Cascading Style Sheets, on CSS, is a Web standards-based method of separating Web content from its presentation on the screen; it offers designers an extremely efficient and flexible way to create Web sites. This hands-on book first introduces you to the theory that underlies CSS and the rules that govern its syntax, then shows you step by step how to create straightforward layouts that you can use on your own projects.

Chapter 1 XHTML : giving structure to content
Chapter 2 How CSS works
Chapter 3 Stylin' fonts and text
Chapter 4 Positioning elements
Chapter 5 Basic page layout
Chapter 6 Advanced page layout
Chapter 7 Creating interface components
Chapter 8 Building Web sites
Appendix CSS properties and values

Author Descriptions

Charles Wyke-Smith has been creating Web sites since 1994 and is currently Director of Production at Nacio, a corporate hosting and development company in Novato, California, that focuses on user experience, information architecture, and interface design.

He has worked as a Web design consultant for such companies as Wells Fargo, ESPN Videogames, and University of San Francisco. Wyke-Smith has also taught multimedia and interface design and spoken at many industry conferences.