Mastering Web Content: Structure and Presentation with XHTML and CSS, DVD [DVD-ROM]

Stephanie Sullivan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 16, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0321636929 | ISBN-13: 978-0321636928 | Edition: 1

In this video, CSS expert Stephanie Sullivan delivers a roadmap for approaching web design projects, teaching you how to save precious development time and still create accessible, search-engine friendly content. As a popular speaker with an approachable straightforward style, Stephanie takes users over the fundamentals of creating standards-compliant Web sites, from separating content and presentation, to using progressive enhancement to make sure your sites work for all users.  She also shows how she approaches analyzing designs to save bandwidth and demonstrate some useful CSS techniques.
Running Time: 2:18 hours

Table of Contents
01 - Websites are content (Time: 09:04)
02 - Emphasizing Key Content Wireframing (Time: 06:12)
03 - The three layers affecting your content (Time: 08:24)
04 - Structure: The head element (Time: 08:18)
05 - Structure: Document Semantics and Flow (Time: 07:38)
06 - Structure: Document Tree and Cascade (Time: 08:29)
07 - The Display Property, Box Model and Margin Collapse (Time: 14:18)
08 - Specificity, specificity, specificity (Time: 07:27)
09 – Positioning (Time: 06:21)
10 - Floating and Clearing (Time: 09:03)
11 - Choosing a Layout Type (Time: 14:11)
12 - Analyzing a Comp for Lightweight Pages (Time: 13:21)
13 - Fixed Layouts: Faux techniques, Multiple Wrappers and Adjacent Elements (Time: 12:59)
14 - Flexible Layouts: Two and Three Column Faux Techniques (Time: 12:43)

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About the Author

Recognized as a Dreamweaver, accessibility, CSS and XHTML expert by the Web community, Stephanie Sullivan (Phoenix, AZ) frequently presents at conferences, where her insightful, down-to-earth, and entertaining sessions garner top ratings. Stephanie's tutorials and educational articles appear regularly on sites such as Adobe's Developer Center and Stephanie created Dreamweaver's CSS starter pages for Adobe.

Product Details

• DVD-ROM
• Publisher: New Riders Press; 1 edition (May 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321636929
• ISBN-13: 978-0321636928
• Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.6 x 7.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,266,877 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, for the price., June 6, 2009

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This review is from: Mastering Web Content: Structure and Presentation with XHTML and CSS, DVD (DVD-ROM)

For the price, it's not what I expected.

First, the videos are flv files, so you can only play them on your PC, not on your DVD player. You can copy the files to your PC and view them with any flv player. Which you may want to do, since the player that comes on the DVD doesn't seem to allow you to skip around when viewing a video. An annoying oversight.

What about the content? It's OK as an overview of some basic things to consider when creating a site, such as how titles impact search engines or keeping accessibility in mind. However, there's not much detail on each topic; she keeps referring you to her book. You will sometimes get new terms thrown at you without explanation.

So it's more of a springboard to direct you to investigate these topics on your own. As such, I would recommend getting a good book instead, and many are available at this price point that will actually make you an expert. You're not going to get enough detailed knowledge here to "master" anything.

It's nice to see how layouts change in response to CSS changes, but sometimes they ill-advisedly cut to video of her talking instead of staying on the DreamWeaver view.