Zen of CSS Design, The: Visual Enlightenment for the Web

Proving once and for all that standards-compliant design does not equal dull design, this inspiring tome uses examples from the landmark CSS Zen Garden site as the foundation for discussions on how to create beautiful, progressive CSS-based Web sites. By using the Zen Garden sites as examples of how CSS design techniques and approaches can be applied to specific Web challenges, authors Dave Shea and Molly Holzschlag provide an eye-opening look at the range of design methods made possible by CSS (Cascading Style Sheets). By the time you've finished perusing the volume, you'll have a new understanding of the graphically rich, fully accessible sites that CSS design facilitates. In sections on design, layout, imagery, typography, effects, and themes, Dave and Molly take you through every phase of the design process--from striking a sensible balance between text and graphics to creating eye-popping special effects (no scripting required).

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Interview(s)

Read author interviews:

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/dave_shea_2005/

http://www.digital-web.com/articles/molly_holzschlag/

Praise For Zen of CSS Design, The: Visual Enlightenment for the Web

4/1/2005

Alaskan Apple Users Group

" The book demonstrates to graphic artists that you can have just as much control, or more, using CSS not tables. I wanted to read this book because as technology speeds forward, I felt that I should try to keep up in both code and beauty of graphic design. It tickled my imagination to think a bit different. I finally got the connection between CSS and beautiful web sites. CSS was no longer just a concept to control text."

Errata

Download a complete list of Errata for this title (Errata.pdf).