The Essential Guide to CSS and HTML Web Design is a special book—it will tell you all you need to know to design great web sites that are standards compliant, usable, and look great, but not overwhelm you with waffle, theory, and obscure details.

Tired of reading HTML books that only make sense after you’re an expert? Then it’s about time you picked up Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML and really learned HTML. You want to learn HTML so you can finally create those web pages you’ve always wanted, so you can communicate more effectively with friends, family, fans, and fanatic customers.

Part I  Internet, Web, and HTML Fundamentals

Chapter 1  What is HTML?

Chapter 2  The World Wide Web and Web Servers

Chapter 3  How Web Browsers Work

Chapter 4  HTML's Role on the Web

Chapter 5  What You Need for a Web Site

Part II  Creating Basic Pages with HTML 2.0

Chapter 6  Creating a Web Page and Entering Text

Chapter 7  Changing and Customizing HTML Text

Chapter 8  Displaying Text in Lists

Chapter 9  Adding Graphics to Your Web Pages

As outlined just above, the guide divides into five sections. The introduction is both for those new to style sheets, and for those with style sheets experience who want to flesh out their knowledge of some of the foundation issues. You can read through the pages of this section in turn, using the right arrows at the top and bottom of each page.

Quick Table of Contents

* 1 About the CSS2 Specification
* 2 Introduction to CSS2
* 3 Conformance: Requirements and Recommendations
* 4 CSS2 syntax and basic data types
* 5 Selectors
* 6 Assigning property values, Cascading, and Inheritance
* 7 Media types
* 8 Box model
* 9 Visual formatting model
* 10 Visual formatting model details
* 11 Visual effects
* 12 Generated content, automatic numbering, and lists
* 13 Paged media
* 14 Colors and Backgrounds
* 15 Fonts
* 16 Text

Style Sheets Now!
Change the appearance of hundreds of Web pages by changing just one file... Influence presentation without losing visitors... All with the power and flexibility of Web style sheets.
Quick Tutorial
A basic introduction to Cascading Style Sheets.
CSS Structure and Rules
An introduction to the various kinds of selectors, pseudo-classes, pseudo-elements, and cascading order.
CSS Properties
Descriptions of the various properties available in Cascading Style Sheets, level 1.
Linking Style Sheets to HTML

As a self-proclaimed webmaster, I try my best to keep up with the latest in web technology. My current endeavor is DHTML, or Dynamic HTML. After hearing a lot about this technology and how it will eventually revolutionize the internet, I thought I had to get off the couch and start learning about it, before I lose the right to call myself a "webmaster". If you're just as clueless as I am when it comes to DHTML, this is the site for you. I'll be using this place to share with you what I've learned (and am learning) about Dynamic HTML. They say it's never too late to learn anything.

In Evolution of a Home Page Andy King threw down the gauntlet, challenging readers to duplicate WebRef's tabled (and fabled) home page in CSS. Kwon Ekstrom came up with a solution, that worked in a number of browsers. After investigating his solution, I found a few problems with his design, and thought I'd try and improve on it. Andy, Kwon, and I went back and forth over a number of months tweaking and improving my design.