- Paperback: 440 pages
- Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1 edition (Dec 25 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0321266919
- ISBN-13: 978-0321266910
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 17.9 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 703 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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#243,938 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #66 in Books > Computers & Internet > Programming > Languages & Tools > CSS
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Product Description
Once you discovered the dynamic, sophisticated sites you could create using DHTML and CSS, you wanted more--more interaction, more accessibility, more animation, more interesting combinations of text and graphics, more everything! This book provides the key. By picking up where his enormously popular Visual QuickStart Guide left off, best-selling author Jason Cranford Teague explores the advanced DHTML and CSS programming techniques you need to take your Web sites to the next level. Covering everything from standards and accessibility to separating content from style; creating multicolumn layouts; combining text and graphics; creating controls, menus, forms, and special effects; working with other Web languages; and much more, this friendly, task-based volume is a must-have if you're serious about Web design. Step-by-step instructions and a strong visual format make complex topics understandable, even fun--especially when coupled with the loads of tips, screen shots and practical, working examples that Jason has provided.
About the Author
Jason Cranford Teague has written and contributed to several best-selling books including Final Cut Pro 3 and the Art of Filmmaking and Dreamweaver MX Magic. In addition, he has written for the Apple Developers Center, Adobe, Macworld, and CNet and appeared on TechTV's "The Screen Savers." He has been working as a multimedia designer for more than 10 years creating real-world solutions for clients including Coca-Cola, Virgin, CNN, Kodak, and WebMD. Jason is currently the Creative Director for Bright Eye Media and teaches design classes online, in the classroom, and at professional conferences. He is the also the author of the best-selling DHTML and CSS: Visual QuickStart Guide.
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the best tutorial yet,
By Adaera (Vancouver) - See all my reviews
This review is from: DHTML and CSS Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide (Paperback)
Mr. Teague has written an instructional book which, in my opinion is the most useful and understandable coding book I have ever read. From the introductory pages right through to the appendices this book is presented in an easy, step by step format. Mr. Teague's tutorial style makes this book an incredibly useful reference source for even more advanced web coders. Unlike other web design books I own, DHTML & CSS Advanced is well organized, with clear illustrations and colour coded snippets. The inclusion of a section about working with databases enables the reader to add more function to his or her web designs and offer more the site's visitors. With so many coding options and the need to have a site appear properly to the majority of current browsers, it can be difficult to keep web coding effective and clean. Mr. Teague shows his readers how to accomplish this. I think the one thing which impressed me the most about this book is the effort Mr. Teague put into making sure his explanations were clear and concise. His instructions can do nothing other than add to the functionality of the reader's web coding and design. By taking the reader through web designing from concept to publication, Mr. Teague accomplishes what the cover of his book promises: extending skills in a fast and efficient way. Unlike many other design books on the market, Mr. Teague's manual does not include a cd-rom containing all of the code snippets used throughout the book. I for one am glad he (for whatever reason) didn't include one. This forces the student to type out the snippets in the book in order to learn what the author is teaching. In my opinion, this helps the person learn faster, and to pay attention to what he or she is doing. This helps to reinforce the basics of site coding in the designer's mind, and eventually clean effective sites on the web will be the result. The quick reference tables and glossaries are infinitely useful and cover a wide range of design coding. DHTML and CSS Advanced will be one of the first books I recommend to new designers. Mr. Teague has a winning style of tutorial writing, and I look forward to reading further publications by him.
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Good but not what I was expecting...,
By D. Humphreys - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: DHTML and CSS Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide (Paperback)
I was a little surprised that the one chapter on Advanced DHTML techniques could have been titled: "Intro to JavaScript." I was disappointed because there was little on advanced CSS layout (1 chapter) with examples that were difficult to follow.If you want a book teaching JavaScript and PHP integration this book is for you. If you want a book on advanced CSS techniques that you might want to look elsewhere. 10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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Great book! I still use the previous one for reference too,
By Grey Matter - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: DHTML and CSS Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide (Paperback)
I thought i'd never need to refer to a DHTML/CSS book again (I thought the first DHTML and CSS Visual QuickStart book had covered it all) but a friend left this book on my desk and I couldn't bring myself to give it back.Like the first book, this is not a 'repetitive review of the features' book, I'd call it a 'lets see what DHTML and CSS can do for us now' book. It both describes and illustrates the concepts and has nuggets of practical information that a hands-on person would immediately take to. From overlooked but relevant optimal meta tag usage details like link relationships to accessing XML and using php with MySQL. You know the writer thought about what readers would need information on. I highly recommend this book, with or without the first book. 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Cookbook,
By GEORGE R. FISHER - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: DHTML and CSS Advanced: Visual QuickPro Guide (Paperback)
This is the sequel to the excellent DHTML and CSS for the World Wide Web. It is merely a cookbook of techniques, whereas the first book is an outstanding introduction to an advanced subject.This book is worth leafing through to find items of interest but it does not advance the state of the art in the way the first book did. |
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