Pro CSS & HTML Design Patterns

Description

Pro CSS and HTML Design Patterns is a reference book and a cookbook on how to style web pages using CSS and XHTML. It contains 350 ready - to - use patterns (CSS and XHTML code snippets) you can copy and paste into your code. Each pattern can be combined with other patterns to create an unlimited number of solutions.

Each pattern works reliably in all major browsers without the need for browser hacks.

The book's layout, with a pattern's example on the left page and its explanation on the right, makes it easy to find a pattern and study it without having to flip between pages. The book is also readable from cover to cover, with topics building carefully upon previous topics.

A software developer can use this book to learn CSS for the first time. A designer familiar with CSS can use this book to master CSS and XHTML. If you are completely new to coding or completely new to CSS and XHTML, you may want to read an introductory book on CSS and XHTML first.

You can interact with all the examples in the book at www.cssDesignPatterns.com.

CONTENTS:

Chapter 1 - Introduction to Semantic HTML

Chapter 2 - Introduction to CSS

Chapter 3 - Combining HTML and CSS

Chapter 4 - HTML Best Practices

Chapter 5 - CSS Layout Best Practices

Chapter 6 - Different Media Best Practices

Chapter 7 - Design Patterns Overview

Chapter 8 - Text and Images

Chapter 9 - Backgrounds and Borders

Chapter 10 - Lists

Chapter 11 - Tables

Chapter 12 - Navigation

Chapter 13 - Layouts

Chapter 14 - Forms

Chapter 15 - Accessibility

Appendix A - Troubleshooting CSS

Appendix B - Should we use XHTML?

Appendix C - Unused HTML Elements

Appendix D - Unused CSS Elements

Appendix E - Resources

Appendix F - Glossary