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Cascading Style Sheets: A Primer

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This book is not worth it. There are a host of typos and other mistakes in it. Worse, at times there are mistakes in the authors' understanding of HTML rules (which makes me worry about their grasp of CSS).

The book also claims to be supported by a web site with "online tutorials about CSS, HTML, and up-to-the-minute information about these Web technologies." The site, however, has only one page (containing unrelated information about browsers) with one link -- to itself. I emailed the author to ask and was told he was behind and hasn't finished any of it yet. That was months ago.

This book does have some marginal value in that it lists things like common fonts available across several platforms, and it touches on advanced design issues. However, you will be far better off purchasing one of the other guides to CSS. Don't waste your money on this one.

Do *not* buy this book. It is not well edited and contains numerous typos in the HTML and CSS syntax. It is now 2001 and this book was published in 1997, so it's very out of date. The browser compatibility charts only go up to Netscape 4 and Internet Explorer 4. There is no coverage of Opera at all. (The age of the book is not the author's fault, but if you are looking for a good reference, try Hakon Wium Lie and Bert Bos' book, or Eric Meyer's.)

This book represents one of the poorest editing jobs I've ever seen. The number of typos, images that don't match content, and outright errors make this book a pain to read. While there is useful info throughout, the poor editing quality is distracting.

I had been looking for a well-written, fast paced introduction to CSS and I found it in Thurott's book.

The book gets you past the technical mumbo-jumbo and shows you examples and code straight away, so that you can start doing CSS, which is the best and only way to learn.

A guide in the back of the book lists all the CSS declarations and which browser supports them - that alone is invaluable.

If you want to learn CSS but have been intimidated, I highly recommend this book.

This was an easy going, non-threatening intro to CSS. If your looking for something more in depth than some sterile CSS specification sheet, this is a good start. It starts with basic HTML and moves into CSS and tables. It even touches on DHTML and frames. However, there were many typos in the book and it did lack a quick reference section.