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Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML
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Chapter 8: Getting Started with CSS- Adding a Little Style
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Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you're an expert? Then
it's about time you picked up Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and
really learned HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those web
pages you've always wanted, so you can communicate more effectively with friends,
family, fans, and fanatic customers. You also want to do it right so you can actually
maintain and expand your Web pages over time, and so your web pages work in all
the browsers and mobile devices out there. Oh, and if you've never heard of CSS,
that's okay - we won't tell anyone you're still partying like it's 1999 - but
if you're going to create Web pages in the 21st century then you'll want to know
and understand CSS.
Learn the real secrets of creating Web pages, and why everything your boss
told you about HTML tables is probably wrong (and what to do instead). Most
importantly, hold your own with your co-worker (and impress cocktail party guests)
when he casually mentions how his HTML is now strict, and his CSS is in an external
style sheet.
With Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML, you'll avoid the embarrassment
of thinking web-safe colors still matter, and the foolishness of slipping a
font tag into your pages. Best of all, you'll learn HTML and CSS in a way that
won't put you to sleep. If you've read a Head First book, you know what to expect:
a visually-rich format designed for the way your brain works. Using the latest
research in neurobiology, cognitive science, and learning theory, this book
will load HTML, CSS, and XHTML into your brain in a way that sticks.
So what are you waiting for? Leave those other dusty books behind and come
join us in Webville. Your tour is about to begin.
"Elegant design is at the core of every chapter here, each concept conveyed
with equal doses of pragmatism and wit." --Ken Goldstein, Executive Vice President,
Disney Online
"This book is a thoroughly modern introduction to forward-looking practices
in web page markup and presentation." --Danny Goodman, author of Dynamic
HTML: The Definitive Guide
"What used to be a long trial and error learning process has now been reduced
neatly into an engaging paperback." --Mike Davidson, CEO, Newsvine, Inc.
"I love Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML--it teaches you everything
you need to learn in a 'fun coated' format!" --Sally Applin, UI Designer and
Artist
"I haven't had as much fun reading a book (other than Harry Potter) in years.
And your book finally helped me break out of my hapless so-last-century way
of creating web pages." --Professor David M. Arnow, Department of Computer and
Information Science, Brooklyn College
"If you've ever had a family member who wanted you to design a website for
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About the Authors
Elisabeth Freeman is an author and software developer. She is coauthor of O'Reilly's
Head First Design Patterns and Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML.
ric Freeman is a computer scientist with a passion for media and software architectures
and coauthor of Head First Design Patterns. He just wrapped up four years at
a dream job-- directing internet broadband and wireless efforts at Disney--and
is now back to writing, creating cool software, and hacking Java and Macs.
Eric spent a lot of the '90s working on alternatives to the desktop metaphor
with David Gelernter (and they’re both still asking the question, "Why
do I have to give a file a name?"). Based on this work, Eric landed a Ph.D.
at Yale University in 1997. He also co-founded Mirror Worlds Technologies (now
acquired) to create a commercial version of his thesis work, Lifestreams.
In a previous life, Eric built software for networks and supercomputers. You
might know him from such books as JavaSpaces Principles Patterns and Practice.
Eric has fond memories of implementing tuple-space systems on Thinking Machine
CM-5s and creating some of the first internet information systems for NASA in
the late 1980s.
When he’s not writing text or code you’ll find him spending more
time tweaking than watching his home theater and trying to restore a circa 1980s
Dragon’s Lair video game. He also wouldn’t mind moonlighting as an
electronica DJ.
Write to him at eric at wickedlysmart dot com or visit him at http://www.ericfreeman.com
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