Rating:  - Very useful book for web design and layout
I really liked this book. The book expounds practical real world application of semantic html and css to common web design tasks. This is an essential book for anyone who wishes to get away from table-based layout design and get into effective page design and layout using standards. The book is practical in the sense that the techniques or best practices outlined include "hacks" to make the css techniques work with browsers such as Microsoft Internet Explorer that are not fully standards compliant.
Rating: - Outstanding Resource!
I recently volunteered to assist as webmaster for a friend's mayoral campaign website. Having last used HTML and some Javascript years ago for a very basic personal homepage, I needed to get up to speed quickly. So I hit many, many websites and web tutorials on XHTML and CSS. They gave me an acceptable, but not entirely solid foundation on designing with those technologies. I needed more, and fortunately found this book.
Web Standards Solutions did not just build on my shaky foundation, it completely rebuilt it. I can't imagine a better book for my needs.
Chapter by chapter, it is full of concrete examples of how to use standard tags properly and how to use CSS to style your content. It fully explains the strengths and weaknesses of various common markup techniques and makes very good cases for standards-based solutions each time. The chapter on how to use tables properly should be manditory reading for every webdesigner in the business.
Using what I've learned in this book, I've completely rewritten the site I had designed for my friend. It looks identical, but now it uses semantically relavent markup, and leaves the styling and layout to completely to CSS, as it should be. Now, if someone views the site using an old, pre-CSS browser, the site will still render in a highly readable manner. It's also accessible and friendly to folks with disabilities.
I recommend this powerful, well-written book to anyone who maintains a website, no matter how small or large. This book simply will save you time, effort, sweat and tears.
Rating: - Extremely pedagogic and well-written.
I really liked this book and consider it to be in a class for itself (no pun intended :-).
I especially liked the way the author discussed different methods of solving the same problem, highlighting the pro's and con's of each solution, then summarising in a easily understood conclusion, accompanied by clear examples.
I recommend this book for professionals first, although it of course could be quite useful for amateurs as well.
Rating: - The best CSS book yet
I've read many CSS books last several years, but still this is the best CSS book out there. The content itself deserves 5 stars, but what separates it from others is Dan's teaching style. From start to end, every page is carefully organized and well planned with readers in mind, this book is not just collection of good CSS tips and tricks. There are so many great books on CSS these days, but this is the best.
Rating: - Great tips for building standards based sites!
Easy to read but very informative. This book is great for beginners and seasoned web designers alike. I've been designing basic web sites for quite a while using the dreaded tables and transparent gif tricks not realizing the great potential of CSS based layouts. Wonderful book! Can't wait to move onto Bulletproof Web Design!
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