CSS Books

Hey, not even this book can tell you everything there is to know about CSS!

  • Web Standards Solutions by Dan Cederholm (Friends of Ed). Though not strictly about CSS, this book provides an excellent presentation on how to write good HTML. If you have any doubts about what tags you should use to create a navigation bar, how to best create HTML forms, or what's the best method for making your HTML code as simple as possible, this book is a must read.

  • Bulletproof Web Design by Dan Cederholm (New Riders). A great book covering how best to create CSS styles that can withstand the pressure of visitors changing text sizes, resizing their browser windows, and the general instability of the browser environment. Great tips on building layouts, navigation bars and more.

  • CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions by Andy Budd (Friends of Ed). Many advanced tips for using CSS, including good examples of CSS-based layouts, and techniques for streamlining your CSS and HTML code.

  • Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML by Elisabeth Freeman and Eric Freeman (O'Reilly). A lively, highly illustrated introduction to Web sites integrating HTML and CSS.

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