Product Description

This is the first and only book to teach HTML and CSS simultaneously--the way they are used! Save time and boost your productivity by learning how to include CSS hooks in HTML markup from the start. Easy-to-follow tutorials along with insights from an experienced teacher/author, make this book ideal for beginning web designers and bloggers. The companion CD offers third-party programs, browsers, plus code examples and templates to help you design your own site. The color insert discusses how to design and implement basic web page elements (logos, navigation, text, images, etc.) and features a color chart of web-safe colors.

From the Back Cover

Almost all web designers use Cascading Style Sheets to control the presentation of the websites they construct out of HTML. Why learn one and then the other when you can just as easily—and much more effectively—learn both at the same time? This book's integrated approach speeds your progress and leaves you with a stronger, more cohesive set of skills. Inside, you'll learn about:

Writing well-structured HTML for use by any web-capable device

Designing page layouts using CSS

Controlling fonts, colors, backgrounds, borders, and margins

Using lists to create attractive, button-like menus

Using images as backgrounds, links, page content, and decoration

Creating and styling forms

Personalizing your weblog

Understanding and applying design and usability principles

Publishing and testing your pages

Validating your code

Making pages accessible to all visitors

Throughout the book you'll find real-world examples of effective CSS-based pages.