Pro CSS and HTML design patterns

The book shows how to Code CSS and XHTML Turn HTML into XHTML Use CSS Selectors Use six CSS Box Models Create rounded corners, shadows, gradients, sprites, and transparency Replace text with images without affecting accessibility Style text with fonts, highlights, decorations, and shadows Create flexible, fluid layouts Position elements with absolute pixel precision Stack elements in layers Size, stretch, shrinkwrap, indent, align, and offset elements Style tables with borders and alternating striped rows Size table columns automatically Integrate CSS and JavaScript without embedding JavaScript in XHTML Create drop caps, callouts, quotes, and alerts 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 buildingcarefully 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.