Comments on: HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions – Book Review http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/06/22/html-and-css-web-standards-solutions-book-review/ Programming blog - Discussions, Tutorials, Resources Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:37:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: mary http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/06/22/html-and-css-web-standards-solutions-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-9145 mary Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:50:18 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=964#comment-9145 Dawn We haven't made the move yet, probably around July 1, it's definitely exciting! The Wordpress community is amazing and all the widgets and plugins available make implementing different things very easy. Ping me if you need any help. Hope all is well with you :) mary Dawn
We haven’t made the move yet, probably around July 1, it’s definitely exciting!

The WordPress community is amazing and all the widgets and plugins available make implementing different things very easy.

Ping me if you need any help. Hope all is well with you :)

mary

]]> By: Dawn Elise http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/06/22/html-and-css-web-standards-solutions-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-9143 Dawn Elise Wed, 03 Mar 2010 07:23:28 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=964#comment-9143 Hi, Mary (and Mary), How is the land Down Under treating you? I am trying to move my job's layout from ASPX to WordPress. So far it is a lot easier thanks to the user community and widgets and themes. Thanks for the tutorials -- will let you know how it goes. G-day, Dawn Hi, Mary (and Mary),
How is the land Down Under treating you?
I am trying to move my job’s layout from ASPX to WordPress. So far it is a lot easier thanks to the user community and widgets and themes. Thanks for the tutorials — will let you know how it goes.
G-day, Dawn

]]> By: mary http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/06/22/html-and-css-web-standards-solutions-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-9133 mary Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:20:49 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=964#comment-9133 Thank you so much for the recommendations! I will have to get these and read them. Much appreciate your input! :) mary Thank you so much for the recommendations! I will have to get these and read them. Much appreciate your input! :)

mary

]]> By: ridgerunner http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/06/22/html-and-css-web-standards-solutions-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-9125 ridgerunner Sat, 27 Feb 2010 05:28:46 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=964#comment-9125 There is a book that covers 3-column CSS layouts in detail. First a little background... I'm very fond of books covering modern web technologies. Out of curiosity I just went and counted them up - more than 39 of them in total, all published since 2004 and all geared towards web standards, covering: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ajax, MySQL, Apache, SVN, Git and Regular Expressions. I've actually read most of them cover to cover and some of them multiple times. I have acquired some favorite authors and books and can offer some strong recommendations. Specifically regarding your question of 3-column layouts (I assume you would like them to be fluid), and the subject of hand-coded HTML/CSS markup, I've found the books by Dan Cederholm to be nothing short of suburb. I would recommend two in particular: "Bulletproof Web Design" (2nd edition 2007) and "Handcrafted CSS" (1st edition 2009). These two books could really be renamed Bulletproof Web design part 1 and part 2, because they flow into each other so well. They cover in detail (with commented example code) fluid designs for one, two and three columns. If you can only read one of these, read the most recent one: "Handcrafted CSS". The latest thing with CSS layout is using fluid grids. In Dan's most recent book above, the chapter covering fluid-grid layout is actually written by Ethan Marcotte. You can read about some aspects of this technique in his recent list-apart article: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fluidgrids/ Cheers! p.s. The two books mentioned above are both in *color* with excellent screenshots, illustrations and markup syntax highlighting. Highly recommended! There is a book that covers 3-column CSS layouts in detail. First a little background…

I’m very fond of books covering modern web technologies. Out of curiosity I just went and counted them up – more than 39 of them in total, all published since 2004 and all geared towards web standards, covering: XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Ajax, MySQL, Apache, SVN, Git and Regular Expressions. I’ve actually read most of them cover to cover and some of them multiple times. I have acquired some favorite authors and books and can offer some strong recommendations.

Specifically regarding your question of 3-column layouts (I assume you would like them to be fluid), and the subject of hand-coded HTML/CSS markup, I’ve found the books by Dan Cederholm to be nothing short of suburb. I would recommend two in particular: “Bulletproof Web Design” (2nd edition 2007) and “Handcrafted CSS” (1st edition 2009). These two books could really be renamed Bulletproof Web design part 1 and part 2, because they flow into each other so well. They cover in detail (with commented example code) fluid designs for one, two and three columns. If you can only read one of these, read the most recent one: “Handcrafted CSS”.

The latest thing with CSS layout is using fluid grids. In Dan’s most recent book above, the chapter covering fluid-grid layout is actually written by Ethan Marcotte. You can read about some aspects of this technique in his recent list-apart article:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/fluidgrids/

Cheers!

p.s. The two books mentioned above are both in *color* with excellent screenshots, illustrations and markup syntax highlighting. Highly recommended!

]]> By: mary http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/06/22/html-and-css-web-standards-solutions-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-8399 mary Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:21:32 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=964#comment-8399 Dawn thanks for the comments. For multiple column layouts, there are several places to look. I think one of Eric Meyer's books has some examples, but not 100% sure, so let me check on that and I'll let you know. This tutorial gives one approach to a 3 column layout - http://webdesign.about.com/od/csstutorials/ss/css_layout_sbs.htm I've seen other detailed tutorials around the web but don't remember off the top of my head. I'll post as soon as I find them. Hope you continue to enjoy the blog! :) Dawn
thanks for the comments. For multiple column layouts, there are several places to look. I think one of Eric Meyer’s books has some examples, but not 100% sure, so let me check on that and I’ll let you know. This tutorial gives one approach to a 3 column layout – http://webdesign.about.com/od/csstutorials/ss/css_layout_sbs.htm

I’ve seen other detailed tutorials around the web but don’t remember off the top of my head. I’ll post as soon as I find them.

Hope you continue to enjoy the blog! :)

]]> By: Dawn Elise http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/06/22/html-and-css-web-standards-solutions-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-8394 Dawn Elise Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:10:47 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=964#comment-8394 Thanks for the review, but this book doesn't work for me because I usually need to make a website with a 3 column front page and 2 column inside page. I have never found a book on CSS that explained in detail with code (not just in theory) how to build a 3 or more column website. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. ;-) Thanks for the review, but this book doesn’t work for me because I usually need to make a website with a 3 column front page and 2 column inside page. I have never found a book on CSS that explained in detail with code (not just in theory) how to build a 3 or more column website. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. ;-)

]]> By: Posts about Web Standards as of July 1, 2009 | XHTML and CSS http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2009/06/22/html-and-css-web-standards-solutions-book-review/comment-page-1/#comment-8055 Posts about Web Standards as of July 1, 2009 | XHTML and CSS Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:12:42 +0000 http://codingpad.maryspad.com/?p=964#comment-8055 [...] HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions – Book Review - codingpad.maryspad.com 06/22/2009 I’ve been spending some time in the recent past revisiting my [...] [...] HTML and CSS Web Standards Solutions – Book Review – codingpad.maryspad.com 06/22/2009 I’ve been spending some time in the recent past revisiting my [...]

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