards. Jonathan Snook has been involved in the web since '95, and is lucky to be able to call his hobby a career. He worked in wb agencies for over six years and has worked with high profile clients in government, the private sector, and non-profit organizations. Jonathan Snook currently runs his own web development business from Ottawa, Canada and continues to write about what he loves on his blog at Snook.ca.

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