CSS Cookbook: Quick Solutions to Common CSS Problems

I couldn't give it a five star as I have not gone through the entire book, but Amazon would not quit sending these Make A Review emails so here I am. I do like the book and what I've read so far is top notch. Lots of help, but this is not a beginner book. You need some help with learning CSS before picking this one up. That said I would recommend it as a useful tool if you are into making web sites and pages.

I have been designing and building HTML pages since mid-1994 and I am amazed at how much coding has changed in the past 15 years.Back then building websites was pretty straight forward, you used tables to create columns and filled them up with text and graphics. Web designs were very basic, fixed width was the norm and there was not much of a difference between the two most popular browsers of the era, Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer 3.0.Starting in the early 2000s, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) dramatically changed web design and page coding. CSS enabled designers and coders to build more attractive and interesting websites. However, coding pages and then making them work in various browsers - like IE 6, IE 7, IE 8, Mozilla 2.5, Mozilla 3.0 and Chrome - became far more challenging than just laying out tables. Making the learning curve even steeper was the popularity of JavaScript and more recently AJAX, which is the combination of CSS and JavaScript.Many "old-time" coders tried to stick with table-based layouts, but it was easy to see that basic HTML would not longer cut it and CSS was the way to go. I stopped using tables and educated myself on how to use CSS.In the early 2000s, I purchased several CSS books, including the first edition of CSS Cookbook. That book turned out to be the most useful because O'Reilly's "Cookbook " format is based on question and answer rather than the other CSS books, which focused on basic tutorials.With the CSS Cookbook, I was able to look up "How to build a two column page," which would provide me with sample code as opposed to going through a basic CSS tutorial. I was able to learn quickly.I was happy to discover that the third edition of CSS Cookbook has come up and it has been completely updated with how to create rounded corners with JavaScript and using Lightbox to display images as well as a chapter on how to use JQuery. It will also provide you with the basic CSS instructions on how to make one, two and three column layouts and how to set up floats.If you are new to CSS, you should consider buying another CSS book, but if you know basic HTML and CSS and want to bring your skills up to the next level, I highly recommend reading this book.

I purchased this book, to use with for a college web design course. So far I have read through the first two chapters of the book (103 pages). The book is a little dated, and for some reason some of the example HTML codes are in a foreign language, along with some of the sample web pages. I don't know if I received a wrong version of it, or what. Despite some of the examples being in a foreign language, the book teaches you how to code CSS and HTML very well. I have no prior experiece with web design, and I am finding this book easy to read and understand.

The book is a good combination and includes good reference examples. I have several websites that are heavily formatted/stylized HTML that need to be completely written for HTML5 compatibility. The examples and tips from this book have already helped me as a coding/option reference and to streamline the conversion process.

I wish there are more examples and more practical descriptions and ideas discussed.

This is a great book however the first one I received had the cover falling off. Amazon was great about replacing it quickly however the 2nd one also had the same issue.

A very useful tutorial and reference, which should be a part of every web page author's library.

Book gives lots of good examples for how to do what you want to do using CSS. They are easily adapted to my needs.

Haven't used it that much as have other css books I use for reference too. When I look up a problem in the book, I find that I would like more answers/solutions. e.g. How to position images vertically using css. The answer given involves using the exact dimensions for each image. So if they're different heights you need to do the maths on every image and know the height of every image. This is probably the only way, I'd just like it to be easier. The obvious answer to me was make all the images the same height to make things quicker.Overall the book seems pretty good though. Very handy for checking rules you can't remember very well. Very handy to have to hand.

There is so much to know about Css.I have learned it in various books and wish to have all I know in one book. Css Cookbook by Christopher Schmitt is that book. It is a treasure trove and it gives quick solutions to most of your Css problems. Great timesaver! Highly recommended! But it is not for beginners.  CSS CookbookCSS Cookbook

The book was, and arrived, in 1st class condition and the overall service was excellent. I am now tired of writing

Now entirely out of date to the point of being obsolete. No coverage of flexbox, let alone grid layout. Save your money until O'Reilly come up with a new edition.