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The CSS Pocket Guide
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The CSS Pocket Guide

by Chris Casciano
October 2010
Beginner to intermediate
288 pages
4h 49m
English
Peachpit Press

Overview

CSS is a language for describing the presentation of elements in a document marked up in HTML. It enables you to rapidly create Web designs that can be shared by multiple pages, accelerates development time, and is the essential tool for building standards-compliant sites. This low-priced pocket guide works as a concise introduction to CSS3 and serves as a handy reference. In it readers will learn

  • The core concepts of CSS

  • How to format text with CSS

  • How to apply CSS style rules to markup

  • How to build multicolumn layouts without using tables

  • And much more

  • This pocket guide along with the HTML Pocket Guide and the JavaScript Pocket Guide make creating standard-compliant websites a breeze. Learn core concepts or skip to the parts you need to solve an immediate problem. They're exactly the resource that every Web designer needs.

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