Win a copy of the CSS Cookbook
Author Christopher Schmitt was so bowled over by the response of DMXzone readers to the competition to win his last book (Adobe Photoshop CS in 10 Simple Steps or Less), that he asked us if we'd like to feature his CSS Cookbook.
Given the popularity of our CSS related premium content articles, we reckon this could be our most popular competition yet and jumped at the offer of Christopher (and his publisher O'Reilly) of 5 books to give away.
Using the 'house' style for Cookbooks, this release tackles a specific issue (say setting a background image) and then uses a Problem – Solution – Discussion approach to setting out the information needed. The concise format of the first two sections allows quick identification (or reminder) of issues and provides focussed code snippets. The discussion portion gives space for a rounded explanation, and furnishes the reader with the understanding they need to customise the code for their own purposes.
This book covers CSS2.1 with chapters covering topics such as Web Typography, Links and Navigation, Forms, Hacks and Workarounds and Designing with CSS. Oh, and it features a grizzly bear on the cover!
CSS is a powerful tool for controlling web page layout and content presentation. For this competition we'd like you to drop us an e-mail containing the URL of the best looking text-heavy web site you know of. By that I mean a site such as DMXzone or O'Reilly's site where text is king and images are largely confined to banners and thumbnails.
Winners will be revealed on 9th September.
Ian Blackham
Following a degree in Chemistry and a doctorate in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Ian spent several years wrestling with acronyms in industrial R&D (SEM with a side order of EDS, AFM and TEM augmented with a topping of XPS and SIMS and yet more SEM and TEM).
Feeling that he needed a career with more terminology but less high voltages, Ian became a technical/commissioning editor with Wrox Press working on books as diverse as Beg VB Application Development and Professional Java Security. After Wrox's dissolution and a few short term assignments Ian became content manager at DMXzone.
Ian is a refugee from the industrial Black Country having slipped across the border to live in Birmingham. In his spare time he helps out with the website of a local history society, tries to makes sure he does what his wife Kate says, and worries that the little 'un Noah is already more grown up than he is.