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Sybex Introduces Web Designers and Programmers to HTML and CSS Simultaneously: Integrated HTML and CSS: A Smarter, Faster Way to Learn
01/20/2005
San Francisco, CA, January 20, 2005 — Sybex, an independent computer book publisher with over 28 years of commitment to quality, announces the release of Integrated HTML and CSS: A Smarter, Faster Way to Learn. The first book to teach these two languages concurrently, Integrated HTML and CSS explains how to create web page components with HTML and how to apply CSS to those same components. By showing readers how to include CSS hooks in HTML markup from the start, they can save loads of time and boost their productivity.
"Almost all web designers use Cascading Style Sheets to control the presentation of the websites they construct out of HTML," says Dan Brodnitz, Publisher at Sybex. "Why learn one and then the other when you can just as easily — and much more effectively — learn both at the same time? Integrated HTML and CSS uses a cohesive approach that speeds the learning process and leaves readers with a stronger, more unified set of skills."
The Best Way To Learn HTML and CSS — Simultaneously!
Packed with real-world examples of effective CSS-based pages, Integrated HTML and CSS teaches XHTML 1.0 and CSS 2.1, the current standards published by the World Wide Web Consortium. Expert author Virginia DeBolt conceived of the idea of this book to help her teach her students more proficiently. The companion CD is loaded with utilities to help readers build an effective website, including HTML and CSS text editors, FTP software, and all the latest browsers. It also contains all of the project files needed to follow along with the tutorials.
Inside, readers will learn about:
- Writing well-structured HTML for use by any web-capable device
- Designing page layouts using CSS
- Controlling fonts, colors, backgrounds, borders, and margins
- Using lists to create attractive, button-like menus
- Using images as backgrounds, links, page content, and decoration
- Creating and styling forms
- Personalizing weblogs
- Understanding and applying design and usability principles
- Publishing and testing pages
- Validating code
- Making pages accessible to all visitors
About the Author
Virginia DeBolt is a longtime teacher and writer. She was bedazzled by HTML in 1996 and has been teaching and writing about it ever since. Her weblog at www.webteacher.ws is aimed at teachers and students of web design.
About Sybex
Sybex Inc. pioneered the field of computer book publishing when it was founded in 1976. For 28 years, Sybex has remained an autonomous force and sustained a widely recognized reputation for developing quality, original books on significant technologies. Recognized as the industry leader on various subjects, Sybex has recently won a number of awards for their first-rate graphics titles. Sybex has principal offices in Alameda, California, and London, United Kingdom, and maintains an international market with its books being distributed and translated around the world.
