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The Ultimate CSS Reference | 
 enlarge | Authors: Tommy Olsson, Paul O'brien
Publisher: SitePoint
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 68418
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 440
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.3
ISBN: 0980285852
Dewey Decimal Number: 652
EAN: 9780980285857
Publication Date: February 26, 2008
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Product Description
A complete and thorough and up-to-date reference guide for CSS. Stop wasting time doing Internet searches only to find inaccurate, out-of-date, or incomplete information. CSS: The Ultimate Reference includes all the ins-and-outs you need to know including compatability information for all major browsers, lists of useful hacks, known bugs in CSS, and much more - all presented in a beautiful, full color layout that will have you coming back over and over again. Coverage includes:
CSS 2.1 syntax and specifications, including features from current CSS 3 working drafts that are implemented in one or more major browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, Opera), and useful browser-specific features A clear and concise guide to the CSS cascade, including compatability information, known bugs and useful CSS hacks A media type guide, with coverage of which media types apply in which user agents under what conditions. A quick-reference guide to currently supported at-rules (@import, @media, etc.). An alphabetical property reference
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 LOVE IT!!! December 30, 2008
Matthew Hess (Berlin, NJ, USA)
Recommended by a friend who is a web coding GOD. This book is fantastico.
Simply put... BUY IT.
Invaluable December 16, 2008
Howard T. Parsons, Jr. (Charlottesville, VA USA)
This book is a must have for anyone using CSS whether a beginner or otherwise.
ULTIMATE CSS Reference November 25, 2008
Harold Bradley III (Reserve, NM)
This book is certainly the most complete CSS reference I have ever encountered. For that I give it five stars. It is not a textbook, but contains almost everything you would want in a CSS quick reference. If you are new to CSS, I would highly recommend getting this book along with a good introductory CSS book, such as: The Essential Guide to CSS and HTML Web Design (Essential Guide) (Paperback) by Craig Grannel. The reference is a valuable tool for someone who is already very familiar with CSS.
An excellent reference October 15, 2008
D. J. Parry (Netherlands)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have found more answers to subtle, complex and tricky layout problems in the few days since getting this book than over the last 12 months of googling and hunting through tutorials, guides and cookbooks.
I was surprised at how concise it is. There is not a lot of waffle, and the authors jump straight to the most important facts/features/oddities for every single aspect of the full CSS spec.
A very good buy!
 Great for the most part September 5, 2008
Rachel (MO)
Overall I give this book four stars. This is a REFERENCE book; not really intended for beginners. However, I read about some properties I did not know existed previously, so I learned a lot in addition to having one place to look up everything. I do like that it's hardcover--though I wish one of these days Sitepoint could make books that are able to lay flat!
I also like the fact that after every property, there is a little box that explains which browsers are compatible with it. The book even explains if the property is buggy (looking at you, IE), and then delves into why and if there is a fix. Unfortunately, this list will soon need additions to them, with the coming of IE8, Chrome, etc, etc. Still, very useful.
It doesn't receive a perfect five because I wish more example pictures could be displayed. I don't mean for the very basic things (like the height property). In some of the explanations, I was only 80 to 90% sure of what the paragraph was talking about, and with web I am very visual. I know this would have taken up more space, but I felt it was needed (but only for certain sections). I also didn't like how the "index" is set up. I think there should have been another index (keywords) in addition to the current, property-only one. For instance, div isn't even mentioned there. I know that's an HTML tag but it would have been nice to see all the keywords throughout the book regarding it, considering its interaction with CSS. I guess I'm not used to that sort of index, which is basically the Table of Contents but at the end of the book.
So yes, I would say if you want one book to look up all the different properties of CSS, this is it. Again, this is a reference, not a book with tutorials and explanations on how to create something specific (recommend the anthology book for that).
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