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Web Designer's Guide to Style Sheets

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I guess I goofed when I ordered it. I'm a web designer and I should have known that the 1997 publish date would make this book essentially useless. The book, in 1997 terms, is just fine. The problem is, is that it's mainly good as a historical reference in 1999. I'm surprised it's in print. CSS is something we should all learn, but all the references to what might be coming in Internet Explorer 4 made me a little crazy. In 1997 this book should probably have 5 stars. In 1999, 3 is generous. MUCH more useful are the little CSS sections in HTML, The Definitive Guide, 3rd ed. (Musciano & Kennedy, from O'Reilly) and Web Design in a Nutshell (Jennifer Niederst, also O'Reilly). Sorry. I sent this one back to Amazon.com.

This is a great book but there is no CD that is advertised and the companion website no longer exsists. I try and make a point to buy computer books that come with one or the other or both. If someone knows of a new URL that accompanies this book please let me know.

I went into this book knowing almost nothing about style-sheets. Before I had to copy other people's code. I read the book in about three-days and after that I could fluently write style-shhets without the book!

Mulder's book on style sheets is the house reference for CSS. Everything is well organized and lends itself naturally to the experienced designer. Not content with just explaining the context and syntax of the language, Mulder provides insightful compatibility information as well, helping you use the proper tags for cross-platform development. I look forward to more books by this author (how 'bout a good reference for XML?)

Steven Mulder is a gifted teacher. He explains so clearly that I can understand stylesheets in only one hour. He does covers all you need to know about stylesheets. Why not buy one right now?

Without question, the best resource on CSS to be found. Finally, web designers can indent and turn off link underlines with CSS code rather than fancy .gif tricks and other workarounds. I bought this book before CSS was ever really implemented, and it works as well today as it did then. As CSS-enabled browsers become the standard, this book will be even more invaluable. Also covers CSS level two, which is just now becoming standardized in the 5.0 browsers. Buy this book!