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5 Responses to “CSS Web Design For Dummies”

1. Roger D. McCook
   November 27th, 2009 at 2:28 am

   Despite the flaming arrows of other reviewers, I think this is a very good, readable introduction to the subject. It certainly helped me to get oriented to what is going on. For the folks who don’t think Internet Explorer rules the world, I can only say they need to face reality.

   Rating: 4 / 5

2. Ms. K. C. Cap-atan
   November 27th, 2009 at 2:55 am

   I just bought this book and I love it. It has been very helpful to me and I have learned a lot. It is not overly technical or hard to understand and the humor makes the learning much more enjoyable overall. If you are interested in CSS and learning about the program and its applications you should definitely buy this book.
   Rating: 5 / 5

3. R. Johnson
   November 27th, 2009 at 5:36 am

   This book is pretty good for getting you introduced to CSS. It makes it fairly easy and fun. I started building my new web site just before I started reading this book and I used the info in it to add CSS features. It helps a lot to learn CSS if you practice it on your own web page while you’re learning. Some of the code has errors in it, which took me a few minutes to figure out and fix. If you’re smart, you should be able to figure it out without too much problem. If the author makes fun of W3C, he’s probably right. I heard from other sources that the W3C is much too academic and too slow and uncaring to keep up with the needs of the real world. I guess the thing I like the most about this book is that it lets me start using CSS features without getting bogged down into a huge long learning ordeal. I don’t have months to learn CSS. I need to know it right away. It might not be perfect, but it works for me. I test my code in IE7, Firefox, Homesite, and Dreamweaver. If it looks correct in all four of those, then it’s good enough as far as I’m concerned. Maybe I would be more critical of this book if I paid for it, but I got it for free

   Rating: 3 / 5

4. Robert J. Sadler
   November 27th, 2009 at 7:44 am

   Up until page 49 you’re not dealing with multiple declarations or even writing your own code yet.

   Page 49 states:
   “The things to remember when using multiple declarations is to separate them with semicolons. Spaces are simply ignored by CSS here, so you can’t count on a space as a way of separating declarations from each other.

   Many other computer book authors don’t bother with the final semicolon, leaving it off just before the closing brace. ”

   Remember this book is aimed at a targeted audience. Dummies. Most people browse with IE because it’s there. This book deals with most people. People that use IE.

   This book deals with people that don’t care about mozilla, netscape, and all the other browsers out there. People that just want to start with an easy foundation.

   If you are looking for a simple starting place for CSS then this is the book for you. The author doesn’t completely ignore other browsers he actually tells you what code may not work with other browsers. The same goes for code that works in other browsers but not in IE. He gives you a great starting point for CSS. Once you get the hang of CSS upgrade to a book not designed for dummies that cares about all the little browsers and compatibility issues.

   By the way. . . EVERY code in this book works. You need to read the part that states “this code assumes that you have a graphics file called (file name), If not substitute another graphics file and name it (file name) so the following code will work. ”
   You people need to READ the book rather then skimming it!

   Once again this book is for the basic css dummy that only cares about the browser on the computer purchased from the store.

   -Rob

   Rating: 4 / 5

5. DaveGerard
   November 27th, 2009 at 8:45 am

   Unlike James Jones and Gazzer, I tend to agree with Drewes. 20% of users don’t use IE means that 80% of them do. Particularly amateurs in web development. I don’t mean to gripe, but CSS is CSS and just because the author illustrates its usage with IE doesn’t mean it is limited to IE.

   However, I will add that I have experienced more ‘Broken Renderings’, as Gazzer puts it, from Netscape and Firefox then I ever have with IE, which has helped me stick to one simple rule. Always develop for the majority (IE) and make sure things function for the rest.
   Rating: 4 / 5