Cascading Style Sheets enable you to rapidly create web designs that can be shared by hundreds or even thousands of web pages. It accelerates development cycles by centralizing text and layout information for easy editing and updates. This book teaches you everything you need to know to start using CSS in your web development work, from the basics of marking up your content and styling text, through the creation of multi-column page layouts without the use of tables. Learn to create interface components, such as drop-down menus, navigation links, and animated graphical buttons, using only CSS (no JavaScript required). Discover how to design code that works on the latest standard-compliant browsers, such as IE7 and current versions of Firefox, Safari, and Opera, while working around the quirks of the older ones. With a mastery of CSS, your web design capabilities will move to a new level, and everything you need to know to get started and build your skills is right here in this book. You’ll be stylin’ in no time!

Charles Wyke-Smith has been creating Web sites since 1994 and currently runs a Web consulting business in Napa Valley, California, that focuses on user experience, information architecture, and interface design. He is currently Director of User Experience at Benefitfocus, a South Carolina software company that provides online benefits enrollment to over 40 million people through the nation's major healthcare insurance companies, and also develops consumer healthcare Web sites, including ICyou.com and iHealthFocus.com. An accomplished speaker and instructor, Charles has also taught multimedia and interface design and spoken at many industry conferences. He is the author of Codin' for the Web: A Designer's Guide to Developing Dynamic Web Sites and Stylin' with CSS: A Designer's Guide.

"Most of all, I just enjoy being a part of my family and living the beautiful Napa Valley. Life is good, and I hope yours is too."