The definitive guide, this reference is an easytouse cheatsheet of the css specifications you need for any task at hand. More recently, he cofounded the conference series an. Meyer has been working with the web since late 1993 and is an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of html, css, and web standards. The web site includes all of the files needed to complete the tutorials in the book. Visual presentation for the web 4th revised edition by meyer, eric, weyl, estelle isbn. Eric meyer provides a variety of carefully crafted projects that teach how to use css and why particular. Most people use it in its unedited form, despite meyers recommendation against this.
Eric a meyer offers ten projects that describe how to incorporate css into a web site, covering topics such as styling a photo collection, positioning in the background, css driven dropdown menus, and weblogs. Eric meyer has been working on the web since late 1993 and is the founder of complex spiral consulting, cofounder of the microformats movement, and cofounder with jeffrey zeldman of an event apart. A widely read author, eric enjoys a good meal whenever possible and considers almost no type of music to be worthless. Meyer s most recent book, eric meyer on css has a totally different approach in teaching css. Part of that was applying different focus effects in different areas of the design, like white rings in the header and footer and orange rings in the main text. You want to understand all of the subtleties of the theory underlying css and grasp the nuances of the specification. Among the new books projects are looks at converting a design from tables to tableless, css driven dropdown menus, and the creation of a css zen garden design. Provides a variety of projects that teach you how to use css and.
The oreilly books have a poor binding and are black and white,they are also not so well laid out as other technical books. One of the pioneers of the css reset method, eric meyer, created a reset stylesheet that is still in use on millions of websites today. Eric meyer is an internationally recognized expert on the subjects of html, css, and web standards, and has been working on the web since 1993. I recommend eric s books to anyone using or learning css. Css work books and articles by eric mostly theyre about css, although there are a few exceptions here and there. Authors eric meyer and estelle weyl show you how to improve user experience, speed development, avoid potential bugs, and add life and depth to your. This concise guide shows you how to use css properties to gain a finegrained and wideranging influence over how you display fonts on the web. Get more information on whether the book is right for you, and find out where to order a copy of your own. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. This site serves as a companion to the book eric meyer on css, now available from new riders publishing.
A practical alternative to his other new book, cascading style sheets. Css, and web standards, eric has been working on the web since late 1993. Go to comments a little while back, i was in the process of adding focus styles to an event aparts web site. His early css books are a big reason this blog exists today and the reason why im a web. An internationally recognized expert on the subjects of html, css, and web standards, eric has been working on the web since late.
We talked about the history of css, css problems today, and where we go from here. The product of years of writing and even more years of experience, this book does its best to fully and clearly explain the workings of css, from obscure properties to the theooretical underpinnings of visual layout. Meyer, regarded by many as the most experienced and innovative css master working today, pairs his knowledge of css, html, and browser capabilities with a carefully developed handsonlearning method to provide you with fullcolor projects that help you learn through example rather than theory. Cascading style sheets can put a great deal of control and flexibility into the hands of a web designerin theory. Short and sweet, this book is an excerpt from the upcoming fourth edition of css. At over 1,000 pages, every topic that i wanted to study is included. His selftitled sequel more eric meyer on css is a collection of ten conversion projects that teaches css by example.
Estelle weyl is a frontend engineer who has been developing standardsbased. Author eric meyer tackles the subject with passion, exploring in detail each individual css property and. He is best known for his advocacy work on behalf of web standards, most notably cascading style sheets css, a technique for managing how html is displayed. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
Cascading style sheets css is a style sheet language used for describing the presentation of a document. Buy more eric meyer on css voices book online at best prices in india on. Provides a variety of projects that teach you how to use css and why particular methods were chosen. Smashing css is for developers who already have some experience with css and javascript and are ready for. Meyer has written a number of books and articles on css and given many. The new book features ten allnew projects while keeping the same approach and tone of eric meyer on css. Quickly find and adapt the style elements you need learn how css3 features complement and extend your css practices discover new value types and new css selectors. Following that, he served in the commandos parttime and made colour sergeant. A widely read author, he is technical lead at rebeccas gift, a 501c3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing healing family vacations after the death of a child.
It contains thirteen projects in which he methodically goes through designing slick web pages using just css and html. A past member of the css working group, he is the author of several acclaimed css books as well as many articles on css and web standards. Books by eric if youre looking for periodical work eric has done, youre probably looking for his writing page. Writing about political intrigue and military type fiction comes easy to him given his varied professional background. I would buy eric meyer on css voices new riders and more eric meyer on css voices that matter if you want to be shown how to create a css menu and other practical applications of css, but i think there might be better. Eric meyer provides a variety of carefully crafted projects that teach how to use css and why particular methods were chosen. Meyer is the author of the critically acclaimed online tutorialintroduction to html, as well as some other semipopular web pages. He takes every element of css and defines context and specifics with an amazing amount of detail, but supremely well organized so that its actually readable in a conversational way rather than a textbook or reference book way.
Authors eric meyer and estelle weyl show you how to improve user experience, speed development, avoid potential bugs, and add life and depth to your applications through layout, transitions and animations, borders, backgrounds, text properties, and many other tools and techniques. This work also features a web site which includes all. If youve ever wondered how to use css in todays browsers to achieve working, interesting, and even artistic effects, this book is for you. We deliver the joy of reading in 100% recycled packaging with free standard shipping on u. Also from this author design for real life by eric meyer. Eric meyer has been working on the web since late 1993 and is the founder of complex spiral consulting, cofounder of the microformats movement. As someone previously familiar with css, and fluent in a slew of other web based languages i needed a book that had all of the information i needed about css so i didnt have to troll the web everytime i ran into a problem. Author of eric meyer on css and more eric meyer on css new riders, css. Meyer was educated at university college in cardiff, studying politics.
We personally assess every book s quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Some readers of eric meyer on css said they were able to use it even though theyd hardly ever touched css before, but this book was not written with the beginner in mind. The reset styles given here are intentionally very generic. There are several other books on the market that serve as indept. Just like its predecessor, this book takes a handson approach to teaching css. I had a moment to interview css author, developer, and legend eric meyer. Mastering the language of web design with cascading style sheets. View eric meyer s profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. There are several other books on the market that serve as indepth technical guides or reference books for css. Eric meyer is a british author with over thirty detective and military fiction novels to his name. More recently, he cofounded the conference series an event apart with jeffrey zeldman and speaks about web standards all over the world. Among the new books projects are looks at converting a design from tables to tableless, cssdriven dropdown menus, and the creation of a css zen garden design. Eric meyer is a british author of military fiction and thriller novels. Smashing css by eric meyer overdrive rakuten overdrive.
If you are a handson learner who has been toying with css and want to experiment with realworld projects that will enable you to see how css can help resolve design issues, this book is written just for you. Eric targeted this book at folks who have a pretty good knowledge of html and at least a basic knowledge of css. More eric meyer on css, the followup to this title, is now available. Meyer says that he tries to show readers how to use css in interesting and useful ways, and thereby show them its power. For those of you in that category, youll love this. He graduated from the university college, cardiff as. A widely read author, he is also the founder of complex spiral consulting, which counts among its clients america online. The definitive guide, fourth edition, css pocket reference. None, however, take a more handson approach and use practical examples to teach readers how to solve the problems they face in designing with css until now. Meyer is the author of the critically acclaimed online tutorial introduction to html, as well as some other semipopular web pages.
Hypertext markup language html is the standard markup language for creating web pages and web applications. There are now many books on the market that occupy that. Eric meyer is known for being the man at css and this book is well written and concise. Meyer is an american web design consultant and author. Buy more eric meyer on css voices book online at low. Selectors, specificity, and the cascade values, units, fonts, and. Meyer has written a number of books and articles on css and given many presentations promoting its use. Im planning on using this new css book as a reference book so being able to locate specific topics fairly quickly is important.
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